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On December 12, the mandate of the special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked graves and burial sites associated with Indian Residential Schools will come to an end.

Well over 1,000 books were recently donated to the Kahnawake library. Unfortunately for community members, those 78 boxes of books remain locked up at the old water filtration plant across from the hospital, as the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

Social media isn’t always a positive place, but this week it helped a treasured piece of community history find its way back home to Six Nations, thanks to the work of a local business, two thrifters, and a former non-profit president.

It may have been a few months since the announcement of Allen “Arbour” Diabo joining the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame, but it still left him feeling emotional at the induction ceremony in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, on November 9.

A petition calling for an exemption to Law 14 for Indigenous students in anglophone CEGEPs has been deposited with the Quebec National Assembly, having garnered nearly 3,000 signatures since its launch in August.

The federal point person for missing children and unmarked graves this week said that Canada must shift from “a culture of amnesty and impunity to a culture of accountability and justice,” with the release of a two-volume final report marking the end of her mandate.

A proposed $47.8 billion settlement agreement for a 10-year reform of First Nations child and family services in the country was shot down last week, after 267 chiefs and proxies voted against it at a special chiefs assembly hosted by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).

The renowned author Dr. Gabor Maté is set to visit Kahnawake next week, a first for the inspirational writer known for his expertise on trauma and addiction.

The Mohawk Mothers, also known as the Kanien’kehá:ka Kahnistensera, have filed a motion in Ottawa with the Supreme Court of Canada, seeking an independent investigation into possible unmarked graves at the site of the former Royal Victoria Hospital site.

The annual McGill University Powwow was a hit last Friday, especially with Kahnawa’kehró:non who showed up to dance, vend, and share in the celebration.