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Members of the Longhouse in Kanesatake formally opposed the Alto railway project in a letter to various members of government over the railways projected path through Kanesatake’s ancestral lands.

Last week’s Indigenous Nurses Day celebration in Kahnawake was truly generational – from 96-year-old Helen Skye, who became a nurse in 1951, to 29-year-old Rebecca Boyer, who graduated from her nurse practitioner program last summer, it was a day to recognize the efforts of Kahnawake’s nurses past and present.

For former Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller, sports is about much more than just playing a game.

Jeremy Thompson was leading and attending workshops with Tkà:nios, where he works as a project assistant, when he noticed something about the participants.

Karahkwinetha Sage Goodleaf has always loved fashion and beauty, but that’s not what motivated her to run for this year’s Miss Indigenous Canada pageant - for her, it’s about running on a platform that sheds light on the environmental issues facing Kahnawake.

April marks Cultural Awareness Month, and the Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR) are planning to celebrate in style, as they kick off the month with their move into Kanatahkwèn:ke, Kahnawake’s brand-new cultural arts centre.

The buzz of fluorescent lights fills a quiet room lined with empty shelves, starter trays, and pots. The only movement comes from the soft rattle of onion seeds being poured from packets and softly planted into a tray of soil, some of the first seeds to be planted this year at the Tsontkwahtentionhátie farm.

Katsitsahente Cross-Delisle is used to digging at archeological sites – and she’s also used to digging out space for herself as an Indigenous woman in the archeology field.

Kanatahkwèn:ke, the major new multipurpose cultural arts building set to open this year, will have to look elsewhere for a cafe after the Tewatohnhi’saktha Board of Directors decided not to move forward with a second location of Tóta Ma’s.

Midwinter ceremonies at Kanehsatà:ke Kanonhsésne saw a spike in attendance, with more community members and Ratihén:te High School students joining in.