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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 15, 2024Elder celebrated at 104
Last Thursday, Mary Paul celebrated a belated birthday at Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (MHC), where Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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November 15, 2024Food security experts come to Kahnawake
For Kahnawa’kehró:non Brooke Rice - co-founder of the local food sovereignty project Tkà:nios - access to quality, locally grown foods is about more than nutrition.
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November 15, 2024Community comes out for Remembrance
This year’s Remembrance Day parade was the largest in almost two decades, with hundreds of veterans from multiple branches of the Canadian and American armed forces joined by the community in remembrance and celebration of the sacrifices of veterans, living or passed.
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November 8, 2024Council launches improved reporting
As of this month, community members are now able to read monthly reports produced by each of the Council chiefs. It’s all part of an effort to promote transparency and accountability from the Council table, according to the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake’s (MCK)
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November 8, 2024New board members for cultural centre
The Kanien'kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR) has three new board members after elections held on November 5.
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November 8, 2024Two new gaming commissioners
Courtesy Tewatohnhi'saktha The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) can go back to business as usual now that there are once again three commissioners assigned to the body. The licensing and regulatory authority responsible for land-based and online gaming in Kahnawake was down to just one commissioner by late October, leaving the KGC unable to host its regularly scheduled meetings. The three voting members now include Donna Delaronde McComber and Heather Bauersfeld, alongside Janice Beauvais, who’s volunteered her time at the commission since 2022.
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November 8, 2024Raising awareness through facial hair
Of his own admission, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Arnold Boyer is not one to usually sport facial hair.
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November 8, 2024
First Nations urged to support gaming bill
Kahnawake is taking the lead in mobilizing First Nations across the country to support Bill S-268. The proposed law, if adopted, would enshrine those nations’ right to establish, conduct, and manage their own gaming businesses, such as casinos. The Council table had previously been opposed to the bill but has since changed its tune after the senator that sponsored it agreed to push for amendments they’d asked for. Senator Scott Tannas shared that commitment with The Eastern Door earlier this September. The way the bill is currently worded doesn’t account for the online gaming industry – one the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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November 8, 2024More governance meetings on horizon
As part of its push to usher in a law-making process for the community, the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK)
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November 8, 2024Council Ethics Commission established
The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) has announced the creation of an Ethics Commission, envisioned as an impartial body that can navigate disputes arising from the Custom Electoral Code.
