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From blistering sunshine to relentless rain and lightning, the 33rd edition of the Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-Wow was one to remember in Kahnawake last weekend.

There will be lots to do on Saturday for National Indigenous Peoples Day, but if you are comedically inclined, Kahnawake Tourism has the show for you.

The 11th edition of the Kateri Memorial Foundation (KMF)’s golf tournament on Monday was another big win for Kateri Memorial Hospital Center (KMHC), raising almost $185,000.

After procedural changes earlier this year sowed confusion for communities across Turtle Island seeking to access Jordan’s Principle services, Kahnawake Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS) has announced an information and Q&A session for the community, in the hopes of providing clarity to families accessing care.

As the process for approving dispensary licences in Kahnawake trudges along, the 207 Longhouse has reaffirmed its position against Kahnawake’s potential cannabis industry, this week announcing an upcoming march expressing their opposition.

After almost a full year of fundraising, the Kateri Memorial Foundation (KMF)’s Golden Tickets winners have been drawn – 1,000 tickets were sold, with the fundraiser selling out once again.

Kahnawake now has a residency compliance officer. That is, someone who’ll take on the role of filing eviction orders to the Court of the Kahnawake.  The community has already had an eviction law in place since last year, but up until now it’s been unenforceable.

A Quebec Superior Court judge who extended a safeguard order last week will soon consider whether to untangle the defendants in the government’s civil action to halt dumping on the shores of the Lake of Two Mountains.

The Kahnawake Governance project is continuing to move ahead in its next phase, as organizers seek to draft a document putting forth a collaboratively constructed plan to transition to traditional governance in the community.

The first community meeting of the year is coming up on Wednesday. It’ll be hosted at the Golden Age Club and is expected to start at 6 p.m.  Top of the agenda will be a discussion about the memorandum of understanding signed last month between Quebec and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK).