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Joshua Nolet helped develop the employment survey that has been underway in Kanesatake since last spring, and the Kanehsata’kehró:non is looking forward to seeing how the data it yields might help others find something he currently enjoys - work he finds meaningful.

An investigation is now underway over the sale of hunted meat in Kahnawake, Quebec’s environmental ministry has confirmed. The investigation being carried out by wildlife officers was triggered following the publication of articles in Le Journal de Montréal that framed the sale of game in the territory as a “black market.” The reporting targeted community member Shane Stacey in particular, the hunter behind Wild Bush Cuts.

When Tanya Talaga and Courtney Montour learned that Playback, a Canadian television industry magazine, would be recognizing them as TV directors of the year for their docuseries The Knowing, based on Talaga’s book, they were both surprised and honoured.

The patrol of local highways largely used by non-locals takes up a major chunk of the Kahnawake Peacekeepers’ resources. Accidents along Route 207 and Highway 138 happen on a weekly basis, and the work the police force has to dedicate to preventing fatalities isn’t being fairly compensated for by the province, according to many on the Council table.

Brooklyn Leblanc hunkered down with many other people to stand up for Kanien’kehá:ka sovereignty in what became known as the Oka Crisis.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is rushing to create an emergency shelter before the new year, Council chief Iohahiio Delisle shared, saying there’s been a growing number in town finding themselves without anywhere to stay the night.  As of November, a working group made up of staff from Kahnawake Shakotiia'takehnhas Community Services (KSCS), Council chiefs Jeremiah Johnson and Arnold Boyer, and MCK staff have been meeting on a weekly basis to address what Delisle called a growing problem.  “There’s a homelessness issue in the community, and it's time that we address it and acknowledge it for what it is,” he said.  To his knowledge there’s never been an overnight shelter in Kahnawake.

Canada was underfunding our on-reserve children for far too long, and now we are dealing with a secondary, potentially larger issue with a backlog of money that needs to be paid.

CN Rail released a long-anticipated reconciliation action plan this week, one initially expected to be made up entirely of recommendations from its former Indigenous advisory council - that being before they all quit en masse last year.

The community is getting to know Ionkwatahónhsate Victim Services, with two information sessions held over meals last Thursday familiarizing Kahnawa’kehró:non with the resources they can offer.

On the morning of November 21, a witness who spoke with The Eastern Door heard gunfire shortly after a car drove into the Sweet Grass Lodge cannabis dispensary.