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Contrary to my assumption that every person who dresses in a stereotypical “Pocahottie” and “Indian Warrior” costume is a small-minded bigot, it turns out some aren’t all that bad.

Like fingerprints, no two family trees are the same, and all require digging. With modern software and available archive material, it has become easier and easier to trace your family back centuries through all the complicated roots.

The As’in’I’wa’chi Ni’yawak nation met with the Mohawk Council to gain support for their comprehensive land claim.  (Daniel J.

Courtesy Courtney Montour An impressive new documentary by rookie filmmaker Courtney Montour screened at the McCord Museum in Montreal Wednesday, heralding another energetic voice in Onkwehón:we cinema.

They were the years where hockey players had few teeth and epic moustaches; hair flew freely sans helmet as nature intended, and a team from Philadelphia in orange and black won back-to-back cups and were one of the dominant teams in the NHL.

Kahnawake artist and teacher Owisò:kon Lahache drew on her family, passion for teaching, and artistic gift to paint a commemoration of the genocidal practice of residential schools.

Judge Diane Humetewa with some Indigenous students at McGill’s First Peoples House. (Courtesy U.S. Consulate General, Montreal) The first female Native American judge marked her first trip to Canada last week with a two-day visit to Montreal, making a number of appearances in Kanesatake and throughout the city.

The Foundation for the Compulsory Study of Genocide in Schools is hoping to pressure the government of Quebec to make mandatory the study of genocide including Residential Schools in the province’s textbooks.

There is a lot more at stake in next week’s election for Canadian prime minister than who will run the country for the next four years (a minority government is most likely).

Karonhianónhnha School proved it has a killer crop of swift female distance runners as it took as a team.