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The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake participated again this year in the long-standing Movember campaign, raising awareness for causes like prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health issues.

Kanehsata’kehró:non Mary Hannaburg has been at many tables over the years where the Indian Act was debated, but she believes recently passed amendments to Bill S-2, which would axe the second-generation cut-off rule, are more promising than ever before.

Kahnawake students benefitted from a spontaneous community effort to distribute fresh, organic vegetables including carrots, potatoes, beets, and cabbage to local schools to bring fresh, organic vegetables into classrooms, highlighting the importance of community collaboration and food sovereignty.

Every year, Karonhiaráhstha’s Winter Wonderland gets bigger and bigger, and with a full year to plan for their Playground venue, this year’s edition, the 11th, is looking like it will be the biggest one yet.

Just a few months after the official launch of the Elevating Sportsmanship and Empowering Respect campaign, a collaboration between the Sports and Recreation Unit (SRU) of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake and Kahnawake Shakotiia’takéhnhas Community Services (KSCS), its effects can already be felt in community sports, including minor hockey.

The Kahnawake Minor Hockey Association (KMHA)’s U11A Mohawks had a nice showing in their first tournament of the season, the Cumberland Dukes House League Showdown - but they also had a lot of fun, which is even more important to their coaching staff.

A $50,000 donation from the Anglican Church will go towards helping Kahnawake archive its oral history, part of a project that coordinator Gerald Taiaiake Alfred says will ensure future generations of Kahnawa’kehró:non have access to easily forgotten information about the community.

While many items were on the docket for the fall Tioweró:ton community meeting, it was the topic of the newly announced Peacekeepers’ substation in the territory that took much of the attention during the session.

After months of consultations at Senate standing committees, senators have voted 10-1 to pass amendments that would end second-generation cut-off within the Indian Act.

Kanesatake’s festive wreath fundraiser is back again this year, but the raffle, which raises money for Kanesatake’s language revitalization efforts, bears a new name: the Kawinónhshen Audrey “Minnie” Nelson Memorial Language Fundraiser.