Publishing since 1992 from Kahnawake Kanien'kehá:ka Territory

Stories by Marcus Bankuti

Marcus is an award-winning journalist and the managing editor of The Eastern Door, where he has been reporting since 2021 on issues that matter to Kahnawake and Kanesatake. His work has been acknowledged at the national and regional level, receiving honours such as the Canadian Association of Journalists Community Written Feature Award and the Quebec Community Newspapers Association's Paul Dumont-Frenette Outstanding Journalism Award for journalist of the year. He was previously editor-in-chief of The Link and a contributing editor at Our Canada magazine. 

  • May 19, 2022

    Kahnawake Survival School walks out against Bill 96

    Students and staff at Kahnawake Survival School were joined by hundreds of community members last week in walking out against Bill 96, a far-reaching French language bill on the verge of becoming Quebec law.
  • May 10, 2022

    Culture more than a political priority

    hen the current Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chiefs announced three core priorities to serve as their north star through the remainder of the term, language and cultural revitalization was at the very top of the list.
  • May 4, 2022

    Compost participation sputtering

    Courtesy Kahnawake Waste Management Department The organic collection program launched by Kahnawake’s Waste Management Department is flourishing according to many metrics - impressive in nearly every way, perhaps, except the participation rate.

  • April 25, 2022

    Playground donates to local mother

    Courtesy Christy Lahache Christy Lahache, who lives in a household of seven people, needed somewhere quiet to take a phone call for this article.

  • April 20, 2022

    Tattoo gathering coming to Kanesatake

    Courtesy Mercedes Terrance Kanehsata’kehró:non Margie Canadian was scrolling Facebook last year when she saw an advertisement for the 2021 Indigenous Tattoo Gathering in Tyendinaga.

  • April 15, 2022

    Crypto a factor in town

    Courtesy Ken Lemay, Jeremiah Johnson On April 21, 2020, the date Kahnawake first declared a state of emergency due to the pandemic, Bitcoin closed at $6,880.32 USD, about 30 times what it was worth five years earlier.

  • April 11, 2022

    Housing project good news for town

    Courtesy Dominic Gendron A new social housing project in Chateauguay is set to make a small dent in Kahnawake’s housing shortage by setting aside at least five single-person dwellings for Kahnawa’kehró:non.

  • April 8, 2022

    A whole lotta hockey coming up

    The weather is heating up, and so is Minor Hockey in Kahnawake as local players get ready for their end-of-season tournaments.
  • April 5, 2022

    Wrestling championships go ahead without Survival School

    Howard S. Billings High School wrestler Gabriel Ouellette-Whalen had no experience when the captain of the wrestling team, Nicholas Elliott, suggested around Halloween that he try out for the squad.
  • March 25, 2022

    A hurrah for Hockeyville

    With only a little over a week left to earn Kraft Hockeyville “rally points,” Tammy Whitebean will be among the Kahnawa’kehró:non to take to the streets on Saturday, March 26, to give the effort a boost.