Photos courtesy Martin Loft After two years of COVID-19 kept him away, Grant Jonathan was finally able to return to Kahnawake in December to find new homes for some antique Mohawk beadwork. The Tuscarora artist has tried to come up every year since 2011, bringing with him yards of velveteen and
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First baby of 2022 makes a grand entrance
Minor hockey refs ready for the big time
(Courtesy Shooter Dailleboust) Adam Dailleboust and Matthew Stacey are just 14 and 15 years old, but that’s old enough to be calling the shots in minor hockey. The two teens have been working as referees in the Suroit Zone, encompassing Kahnawake, Chateauguay, Mercier and Ste. Martine. They referee for different age groups,
Dreamcatcher comes down
(Courtesy Nick Huard) A giant dreamcatcher created by Mi’kmaq elder and residential school survivor Nick Huard, with the help of children from communities across Canada, is now without a home. It was commissioned by the Confederation Centre for the Arts in Prince Edward Island as part of a Canada-wide initiative to encourage
Diabo’s eloquence leads to award
(Courtesy Sylvie-Ann Paré) Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo’s work bringing Indigenous traditions to the dance world in Montreal has been recognized with a prestigious award. At an awards ceremony on December 3, Diabo was named laureate of the Prix interprète de la danse de Montréal, an award highlighting the contributions of a local dancer
Speed-painting for a good cause
#ShutDownCanada
In Kahnawake and many other communities from coast to coast, actions and demonstrations were held this week in solidarity with land defenders in Wet’suwet’en territory. After the RCMP arrested 29 people on November 18 and 19 while enforcing an injunction granted to Coastal GasLink, Kahnawa’kehró:non organized a rolling blockade Wednesday on
Rock Your Mocs week 2021
(Courtesy Don Barnaby) Onkwehón:we across Turtle Island rocked their moccasins last week as part of Rock Your Mocs week to celebrate Indigenous pride - and shoewear. “Rock your Mocs is solidarity with all First Nations, and I’ve posted mine every year since the first time I saw it on Facebook,” said Kahnawa’kehró:non
Remembrance Day 2021
It was a sunny, relatively warm Saturday on November 6 as Kahnawa’kehró:non gathered to honour veterans at the Remembrance Day parade. “I’m ecstatic,” said Royal Canadian Legion Mohawk Branch 219 president Ray Deer. “You can’t beat the weather today, everybody came out, and we’re doing what we had done before the
Bringing Indigenous women leaders together
(Courtesy Assembly of First Nations) Mohawk Council of Kahnawake grand chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer attended a historic meeting of Indigenous women leaders on Tuesday, held at governor-general Mary Simon’s home in Rideau Hall. Sky-Deer and Simon met with the Assembly of First Nations national chief RoseAnne Archibald and grand chief of the Grand