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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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November 23, 2022Walkers honour residential school children
Each day that 67-year-old Virgil Moar wakes up on the side of the Trans-Canada Highway, he turns to his companions, both decades his junior, and he says “Top of the morning to you.” He says it because - in his words - it sounds really damn cheerful.
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November 22, 2022Winter Wonderland marks eighth year
“It’s become a healing place. The community comes together to grieve, and heal, and enjoy together.” These are the words of Carla Skye-Delisle, the president of the Kateri Memorial Foundation (KMF), who for the eighth year running, has organized Karonhiaráhstha’s Winter Wonderland in honour of her daughter Karonhiaráhstha Delisle, who passed away as a baby in 2013.
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November 18, 2022All Rhodes lead to local student
Iakoiehwahtha (Iako) Patton has just made history. The Kahnawa’kehró:non is one of the first Indigenous women in Canada to receive the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. -
November 15, 2022Delisle juggles first week as chief
The newest Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief will only be the new guy for a few weeks, but he’s already got a lot on his plate. -
November 15, 2022Devastated by housing scandal
“This isn’t the result I expected. This is devastating.” Tammy Whitebean, who is one of at least 20 victims of the 2018 housing scandal that has left Kahnawake reeling, has been reacting to last week’s announcement that no criminal charges would be laid in the fraud investigation. -
November 14, 2022Local passed over for Council clerk job
As a power struggle over the employment status of the current-or-former Council clerk grinds Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) business to a halt, The Eastern Door has learned there was a Kanehsata’kehró:non alternative to the grand chief’s spouse for the job.
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November 11, 2022The Kahnawake tobacco law tug of war
The draft Kahnawake Tobacco Law faces another fumble on the way to the finish line, as the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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November 8, 2022By-election candidates draw few
Upon entering the Knights of Columbus Hall last Thursday evening, a pindrop could be heard in the sea of empty chairs laid out for nearly 100 people. But by then, only six seats had been occupied. -
November 1, 2022Grand chief refuses to accept wife’s dismissal
File photo Council clerk - or former Council clerk, depending on whom you ask - Karen Heidinger, wife of Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK)
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October 31, 2022Historic child welfare settlement rejected
Courtesy First Nations Child and Family Caring Society The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) has put the brakes on a landmark $20-billion settlement agreement to compensate Indigenous victims of the child welfare system, ruling it does not pass muster with the requirements the tribunal laid out.
