Stories by Nanor Froundjian

When an awareness campaign launched one week ago, Iris Phillips was among the first to sign up for the first of a series of three free workshops on estate planning.

Since summer, the North Creek Restoration project undertaken by the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) to revitalize the area and habitat around it has been progressing.

Playground Poker is undergoing a major facelift, with a host of new amenities gradually opening up to the public. Most recently, Kahnawake is gaining two new restaurants, with the grand opening gala for the expansion held this weekend, December 14-17.

Ava Hamelin began wrestling only last year, but she quickly found her footing in the sport and the newcomer is already a regular on podiums.

Karonhiaráhstha’s Winter Wonderland, a flagship fundraising event in the community, just wrapped up its ninth edition last Sunday.

A history of Mi’kmaq artwork spanning over 200 years was brought together in a single exhibition, Souvenir. It was curated by Kahnawa’kehró:non Ryan Rice, executive director and curator of Indigenous art at Onsite Gallery in Toronto.

In 2018, the Kahnawake Brewing Company (KBC) opened its doors as the first majority Native-owned microbrewery on First Nations territory in Canada.

Although inflation appears to be cooling, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) Social Assistance Department has announced it will continue to provide an inflation benefit to social assistance clients until the end of the fiscal year in March 2024.

Elder Bill Jones of Pacheedaht First Nation has dedicated decades of his life to looking after the trees. Last Saturday, October 21, he spoke at the Montreal Botanical Garden about the plight of Fairy Creek, where he became a prominent figure in the years-long protest against the logging of old-growth forests in the area, which erupted in the summer of 2021.

When Martin Akwiranoron Loft was starting out in his photography career in the late 1970s, opportunities for Indigenous artists to showcase their work were hard to come by.