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For most people, November is just that filler month between Halloween and Christmas, especially when most Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October.

After printing over 2,000 issues over the course of 42 years, Turtle Island’s longest-running Kanien’kehá:ka newspaper is calling it quits.  Indian Time, based in Akwesasne, ran its second-to-last print issue on November 14 and will run its last on December 19.  Editor Marjorie Skidders said they can no longer afford to print amid a stark plummet in ad revenue.  “It really is sad,” she told The Eastern Door.

Well over 1,000 books were recently donated to the Kahnawake library. Unfortunately for community members, those 78 boxes of books remain locked up at the old water filtration plant across from the hospital, as the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

A microcultivation license has been granted to a local business, bringing the number of businesses permitted to cultivate and process cannabis in Kahnawake to two.

This year’s Remembrance Day parade was the largest in almost two decades, with hundreds of veterans from multiple branches of the Canadian and American armed forces joined by the community in remembrance and celebration of the sacrifices of veterans, living or passed.

The Chateauguay Bantam Raiders competed in their President’s Cup final in St. Leonard on November 9, putting in a good effort against the St. Lazare Mustangs, but ultimately lost 31-13.

It may have been a few months since the announcement of Allen “Arbour” Diabo joining the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame, but it still left him feeling emotional at the induction ceremony in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, on November 9.

Although we hate to reuse certain phrases, “one of the worst-kept secrets” has popped up too often this year with the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK).

Kahnawake is taking the lead in mobilizing First Nations across the country to support Bill S-268. The proposed law, if adopted, would enshrine those nations’ right to establish, conduct, and manage their own gaming businesses, such as casinos.  The Council table had previously been opposed to the bill but has since changed its tune after the senator that sponsored it agreed to push for amendments they’d asked for.  Senator Scott Tannas shared that commitment with The Eastern Door earlier this September.    The way the bill is currently worded doesn’t account for the online gaming industry – one the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

The federal point person for missing children and unmarked graves this week said that Canada must shift from “a culture of amnesty and impunity to a culture of accountability and justice,” with the release of a two-volume final report marking the end of her mandate.