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Kahnawake might be just a few years away from seeing the construction of a brand new Kahnawake Youth Center (KYC), outfitted with facilities that many in the community have been dreaming of for years.

Following the July 11 march through the Pines to mark the 35th anniversary of the Siege of Kanehsatake, members of the Ionkwatehontsénhne women’s group assembled to raise awareness about continued encroachments on their plot of protected land.

In spring 1990, Wanda Gabriel, then a young mother on the verge of turning 30, began building a home in Kanesatake, having moved back that January to reconnect herself and her children with their roots.

The Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Immersion Program has always been in Ionhiarò:roks McComber’s blood. As a child, she remembers her mother, Holly Pinsonneault, spending spare moments studying, and later her sister, Tekawennanoron McComber, graduated from the program too.

The Eastern Door invited everyone running for a spot on Council to make their pitch in their own words, answering the same questions in the same amount of space. This week it’s the grand chief candidates’ turn to make their pitch directly to readers.

Lynn Konwaia’tanón:we’s Jacobs and two other Indigenous delegates were in Uruguay last month to make it clear that Indigenous rights must be ensured at the United Nations’ Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG-3.2) science policy panel session on chemicals, waste, and pollution.

This week, many in Quebec celebrated a day off work for St. Jean Baptiste Day, a holiday that is rooted in the history of French settlers in the province.

The latest session of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL) saw the 30 representatives broach a wide variety of topics over two days, June 18-19, including three controversial bills currently being debated or recently passed.

Kanesatake currently has one law on the books: the law to make laws. Now the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) is following through on its vow to put a slate of Kanesatake laws to a ratification vote before the end of the term, even if the timing of the vote - just two weeks before the general election - is sure to raise some eyebrows.

Montreal’s Old Port drew a crowd of over 100 people Saturday for National Indigenous Peoples Day, with a mixture of singing, dancing, drumming, prayer, celebration, and solemnity resounding under sunny skies.