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This past year, Ratihén:te High School and Rotiwennakéhte Elementary School have taken big steps to expand Kanien’kehá:ka traditions and language lessons into the classroom.

The Kateri Memorial Foundation (KMF) announced this week that its 12th Annual Golf Tournament at the Kanawaki Golf Club in early June raised $183,000 for the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC), the most ever.

It’s been more than a decade since Martin Akwiranoron Loft graduated from Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats, but his daughter, Carlee Kahonwinéhtha Loft still remembers quizzing him on his Mohawk vocabulary on the way to school.

As Akenhnhà:ke starts to settle in and the weather begins to get warmer, many people, including students, are left wondering what will fill their upcoming months.

Construction has begun at Rotiwennakéhte Elementary School on modular classrooms for staff and students in the coming months, an upgrade that will give the school more room to expand services for students.

The Ratiwennenhá:wi Kanien’kéha language immersion program is celebrating 10 years of official language revitalization efforts. When students return from summer break in September, staff plan to begin developing a 10-year strategy for the future of the program.

An expansion to Quebec’s Bill 101 could see language restrictions extended to adult and vocational education centres - a move that the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) says could impose more barriers on community members seeking education.

When Brandon Atéhrhanonhne Rice decided to pursue the two-year Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Immersion Program, he did it for the faces yet to come, the future family he hoped to one day build.

More than 150 family members, community members, elders, and language learners gathered to celebrate and honour the graduating cohort of the Ratiwennenhá:wi Kanien’kéha language immersion program over the weekend.

Graduating students from the Ratiwennenhá:wi Kanien’kéha language immersion program crossed the stage in their regalia at McGill University, complete with a certification in education.