Stories by Miriam Lafontaine

If you were driving last week, you might have spotted his majesty Kenfack Tanga Fouotsop II and his entourage in the village area.

Traffic calming measures to improve safety along Route 207 are only expected to be put in place by the spring, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

Interim measures aimed at reuniting Onkwehón:we with US citizenship with their families in Canada do little to change the status quo, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

The Kahnawake Mohawks Minor Lacrosse Association (KMMLA) has three new board members following a general assembly held Monday.  They include Greg Horn, who’ll be rejoining the board as vice president, as well as Jay Goodleaf and Chris Bush, who now sit on its volunteer subcommittee.

Kahnawa’kehró:non Poppy Diabo is gearing up for nationals with her Onondaga Community College women’s soccer team after they defeated their opponent 4-0 last weekend.  Just before halftime, the freshman at the college in Syracuse, New York, assisted in her teammate Justine Borte scoring the team’s second goal.  “The day of our last game felt unreal,” said Diabo, who studies early childhood education at the college.

Thursday was a day full of reflection for many in Kahnawake, as over 400 descended on the Sports Complex field to listen to acclaimed author Dr. Gabor Maté, known for his expertise on intergenerational trauma.   Maté opened with the story of a woman he met in Haïda Gwaïi, British Columbia, who approached him about the shame she felt in having lost her language.

The X-ray department at the Kateri Memorial Hospital (KMHC) is now open five days  a week, thanks to the recent hire of a full-time medical imaging technologist.  The department that opened in the summer of 2023 has long struggled to maintain a consistent full-time service due to staffing struggles.

The Kahnawake Brewing Company (KBC) is celebrating after earning a gold and two silver medals at the Canada Beer Cup this past weekend.

It’s hunting season in Tioweró:ton, where complaints have come in about firearms being used too close to cabins.

A proposed $47.8 billion settlement agreement for a 10-year reform of First Nations child and family services in the country was shot down last week, after 267 chiefs and proxies voted against it at a special chiefs assembly hosted by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).