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What happened to Tiffany Morrison?
Melanie Morrison wishes more people had the chance to meet her little sister Tiffany. “She was a ball of energy. She impacted everyone that she knew. She just had that energy, you knew she was there,” Morrison said. “When she was taken, there was a black hole that was left. When her life was taken, there was a spark taken from our family.”
Public meeting sparks investigation
The Kahnawake Peacekeepers are investigating an incident at a public meeting last week, during which a Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief was allegedly physically aggressive with two community members.
Connecting cultures, one name at a time
Following multi-million dollar renovations, what was once Parc Lalonde, the park in Ste. Anne de Bellevue that overlooks the St. Lawrence River, now has a Kanien’kéha name: Kawenothiion, meaning “the tip of the island.”
Resilience shelter opens new doors
Na’kuset, the co-founder of Indigenous-led homeless shelter Resilience Montreal, is used to seeing Indigenous people being often left with “the scraps.”
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November 22, 2024Judges to soon preside over court
The Court of Kahnawake is now one step closer to having its own judges following the release of two draft regulations to the community this week. The court is currently presided over by a single justice of the peace.
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November 22, 2024School bus procedure for 207
School buses transporting students who live on Route 207 will now be picking up and dropping off students on the same side of the road as the exit door, the latest move to combat dangerous driving on the road.
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November 22, 2024
Murray reviews mandate
On December 12, the mandate of the special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked graves and burial sites associated with Indian Residential Schools will come to an end.
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November 22, 2024Schools seek donations for Xmas surprise
Santa’s set to come early this year for every local student, with the Kanesatake Education Center (KEC) once again collecting financial donations to make it happen.
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November 22, 2024School committee seeking applicants
With the announcement of a new Kanesatake Combined Schools Committee, the recently installed education director is making good on a promise to boost collaboration between the community and local schools.
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November 22, 2024Shé:kon to another holiday season
One of Kawisaiénhne Albany’s favourite moments at the annual Christmas Wreath Fundraiser is seeing some of the community’s first-language speakers come in a group to buy their tickets.
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November 22, 2024Peacekeepers exchange knowledge
Members of the Tsuut’ina Nation Police Service joined the Kahnawake Peacekeepers for four days last week in an effort to learn more about policing from other First Nations services.
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November 22, 2024Getting in the holiday spirit at Winter Wonderland
Karonhiaráhstha’s Winter Wonderland is in full swing for its 10th edition, taking place until this Saturday at 4 p.m. Twenty-one beautifully decorated trees are on display in a large, well-heated tent near Playground Poker this year, each donated and decorated by a business in town or by the family and loved ones of someone they wish to be memorialized by the tree.
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November 22, 2024Waste Management talks future plans
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Waste Management Department has big plans to make sure the community continues to be well served.
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November 22, 2024Indian Time coming to an end
After printing over 2,000 issues over the course of 42 years, Turtle Island’s longest-running Kanien’kehá:ka newspaper is calling it quits. Indian Time, based in Akwesasne, ran its second-to-last print issue on November 14 and will run its last on December 19. Editor Marjorie Skidders said they can no longer afford to print amid a stark plummet in ad revenue. “It really is sad,” she told The Eastern Door.
