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Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel wanted her most recent documentary, Kanàtenhs – When The Pine Needles Fall, to make people listen to the story of the Siege of Kanehsatake from those who lived through it.   And listen they did, as last week Gabriel made history at the 38th annual Conseil des arts de Montréal awards, becoming the first-ever Indigenous artist to take home the prestigious Grand Prix.

Win or lose, seeing the Montreal Canadiens play at the Bell Centre is always a special experience, and for at least one group of Kahnawa’kehró:non, Saturday’s game was one to remember.

Grade five Karonhianónhnha Tsi Ionterihwaienstáhkhwa student Kiyedinaci Ottereyes-Lahache went to the Quebec Indigenous Science Fair in Gatineau last Thursday hoping to impress – both with his dapper burgundy velvet suit, and with his project, “The Science of Scents.” And impress he did, netting both the first-place prize in his age category and a special award for communication – awards that come with combined prize winnings of $1,000.

Indigenous families, community members, and advocacy groups convened at a downtown Ottawa hotel last Friday, singing, dancing, drumming, and cheering.

Glorianne Dickinson will always think of the home on Old Malone Highway across from the pharmacy as Ma’s. It’s been in her family since the late 1800s.

Accessing help as a survivor of domestic abuse can be difficult – both emotionally and bureaucratically – as individuals are left to figure out which organizations provide the types of resources they need during vulnerable times.

A fractious term of Council has hit a new low, with the doors of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK)

Whether you call it Orange Shirt Day or Truth and Reconciliation Day, September 30 is a special time to honour our residential school heroes and to never forget what happened.

First, the positive: Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer and her partner Tami Jo Rice are proud of who they are as a gay couple in Kahnawake.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer and her wife Tami Jo Rice were paid to promote Birks, a jewellery company whose diamonds partly originate from mines said to have harmful effects on Indigenous communities in Canada.