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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.
Complaints summary shared by Council
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) posted a summary of complaints that had been lodged towards members of the council table by the rest of the table - although it did not disclose the nature of these complaints.
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October 9, 2015March honours Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Ten years later, crowds marched through Montreal to attention to the tragedy of hundreds of Indigenous women and girls in the country who have been murdered or are missing.
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October 9, 2015Kahnawake joins fight against city's sewage plan
The plan to dump eight billion litres of untreated sewage into the St. Lawrence River continues to draw criticism from both sides of the river, and it just got political.
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October 2, 2015Gathering honours residential school victims
"We are suffering from a great sorrow, almost like death," said Charlie Patton told the gathering of people who came to pay tribute to residential school survivors on Wednesday.(Steve Bonspiel, The Eastern Door.)
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October 2, 2015Jesse Deer Scholarship awarded to aspiring journalist
Eastern Door cartoonist and former summer student Darian Jacobs is the latest recipient of the Jesse Deer Memorial Media Scholarship.
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September 25, 2015Survival students introduced to new Eagle Spirit Academy
Kahnawake Survival School students heading into their final year of high school were at McGill University Friday being introduced to something unique.
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September 18, 2015Tewa board nomination protest gets ugly, cops called
Saturday morning’s nomination period for the Tewatohnhi’saktha board of directors’ election didn’t quite pan out the way electoral officer Timmy Norton envisioned.
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September 11, 2015Deer switches focus and looks to future of independence
University student Brooke Deer began the start of the new fall semester this week with a clear goal in mind: Independence.
