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After 40 years, Albany declares Kahnawake day
Forty years ago, some of Kahnawake’s finest took a rag-tag group of around 75 paddlers under their wing, guiding them through a paddling journey re-enacting the route to Albany that would’ve been used as part of the historic fur trade.
Powwow back for 34th edition
After more than three decades of dancing, drumming, and fun in the summer sun, the enthusiasm for the Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-wow is not slowing down.
Work continues on Old Chateauguay Road
The OCR Phase II project to finish replacing the water and sewer systems on the Old Chateauguay Road (OCR) is on schedule, with the underground infrastructure on the stretch by the OCR Gaz Bar set to be completed by early next week.
Quebec more stringent with tax exemptions
At the end of June, Heidi Diabo was trying to purchase a door at the CANAC hardware store in Beauharnois, when she was left rattled by an interaction with an employee she felt was the result of her being visibly Indigenous.
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July 1, 2024Big turnout for Meet the Candidates night
The Knights of Columbus was packed to the brim Tuesday night as Kahnawa’kehró:non gathered to hear the 21 candidates vying to fill out the next Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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June 28, 2024Onkwehón:we pride at Cabot Square
“This is not a competition for the weak,” announced Beatrice Deer from the stage at this year’s National Indigenous Peoples Day concert in Tiohtià:ke’s Cabot Square.
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June 28, 2024Celebrating at the McCord
The sounds of drumming and singing echoed through Museum Alley next to the McCord Stewart Museum last Friday morning for this year’s National Indigenous People’s Day ceremony organized by Land InSights, an organization dedicated to the promotion of Indigenous cultures.
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June 27, 2024Election eligibility appeal denied
Wahsontiio Stacey’s bid to be reinstated as a candidate for chief in the upcoming Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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June 27, 2024Monument breaks ground
A new monument honouring LGBTQ2S+ people is set to be erected in Ottawa, featuring stone from across Turtle Island – including Kahnawake.
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June 26, 2024Murray’s mandate extended
Kimberly Murray, the federal point person for missing children and unmarked graves, will continue her work for a further six months, having had her mandate extended to continue assisting survivors and communities in locating burial sites associated with residential schools.
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June 24, 2024VIDEO: The 2024 Grand Debate, presented by K1037, The Eastern Door, and Iorì:wase
Tune in to K1037 Radio or watch the live stream below to hear the 2024 Grand Debate between Gina Deer, Cody Diabo, and incumbent Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer to become the next Mohawk Council of Kahnawake grand chief come election day on July 6.
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June 24, 2024Dialysis patients call for local treatment
For Angus “Nias” Bordeau, 24 years of kidney dialysis have worn on him. But when asked, Bordeau, who is in his 70s, didn’t think the gruelling treatment has affected his mental health.
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June 21, 2024Path to traditional governance
Recommendations from the Kahnawake Governance Project have been made public, including an ask that the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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June 21, 2024Ancestral remains to be reburied
Remains of Kanien’kehá:ka that date back prior to colonization found during construction at St. Joseph’s Oratory will be reburied at another location on the oratory grounds, The Eastern Door has learned, following an agreement struck between the oratory and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK). The remains of the three individuals were found in the spring last year as the oratory was removing an old asphalt road leading up its slopes, said Katsitsahente Cross-Delisle, the archeologist for the MCK who was there as a monitor when the remains were uncovered. “Most of these ancestral remains that were found are over 1,000 years old,” she said.
