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The suspension of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) elections was easily one of the biggest local stories of the year, but there was plenty more taking place in Kanesatake/Kanehsatake in 2025.

On October 4th, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) joined communities across Canada in recognizing the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirited People (MMIWG2S+).

Orange Shirt Day, also known as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, means so many things at once. That it has two names is just one window into that reality.

Rotiwennakéhte Elementary School and Ratihén:te High School will once again walk alongside students from Oka and Two Mountains in an effort to promote understanding, reconciliation, and solidarity following Orange Shirt Day.

On the evening of August 23, community members in Kahnawake gathered once again to walk with purpose, emotion, and solidarity during the 2025 Purple Ribbon Walk. 

In a continuation of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)’s efforts in economic development and economic sovereignty, the MCK and Alberta’s Tsuut’ina Nation signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) last Saturday, a first step in free trade collaboration between the two communities and, potentially, other communities going forward.

During the Siege of Kanehsatake in 1990, Ellen Katsi’tsakwas Gabriel would speak at night with the men on the front lines after wrapping up the day’s negotiations. One of the men, Richard Two-Axe - “Boltpin” - had a saying. You can break one arrow very easily, but if you take a bunch of arrows, you cannot break them.

The Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-Wow saw many come to Tekakwitha Island, including the minister responsible for relations with the First Nations and the Inuit, Ian Lafrenière.

In spring 1990, Wanda Gabriel, then a young mother on the verge of turning 30, began building a home in Kanesatake, having moved back that January to reconnect herself and her children with their roots.

Native Montreal hosted a vibrant National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration at Parc Arthur-Therrien in Verdun - a gathering filled with families, artists, performers, and vendors.