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The past few months have been jam-packed for Kanehsata’kehró:non Julia Kanathiiostha Lazore – while juggling getting married in May and graduating from the Ratiwennenhá:wi Adult Immersion program in June, she’s spent every morsel of free time preparing for the Miss Indigenous Canada pageant, which took place in Six Nations of the Grand River last weekend.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chiefs Melanie Morrison and Tonya Perron represented Kahnawake in Geneva last week, pushing forward the urgent need for meaningful implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

A new fund has been launched to support survivors of residential school and their descendants in community initiatives that promote acknowledging and healing from their ongoing trauma.

At 5:45 a.m., while most of Kanesatake is still waking up, Sterling Mallette is already behind the mic at Reviving Kanehsatà:ke Radio (RKR) 101.7 FM, preparing his morning broadcast. He checks the weather, finds local stories, cues music, and lines up interviews all before the first cup of coffee for many in the community.

When the first International First Peoples Festival (IFPF) happened in 1991, with the Siege of Kanehsatake still fresh in the minds of many, there was initial resistance to having an event like this take place in Tiohtià:ke.

Like many who apply for the Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Immersion Program, Ieniehtisákhe’ Kaycee Diabo had been in a Mohawk immersion environment for elementary school.

On Friday morning, Joe Deom was on the greenspace area near the Mercier Bridge, like he is every year on July 11, to show that Kahnawake is still here, and that it still remembers what happened in 1990.

The Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-Wow saw many come to Tekakwitha Island, including the minister responsible for relations with the First Nations and the Inuit, Ian Lafrenière.

Six years ago, Raienthókwas Angus Horne was in the throes of addiction. Back then, he could never have predicted the role that learning Kanien’kéha would play in his recovery.

Just days before turning 80, John Cree was one of the Kanehsata’kehró:non who marched through the shady Pines and the sweltering heat of Oka streets to commemorate the Siege of Kanehsatake.