Search Results

Thirty-four years to the day after the Siege of Kanehsatake came to an end, supporters packed into an old church in downtown Montreal for the release of Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel’s latest work, a book titled When The Pine Needles Fall, co-authored by Sean Carleton.

After demands for a meeting with government officials went unheeded, a group of Oka residents pledging solidarity with Kanesatake whistleblowers are taking a step closer to enacting checkpoints to stop dump trucks carrying potentially contaminated soil from entering the territory.

Back in May, members of Kanesatake’s Longhouse listened as Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille and MCK chief Valerie Bonspille shared with them information about a group of paddlers that had scheduled a six-day trip, including a stop in Kanesatake.

In the early days of the Siege of Kanehsatake, also known as the Oka Crisis, Kanehsata’kehró:non Ellen Gabriel didn’t realize that protests were erupting across Canada in support of Kanien’kehá:ka who were protecting the Pines.

Keegan Thomas, grandson of Kanehsata’kehró:non Roger Binette, remembers what it was like to be a waterboy in Akwesasne for players who graced the rosters of National Lacrosse League (NLL)

The director of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) environment department has been accused of cutting trees in the Onen’tó:kon preservation area established by a group of women committed to protecting the Pines.

“Search the landfill.” It’s a refrain that has been repeated for months at encampments where people’s lives revolve around the call for justice, yet it is still being met with inaction by the governments of Canada and Manitoba.

The film opens with a close-up image of Pine needles so lush-green you can almost smell them, as a woman speaks Kanien’kéka, returning an absorbed audience to the events that set into motion the 78-day standoff known today as the Siege of Kanehsatake.

When members of Ionkwatehontsénhne decided to speak with The Eastern Door, they wanted to meet in the Pines, where a white sign reads “Onen’to:kon preservation area.

When Kahnawákeró:non Katsitsahente Cross-Delisle looked at her finished tattoo from Miciah Stasis at the Kanehsatà:ke Traditional Indigenous Tattoo Gathering, she could feel the presence of their ancestors.