Stories by Steve Bonspiel

Black ash is a traditional wood Kanien’kehá:ka use for baskets, ax handles, bow and arrows, sleds and other traditional woodworks.

Even a last-place finish wasn’t enough to deter Kyle Diabo. (Courtesy Kyle Diabo) Looking to avenge his last-place finish at his first bodybuilding event last October, Kyle Diabo is going all out.

Kaniatariio Gilbert is the new chief judge of the Hualapai Tribe’s Tribal Court. (Courtesy Kaniatariio Gilbert) Kaniatari:io Jesse Gilbert is no stranger to the courtroom, but recent good news means he will no longer have to say “your honour,” but instead will be using that prestigious title.

The former in-patient wing of the Kateri Memorial Hospital Center was demolished in December 2016. (Courtesy Luke McGregor,Kateri Memorial Hospital Center)

Chili, Caic, and Scarlet. (Photos by Steve Bonspiel, The Eastern Door) People discuss the issue of loose dogs with much fervor and anger – and it’s good to talk about it in a respectful way that makes the community safer.

If you pick up David Sherman’s book and you happen to know him personally, even just a little bit, you can’t help but read the Alcoholic’s Daughter like it was his personal memoir, with the base, of course, strong fiction writing.

Elder Harvey Gabriel has translated the Bible and many other forms of scripture, but in order to share his knowledge of the language to a broader audience, he launched a dictionary back in 2014 to serve as a guide.

When Ellen Gabriel showed up at the Collines d’Oka just outside of the Village of Oka, a non-Native development in the shadow of the famed Pines in Kanesatake, she was incensed at what she saw: another hole being dug for the foundation of a new home, despite continued calls to halt all construction.

(Photos by Ambre Giovanni, The Eastern Door) As Kanehsata’kehró:non rolled in on Tuesday morning at a disputed site just outside the Village of Oka, they noticed the new street names and stop signs.

Ellen Gabriel and Oka mayor Pascal Quevillon argued over who had rights to disputed land Wednesday. (Photos by Peter Phillips, The Eastern Door)