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  • May 30, 2025

    Aged out and left behind

    It’s the little things that sting the most for Lily Ieroniawákon Deer. Small, day-to-day nuggets of knowledge that she doesn’t have, like knowing whether or not to paint the rust on her car.

  • May 23, 2025

    A great day to battle bigotry

    It would have been difficult to ask for a nicer day for an event than last Friday’s sunny summer-like weather, making it the perfect day for Kahnawake Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS) to host its International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) outside the Service Complex.

  • May 16, 2025

    New ministers signal hope

    The grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees, Norman A. Wapachee, was ecstatic on election night as his predecessor, Mandy Gull-Masty, inched past the competition and won a seat in Parliament representing the riding of Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou.

  • May 2, 2025

    Meet the new boss, same as the old boss?

    We’ll see, as Canada elected another Liberal government, albeit a minority, and there was plenty to unpack from it.

  • May 2, 2025

    Diabo to wait and see on Carney

    Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo said that in the days following the Liberal Party of Canada winning a minority government mandate - electing, at the time of writing, 168 members of Parliament (MPs) - he is being cautious about prime minister Mark Carney and the return of the Liberals to office.

  • May 2, 2025

    Iroquois Caucus signs trade agreement

    The six communities participating in the Iroquois Caucus - Kahnawake, Kanesatake, Akwesasne, Six Nations of the Grand River, Tyendinaga, and the Oneida Nation of the Thames - signed an agreement that will look to strengthen ties between the communities in the face of American economic pressures.

  • May 2, 2025

    Sometimes you just have to fight

    When your child is in crisis, you do what you must to keep them calm. That should be the mantra of every parent, and for the ones who are trying hard to be better and stand up for their kids, it is, but it isn’t always met with compassion and empathy from others.

  • April 25, 2025

    Fighting for everyone

    With Cultural Awareness Month (CAM) wrapping up next week, it’s a good time to ask ourselves, personally and as a community, just how aware we are.

  • April 25, 2025

    Council demands exemptions to counter-tariffs 

    Kahnawa’kehró:non shouldn’t be subject to the tariffs Canada has imposed on goods purchased south of the border, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo says. 

  • April 25, 2025

    United Nations meet to discuss in New York

    For a full 24 hours a message from the Quebec First Nations delegation to the United Nations lit up Times Square, with passersby reading a message that called for respect for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the province.