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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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March 27, 2023Gabriel’s Bible project nearly ready to print
In 1957, Harvey Gabriel heard scripture read out loud in Kanien’kéha for the first time. When he got home, he asked his mother why Kanien’kehá:ka didn’t have a Bible in their own language.
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March 24, 2023Kahnawa’kehró:non student wins $100k award
You might think it’s hard to stay humble after winning a $100,000 scholarship, but for Kahnawa’kehró:non Gracie Diabo, her achievements are one piece of a bigger picture of Kanien’kehá:ka excellence.
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March 23, 2023Cars plunge into water at ice races
It happened during the final race of the day. Two vehicles fell through the ice during Saturday’s third and final Kahnawake Ice Racing Series (KIRS)
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March 21, 2023Party caps off three-year health study
Local participation in a massive study on the health of First Nations youth could have a lasting benefit for Kanehsata’kehró:non, a fact celebrated by families and researchers on Saturday at Rotiwennakéhte elementary school.
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March 20, 2023Kahnawa’kehró:non serve at shelter
Nearly a year ago, a warming tent constructed in honour of Raphaël “Napa” André, an Innu man who died in Milton Park in January 2021, was shut down due to a lack of federal funding.
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March 16, 2023Kahnawake seeks probation deal with Quebec
Ryan Montour knows firsthand how intimidating it can be to face the community after being released from prison. “This is the hardest place in Canada to be on parole,” Montour once told the federal government.
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March 14, 2023Digging up the real history
The field of archaeology has been weaponized against Indigenous people for years, with universities and profit-focused corporations embroiled in discourse surrounding best practices for excavations and construction on sites that could contain unmarked graves or precious artifacts.
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March 14, 2023Speakers’ circle preserves language
At the kitchen table of the Tsi Ronterihwanónhnha ne Kanien’kéha Language and Culture Center, fluent speakers snacked on banana cake and sipped green tea as they reached into their memories looking for “moonlight”: wattsíserare.
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March 9, 2023Kanesatake by-election quashed
The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) by-election has been nullified after the appeal board issued a bombshell ruling that has plunged Council into deeper chaos and unseated Serge Otsi Simon just weeks after a decisive victory.
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March 8, 2023Accountability sought on state of poles
A private engineering firm, Effigis Geo-Solutions, has been inspecting Kahnawake’s utility pole network over the last two weeks after one owned by Bell Canada came down on Old Malone Highway last month, leaving 1,500 Kahnawa’kehró:non without power on the coldest day of the year.
