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October 4, 2024Showcasing art and history
The Kahnawake Legion Hall is host to this year’s edition of Iontkahthóhtha’, the yearly art show that sets out to represent the wide breadth of Onkwehón:we artwork.
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April 11, 2024Fort Wall restoration underway
For many in Kahnawake, the Fort St-Louis Wall is an important piece of the community’s history. To some, it’s a reminder of the painful legacy of colonization, and should be torn down.
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February 29, 2024Church organist returns to 'Jeopardy!'
Community members tuning in for beloved quiz show Jeopardy! last week might’ve been surprised to see a familiar word in one contestant’s sign off, after St. Francis Xavier Mission Catholic Church organist Vince Bacani ended his time in the Wild Card Tournament with a simple “Thanks/Merci/Niá:wen.” “After my appearance, so many people messaged me.
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February 20, 2024Mohawk Mothers halt warehouse excavation
Work has been temporarily paused at a Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) warehouse facility in Montreal, after the Kanien’kehá:ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers)
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January 31, 2024Showing off community’s history and culture
Local designer Karoniénhawe Diabo, behind She Holds the Sky Designs, has had a bustling few years punctuated with achievements and accolades both internationally and locally.
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November 2, 2023Historic child welfare settlement approved
Kiona Akohseràke Deer was moved between different group homes and foster care units at least 20 times before she even turned 18.
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September 25, 2023Fundraiser to repair century-old church organ
Since 1898, the pipe organ at St. Francis Xavier Mission Catholic Church has been an integral element of the church’s history in bringing together the community.
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April 13, 2023Vatican relents on papal bulls
In 2016, Kenneth Deer travelled to the Vatican alongside a delegation of other Indigenous leaders to demand that pope Francis revoke three papal bulls – declarations made by popes – that provided the legal basis and religious authority for centuries of ongoing colonial genocide.
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March 30, 2023List of names of sexual abusers includes Jesuits in Kahnawake and Spanish, Ontario
Students at the Garnier Indian Residential School in Spanish, Ontario, subsisted on tea and mush. They had no eggs or butter or sugar.
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December 30, 2022The year that was in Kahnawake
The CAQ won again, Bill 96 passed, and two years into the pandemic we still said the word COVID more often than we ate breakfast.
