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Social media isn’t always a positive place, but this week it helped a treasured piece of community history find its way back home to Six Nations, thanks to the work of a local business, two thrifters, and a former non-profit president.

Being an Indigenous person automatically makes you a story collector and a storyteller. Whether it be through oral storytelling, written storytelling, or visual storytelling, our job as Onkwehón:we is to listen to the stories from our elders and pass them down to the next generation.

The annual Akwesasne Fashion Show is set to be an event to remember this year, with tickets selling out within just three days.

If you were driving last week, you might have spotted his majesty Kenfack Tanga Fouotsop II and his entourage in the village area.

More than four months after former Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer publicly acknowledged the “writing was on the wall” on Entain, an exclusive deal with the gaming company has been dissolved.

Since she was young, Olympic water polo player Waneek Horn-Miller has looked up to fellow Indigenous athletes and leaders. Amongst them are Alex Nelson and Angela Chalmers, two individuals who have pioneered inclusion in sports and led the way for others, like Horn-Miller, to follow in their footsteps.

Thursday was a day full of reflection for many in Kahnawake, as over 400 descended on the Sports Complex field to listen to acclaimed author Dr. Gabor Maté, known for his expertise on intergenerational trauma.   Maté opened with the story of a woman he met in Haïda Gwaïi, British Columbia, who approached him about the shame she felt in having lost her language.

Utica, New York, was the place to be last weekend, as laxers from across Turtle Island showed up to compete at LAXNAI – the 2024 North American Invitational lacrosse tournament.

Well over 1,000 trick-or-treaters gathered in the parking lot of the Kahnawake Sports Complex on Saturday for the fifth annual Trunk or Treat, raising nearly $2,000 for the community food basket.

Four winners have been selected to receive scholarships from the Caisse Populaire Kahnawake.  Each year since 2010, students of all kinds, whether high school, CEGEP, vocational studies, university, and the Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Immersion Program, are encouraged to submit applications for the scholarships, the winners of which are selected by the bank’s board of directors.  "They basically look at not just academics, but also community involvement, volunteering, arts, sports, and activities,” said Mandie Montour, general manager of the Kahnawake branch of Desjardins.