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Mohawk Council of Kahnawake membership portfolio chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer was among the resource team on hand for Tuesday evening’s hearing on the Kahnawake Membership Law.

Dozens of Kahnawake’kehró:non protested outside of plaintiffs Marvin and Terri McComber’s home last year. (Jessica Deer, The Eastern Door)

MCK grand chief Serge Otsi Simon met with Eco-Niobium's Michel Gaucher last week to officially call off further talks. (Steve Bonspiel, The Eastern Door)

Eastern Door journalists Daniel J. Rowe and Jessica Deer took home second place for their investigative reporting on membership issues.

Director of Justice Services Kevin Fleischer, membership registrar Rose-Ann Morris and portfolio chief Arlene Jacobs were among the resource staff on hand at Tuesday’s Community Decision-Making Process hearing for the Kahnawake Membership Law.

Dale Dione and Joe Delaronde facilitated Tuesday’s Community Decision-Making Process hearing on the proposed Kahnawake Tobacco Law. (Jessica Deer, The Eastern Door)

Like fingerprints, no two family trees are the same, and all require digging. With modern software and available archive material, it has become easier and easier to trace your family back centuries through all the complicated roots.

Judge Diane Humetewa with some Indigenous students at McGill’s First Peoples House. (Courtesy U.S. Consulate General, Montreal) The first female Native American judge marked her first trip to Canada last week with a two-day visit to Montreal, making a number of appearances in Kanesatake and throughout the city.

A tanker carrying raw alcohol lost power and hit the North Wall Monday morning that drew crowds of onlookers to check out the scene.

An hour into reading Globe and Mail columnist John Ibbitson’s new biography Stephen Harper, I posted a picture of the book on Instagram with the tongue-in-cheek caption “Who would’ve thought I’d spend an hour reading this?” Two friends from Kahnawake posted comments within minutes: “a good hour that you’ll never get back” and “burn the damn thing.” The Eastern Door requested a review copy of Ibbitson’s book, as Harper is continually cast as villain number one in Kahnawake, and understanding something of his life, politics and personality is important.