Editorial
Celebrating Indigenous history
As the country wrestles with the interim ruling of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal issued Friday - that Canada is committing genocide against Indigenous Peoples – we mark National Indigenous History Month.
The power of the peoples’ judgment
The international Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal is in Tiohtià:ke this week, probing a legacy of missing children and unmarked graves associated with residential schools.
Men must stand up against violence
Last week marked the annual Moose Hide Campaign, a fast-growing, Indigenous-led movement coming out of BC with a simple goal, to unite folks around putting an end to gender-based violence once and for all.
Racism needs to be called out
“Stop drinking, Wab.” These words were uttered in the chamber of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly to Wab Kinew, who is the only First Nations premier in the history of the country.
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September 26, 2025Joyce Echaquan’s legacy five years on
In October 2021, just over a year after Joyce Echaquan died in the Joliette hospital, the coroner’s report concluded that racism and prejudice contributed to her death.
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September 19, 202518 years of UNDRIP
It’s been 18 years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), a pivotal document that recognizes Indigenous Peoples as distinct and self-determining, affirming the collective and individual rights of Onkwehón:we everywhere.
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September 12, 2025Remembering 9/11
It’s been 24 years already, a generation, two decades: a lifetime.
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September 4, 2025Back to school is rebirth
It’s the most exciting time for parents, the old joke goes, because your children are back in school.
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August 29, 2025Hunters make community proud
The Hunters’ Founder’s Cup win is the biggest cherry on top that any Kahnawake sports fan could ask for.
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August 21, 2025As forests burn, so must the spirit
For many years, Onkwehón:we and other climate advocates have warned of the dangers of abusing the environment for short-term gain, saying that it would soon be too late to come to the aid of Mother Earth.
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August 15, 2025Dehumanization is violence
Like everyone else, we were sickened, shocked, and horrified to learn about a social media account on which a small group of local men sexualized, violated, and victimized women and girls from the community.
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August 8, 2025No leaders without followers
Call it what you will - a governmental crisis, a political crisis, a leadership crisis - the cancellation of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) general elections is a recipe for disaster for the community.
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August 1, 2025‘Building Canada’ not the selling point they think it is
What does prime minister Mark Carney have to say about the Building Canada Act, which equips his government to steamroll opposition to major infrastructure projects?
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July 25, 2025What’s in a name?
Anonymity: it’s a request we get all the time in journalism - one we nearly always decline. A lot of folks are shy to go on the record for any number of reasons, and while some are gravely serious, many more are, well, less so.
