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Santa’s set to come early this year for every local student, with the Kanesatake Education Center (KEC) once again collecting financial donations to make it happen.

After printing over 2,000 issues over the course of 42 years, Turtle Island’s longest-running Kanien’kehá:ka newspaper is calling it quits.  Indian Time, based in Akwesasne, ran its second-to-last print issue on November 14 and will run its last on December 19.  Editor Marjorie Skidders said they can no longer afford to print amid a stark plummet in ad revenue.  “It really is sad,” she told The Eastern Door.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) could soon be signed between the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and Quebec, Cody Diabo shared with The Eastern Door.

A microcultivation license has been granted to a local business, bringing the number of businesses permitted to cultivate and process cannabis in Kahnawake to two.

The Kanesatake Health Center (KHC) held its first annual general assembly (AGA) in two years Wednesday night, electing a new board and giving community members a look into the centre’s operations.

A new venue, door prizes, and new trees are only a few of the things to look forward to for this year’s 10th edition of Karonhiaráhstha’s Winter Wonderland.

Although we hate to reuse certain phrases, “one of the worst-kept secrets” has popped up too often this year with the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK).

The Kanien'kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR) has three new board members after elections held on November 5.

Courtesy Tewatohnhi'saktha The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) can go back to business as usual now that there are once again three commissioners assigned to the body.  The licensing and regulatory authority responsible for land-based and online gaming in Kahnawake was down to just one commissioner by late October, leaving the KGC unable to host its regularly scheduled meetings.  The three voting members now include Donna Delaronde McComber and Heather Bauersfeld, alongside Janice Beauvais, who’s volunteered her time at the commission since 2022.

Kahnawake is taking the lead in mobilizing First Nations across the country to support Bill S-268. The proposed law, if adopted, would enshrine those nations’ right to establish, conduct, and manage their own gaming businesses, such as casinos.  The Council table had previously been opposed to the bill but has since changed its tune after the senator that sponsored it agreed to push for amendments they’d asked for.  Senator Scott Tannas shared that commitment with The Eastern Door earlier this September.    The way the bill is currently worded doesn’t account for the online gaming industry – one the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)