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The regional health survey is a way for community organizations in Kahnawake, and First Nations health and social services commissions outside of town, to get a full snapshot of the health issues faced my community members, helping them to develop future plans to improve health outcomes and monitor ongoing projects.

Council (FNEC) celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, its Inter-School Games - which started yesterday, Thursday - are in their 17th year, and while that’s not a nice, round number like 40, FNEC Inter-School Games coordinator David Gill said it is still a meaningful number.

Despite being retired from hockey, Kahnawa’kehró:non Brooke Stacey just can’t stay off the ice, last weekend celebrating a win with the Alberta Thunderbirds at the Fred Sasakamoose “Chief Thunderstick” National Hockey Championship in Ahtahkakoop, Saskatchewan.

A number of Indigenous Members of Parliament (MPs) have been named to the federal cabinet this week, not the least of which was Mandy Gull-Masty, the former grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees, who becomes the first Native person to lead Indigenous Services Canada.

The grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees, Norman A. Wapachee, was ecstatic on election night as his predecessor, Mandy Gull-Masty, inched past the competition and won a seat in Parliament representing the riding of Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou.

Kahnawake Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS) would like to have a network of families and individuals that would be willing to open their homes to local youth in urgent need of foster homes – people that can make a deeply upsetting time more stable for the youngest generation in the community.

Montreal-based tour guide Donovan King is done waiting for the government to address his concerns that laws regulating tour guiding in the city impose undue barriers on Indigenous people.

Last Thursday, May 8, was Victory in Europe Day, commemorating the day Nazi Germany formally surrendered in 1945, ending the Second World War in Europe.

The world of Native fashion is exploding lately, with more and more Onkwehón:we designers sharing their works on catwalks around the world. The latest venue for Indigenous fashionistas was in New Mexico, with some of Kahnawake’s own talent heading to Santa Fe for the first edition of Santa Fe’s Native Fashion Week.

One lacrosse season ended last week for Kahnawa’kehró:non laxer Koleton Marquis after the State University of New York at Albany (UAlbany) Great Danes were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament, but another one is just around the corner with the Peterborough Lakers.