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February 21, 2025Gathering Place hosts art show
It wasn’t the Gathering Place’s official grand opening, but the art show that took place there over the weekend was a fitting start for a building envisioned as a hub for Kanien’kehá:ka cultural values.
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February 21, 2025Rocking the runway in New York City
As Kahnawa’kehró:non Vanessa Martin strutted down the runway as part of this month’s New York Fashion Week (NYFW)
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February 15, 2025Forced closure of survivors' group
A group set up to shed light on the abuse faced by children at a residential school in Six Nations has been left with no options to fund its continued operations, after the federal government said it will no longer provide financial support to the organization.
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February 15, 2025Kanesatake roiled by address erasure
Last Friday in Lachute, Kyle Atkwiroton Canatonquin provided his new Kanesatake address to the clerk behind the counter at the SAAQ (Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec)
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January 31, 2025Missing teen rescued in Kanesatake
Kanesatake and surrounding communities came together this week for a search and rescue mission that had a happy ending, with a 14 year-old girl found safely in the Pines after losing her way on a frigid night.
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January 24, 2025Biden commutes Peltier's sentence
The news that former United States president Joe Biden was granting former American Indian Movement (AIM) member Leonard Peltier clemency to serve out the rest of his life sentence at home was unexpected for many across Turtle Island – including Denise Pictou Maloney, who believes that Peltier was complicit in the 1975 murder of her mother, Annie Mae Pictou in South Dakota.
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January 17, 2025Growing pains for new collection company
Monday was the first recycling pickup for the new company servicing Kanesatake. There was just one hiccup - they didn’t come.
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December 20, 2024Precedent rules in tobacco acquittal
Brooklyn Leblanc hunkered down with many other people to stand up for Kanien’kehá:ka sovereignty in what became known as the Oka Crisis.
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December 20, 2024Students learn podcasting
Grade eight students from Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) have wrapped up a semester of fun with the Concordia Journalism department, having produced their own podcasts with university student mentors.
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December 13, 2024Chiefs head to assembly
Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo used last week’s Assembly of First Nations (AFN) special chiefs’ assembly to challenge federal leaders to envision what a future relationship could look like between Kahnawake and Canada.
