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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.”
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.”
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.
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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February 7, 2025Seed conference preps for return
The fourth edition of Kahnawake’s annual Seed Conference is coming to town this month, with a schedule chock-full of speakers in the process of being finalized.
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February 7, 2025Winter Carnival nearly here
The days might be getting longer, but that’s about the only sign of the cold snap letting up. Fortunately, as Kanehsata’kehró:non look out the window at the snow accumulating on their cars, they can comfort themselves with the knowledge they’ll soon be clearing it off for two weeks of winter fun.
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February 7, 2025Gabriel’s book shortlisted for award
The past few months have seen Ellen Katsi’tsakwas Gabriel and co-author Sean Carleton travel to a number of cities, sharing their book, When the Pine Needles Fall, with readers all over Turtle Island.
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February 7, 2025Paramedic memorial to honour fallen
When Robert Bonspiel was approached by the Canadian Paramedic Memorial Foundation to sit on its board - becoming its only Indigenous member - he didn’t hesitate.
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February 7, 2025Night Market goers brave the cold
The Kahnawake Youth Center (KYC)’s Winter Carnival has always been on the lookout for ways to make their event better each year.
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February 7, 2025Crowd loves lip-sync comp
Some might think that the Super Bowl half-time show is taking place this Sunday, when the Kansas City Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans.
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February 7, 2025Local named to Queen’s Court for parade
This year’s Chateauguay Valley Irish Heritage Association (CVIHA) Queen Selection and Celtic Celebration was a momentous affair, with more than 200 people in attendance to find out who would be the Queen and her court for their St. Patrick’s Day parade in March.
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February 7, 2025Dancing in Seminole country
Dancing is always medicine for those who enter the powwow arena, and that was particularly true at last weekend’s Seminole Powwow in Florida, where the floor was filled with red dresses, as Onkwehón:we from across Turtle Island joined together for a special dance to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).
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January 31, 2025
Concordia bridges the gap
This fall, Concordia University is hoping to make its degrees more accessible to Onkwehón:we students, with the addition of new bridging programs that aim to break down barriers to higher education.
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January 31, 2025Council to oversee remediation of golf course
At a meeting hosted last week by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), management at the Kanawaki Golf Club admitted to mishandling old cement pipes laced with asbestos after they were discovered by their staff, Council chiefs who attended told The Eastern Door.
