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Our future leaders, both in sport and in life, are off to the First Nations Education Council Inter-School Games at the Universite Laval in Quebec City this week, and this is one of those times we get to pat them on the back and cheer them on!

Fees are a hefty barrier for many when considering major conferences, with most costing hundreds if not thousands of dollars to attend.

Reaching local men and boys was a big focus of a free lunch held last week by Kahnawake Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS), where the family violence action group shared how the message of the Moose Hide Campaign fits in when discussing gender-based violence.

Advocating for Indigenous people to have at least 50 percent equity in renewable energy projects was a key message shared by Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Paul Rice at last week’s Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) Summit, where he and other Indigenous leaders spoke with major stakeholders in the industry.

On Wednesday morning, Ratihén:te High School was a flurry of excitement as students grabbed jerseys from makeshift piles in the gym - they had been delivered to the wrong location the night before - and finished packing their bags just ahead of getting on the bus to Quebec City.

A number of Indigenous Members of Parliament (MPs) have been named to the federal cabinet this week, not the least of which was Mandy Gull-Masty, the former grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees, who becomes the first Native person to lead Indigenous Services Canada.

The grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees, Norman A. Wapachee, was ecstatic on election night as his predecessor, Mandy Gull-Masty, inched past the competition and won a seat in Parliament representing the riding of Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou.

Montreal-based tour guide Donovan King is done waiting for the government to address his concerns that laws regulating tour guiding in the city impose undue barriers on Indigenous people.

The chief electoral officer selected to oversee the upcoming Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) election acknowledged a contradiction in the electoral code but confirmed he believes it is legitimate to abide by a four-year term.

Brooke Rice was representing Kahnawake and sharing ideas with Onkwehón:we from across Turtle Island and the world at the seventh edition of the International Indigenous Peoples Corn Conference, this year held in the Maya Center Village of Stann Creek District in Belize.