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COURTESY LAURENCE BRISSON DUBREUIL Kahnawake’s own choreographer and dancer Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo will be making her way to centre stage at Place Des Arts on September 10, opening this year’s Festival Quartiers Dances.

Early this week, the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) confirmed that the COVID-19 Delta variant was present in the community and there was a lot of concern over its spread.

CALLIE GIACCONE THE EASTERN DOOR The people of Kahnawake have spoken, and elected Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer as the first-ever female grand chief.

FILE PHOTO After Bill C-5 passed earlier this month, the federal government is now officially recognizing September 30 as the National day for Truth and Reconciliation (Orange Shirt Day).

Jumblies Theatre's community performance troupe in the Talking Treaties Spectacle in 2018. (Courtesy Marck Fawcett) After creating an incredibly articulate and thorough application, multi-disciplinary artist Ange Loft has been granted the opportunity to take part in the first Indigenous artist residency at the Centaur Theatre, in old Montreal.

As the vaccine eligibility scope widens throughout the province, tangible measures to provide access to Indigenous people living in the greater Montreal area are gaining traction, as the city opens three COVID-19 vaccination sites specifically adapted for the population.

Starting this week and lasting through the fall, Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) staff will be heading out to the Big Fence area to conduct an ecological study.

This article was written in collaboration with Eastern Door reporter Callie Giaccone. With just above 50 percent of all eligible Kahnawa’kehró:non having received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, local health officials expressed their concerns about the noticeable drop in appointments booked over the last few days.

Courtesy Lauren Ashley Jiles A cat might be licking their paw in the background, your neighbour may be shovelling their driveway just outside the window and your tiny apartment may not feel the same as a concert hall holding over 500 people – but the magic of burlesque transcends nonetheless!

Courtesy Pixabay Historically, middle-aged men have been, and continue to be, a high-risk population in the community in relation to suicide.