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It’s do-or-die for the Kahnawake Hunters tonight, as they take on the Elora Mohawks at the Kahnawake Sports Complex, after a difficult first two games of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL)

Lacrosse has always been a medicine game, and that was shown to be especially true at the Kahnawake Sports Complex last weekend, when community members took part in a smoke dance before the Eastern Conference Finals series of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League.

The 32nd annual Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-Wow was once again a major success this weekend. This year’s powwow saw over 12,000 attendees descend upon Tekakwitha Island for the celebration of Kanien'kehá:ka culture.

When the buzzer rang at the Howard Darwin arena in Nepean last Sunday, it was hard to tell who was more excited – the players on the floor, or the fans in the stands who had travelled from Kahnawake, releasing confetti cannons and blasting air horns as they cheered.

They say your sense of smell is the one linked closest to your memory. Sometimes the savoury smell of a pot of soup might take you back to Sunday nights at tóta’s, the scent of fresh-cut grass can remind you of a hot summer day, or a whiff of fried chicken was a telling sign that your father was home for the weekend from ironworking.

The Knights of Columbus was packed to the brim Tuesday night as Kahnawa’kehró:non gathered to hear the 21 candidates vying to fill out the next Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

“This is not a competition for the weak,” announced Beatrice Deer from the stage at this year’s National Indigenous Peoples Day concert in Tiohtià:ke’s Cabot Square.

A petition calling for the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at all major entrances and exits to Kahnawake has already surpassed 200 signatures, with community members seeking increased surveillance of non-locals entering the community.

Tracy Montour remembers a time when the Kahnawake Moose Lodge would be packed to the brim for events – from barbecues, movie nights, and baseball games to family golf tournaments and, of course, the Moose picnic.

More than a year ago, Waneek Horn-Miller told her fellow Olympian and friend Clara Hughes that she wanted to be more involved in Olympic coverage.