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The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke has officially announced that an election will be held this fall to fill all seven vacant seats on the Alcoholic Beverages Control (ABC) Board, the regulatory body responsible for overseeing the sale, distribution, and production of alcohol within the community.n

Launched for the first time in Kahnawake, Sken:nen tsi Aiethiiehiaronhseke is a prenatal program that recently concluded its first eight-week session. From June 1 to July 24, it supported 10 local families through a culturally grounded, community-based approach to birth preparation.

Voters looking to cast their ballots in the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) elections will be headed to the polls tomorrow, Saturday, August 2.

At 39 years old, Leya Jacobs has proven that school can come a little later. She studied special care counselling at Champlain College St. Lambert, finishing up a 22-month course in just nine months.

When Karonhienhawe Nicole Nicholas heard there was someone at the beach with a bunch of dogs, she went to check it out. There were no dogs in sight, but she did find a 27-year-old man sitting on a concrete slab with a bicycle, a trailer, and a Swiss accent.

Families of children who rely on Jordan’s Principle funding to pay for private schools may have just a few short weeks to figure out how to pay or find new school options, after Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) said it’ll be unable to cover tuition fees through the program.n

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).

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.

Another community member is done with university. Kiana Cross has graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in communications studies.

During the Siege of Kanehsatake in 1990, Ellen Katsi’tsakwas Gabriel would speak at night with the men on the front lines after wrapping up the day’s negotiations. One of the men, Richard Two-Axe - “Boltpin” - had a saying. You can break one arrow very easily, but if you take a bunch of arrows, you cannot break them.