Stories by Miriam Lafontaine

After printing over 2,000 issues over the course of 42 years, Turtle Island’s longest-running Kanien’kehá:ka newspaper is calling it quits.  Indian Time, based in Akwesasne, ran its second-to-last print issue on November 14 and will run its last on December 19.  Editor Marjorie Skidders said they can no longer afford to print amid a stark plummet in ad revenue.  “It really is sad,” she told The Eastern Door.

A signing ceremony was hosted at the Kahnawake Peacekeepers’ station last Friday as part of a celebration of a historic probation agreement signed in March between the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

Well over 1,000 books were recently donated to the Kahnawake library. Unfortunately for community members, those 78 boxes of books remain locked up at the old water filtration plant across from the hospital, as the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) could soon be signed between the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and Quebec, Cody Diabo shared with The Eastern Door.

The future isn’t looking too bright for the Swedish manufacturer Northvolt, a company the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

It’s official, Santa lovers. For the first time since the pandemic, the annual holiday parade has been cancelled. The announcement from the Kahnawake Peacekeepers surely came as a shock for many in the community.

As of this month, community members are now able to read monthly reports produced by each of the Council chiefs.  It’s all part of an effort to promote transparency and accountability from the Council table, according to the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake’s (MCK)

Courtesy Tewatohnhi'saktha The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) can go back to business as usual now that there are once again three commissioners assigned to the body.  The licensing and regulatory authority responsible for land-based and online gaming in Kahnawake was down to just one commissioner by late October, leaving the KGC unable to host its regularly scheduled meetings.  The three voting members now include Donna Delaronde McComber and Heather Bauersfeld, alongside Janice Beauvais, who’s volunteered her time at the commission since 2022.

Kahnawake is taking the lead in mobilizing First Nations across the country to support Bill S-268. The proposed law, if adopted, would enshrine those nations’ right to establish, conduct, and manage their own gaming businesses, such as casinos.  The Council table had previously been opposed to the bill but has since changed its tune after the senator that sponsored it agreed to push for amendments they’d asked for.  Senator Scott Tannas shared that commitment with The Eastern Door earlier this September.    The way the bill is currently worded doesn’t account for the online gaming industry – one the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

The gymnasium of Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) was hustling and bustling this Thursday, as teens took to speaking with local employers and post-secondary schools about their offerings.  Each student had to ask at least 10 questions to the invitees at the annual career fair – at least if they wanted a cookie at the end.