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October 26, 2021First Kanesatake woman MD joins Health Center
Ève Mailhot-Daye is the first Kanien’kehá:ka woman doctor Kanesatake Health Center has ever had. She is also one of a few that have made KHC their primary place to practice medicine. -
October 18, 2021Kanien’kehá:ka youth achieves lifelong dream
Kanien’kehá:ka Joëlle Perron-Thibodeau has dreamed of being a lawyer since she was 10 years old. Now, that dream is a reality. -
October 11, 2021Fighting climate change one tree at a time
Between Monday, October 4 and Saturday, October 9, the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office set out to plant 475 native trees and shrubs in public spaces across the community. -
September 30, 2021Investigating child abuse at school
Content warning. This article contains strong language of sexual abuse and is not suitable for all readers. “It started around the age of six or seven, and he continued to hurt me until I was around 11,” an anonymous source that we will call Sam told The Eastern Door.
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September 29, 2021Commemorating residential school victims
When 215 children were found in unmarked graves at the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, Jessica Hernandez felt the news like a weight on her shoulders.
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September 28, 2021The sharing of seeds and teachings
Christine Loft-Jones planted the seeds of her annual corn harvest in anticipation of the Full Flower Moon on May 26. “There’s a whole teaching about planting by the moon cycles,” explained the Kahnawa’kehró:non.
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September 8, 2021Recognizing Indigenous excellence
(Courtesy Wahéhshon Shiann Whitebean) Kahnawakehró:non Wahéhshon Shiann Whitebean started university eight years ago at age 30. Already a mother of three, Whitebean embarked on a rigorous academic journey, which led to her being named a 2020 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar, one of Canada’s most prestigious academic awards.
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August 25, 2021Huge investigation welcomes a Mohawk
The former executive director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada, Kanesatake’s Kimberly Murray, has been chosen to lead an investigation at the former Mohawk Institute residential school.
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August 5, 2021New chief comes clean
Steve Bonspiel The Eastern Door Ryan Montour was on a path of self-destruction when a lifestyle of drinking, drugging and high-risk behaviour finally caught up to him that one fateful night 10 years ago. On March 2, 2011, Montour’s life changed forever after he left a local bar under the influence of drugs and alcohol and smashed head-on into a car driven by a man from Mercier. Today, he’s a newly-elected Mohawk Council of Kahnawake chief, but back then, he was an addict of drugs and alcohol. Montour was in the middle of heavy partying when he slipped behind the wheel of his white 2008 Dodge Charger, bolstered by a cocktail of cocaine, marijuana and alcohol. He had been contemplating whether or not he should drive down Route 207 to his home in the village area.
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June 23, 2021Grand Debate unveils key platforms
STEVE BONSPIEL THE EASTERN DOOR This article was written in collaboration with Greg Horn, Iorì:wase. The five candidates for grand chief squared off in the second-ever Grand Debate, hosted by the community’s media outlets.
