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March 11, 2022Round Table honours local women
The doulas who comprise the group Konwati’shatstenhsherawi’s - Women Empowering Women were among those nominated for the KSCS International Women’s Day event.
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February 21, 2022Elder food security a growing concern
In a community that agrees on the need to respect its elders, older Kahnawa’kehró:non - especially those on fixed incomes who lack family support - are particularly vulnerable to the increased cost of living and income stagnation affecting wide swaths of the population. -
January 14, 2022The end of local COVID-19 stats
Overwhelmed by the Omicron wave and unable to keep up with testing, local health authorities will no longer track or report the number of COVID-19 cases in Kahnawake. -
January 7, 2022$40-billion agreement reached on child welfare
(Courtesy First Nations Child and Family Caring Society) “Discrimination is when the government doesn’t think you’re worth the money.” According to Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, these words were uttered by a child her organization was working with.
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December 23, 2021Investigation leads to dismissal
A four-month investigation into sexual abuse allegations against an employee at Kateri School has led to the former educator’s termination, The Eastern Door has learned.
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November 8, 2021
Indigenous child welfare fight continues
Last Friday, the federal government filed an appeal to challenge a Federal Court decision that upheld a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) order to compensate Indigenous children who were victims of the child-welfare system. -
November 3, 2021Local cooking show wins innovation award
What’s for Lunch, a community cooking show that promotes healthy eating and family bonding, was the winner of the innovation award at this year’s Order of Dietitians and Nutritionists of Quebec award gala. -
October 26, 2021First Kanesatake woman MD joins Health Center
Ève Mailhot-Daye is the first Kanien’kehá:ka woman doctor Kanesatake Health Center has ever had. She is also one of a few that have made KHC their primary place to practice medicine. -
September 29, 2021Commemorating residential school victims
When 215 children were found in unmarked graves at the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, Jessica Hernandez felt the news like a weight on her shoulders.
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September 9, 2021Passports, Delta and outrage
Kahnawake is sitting in a difficult position. As the fourth wave and the red zone have been announced, the local Public Health team and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
