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September 15, 2016Traffic on 207 leads to protest
About a dozen community members participated in a small protest Friday morning to voice their concerns about the traffic, noise and trucks on Route 207.
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July 19, 2016Viewing the barricades of 1990 from the outside
Soldiers from Kahnawake in 1990 were pulled in two directions between duty and home. (Courtesy Ray Deer) During the summer of 1990 military personnel and veterans played a central role in Kahnawake and Kanesatake.
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July 13, 2016Powwow inquisition part of Canada's shame
By: Eric Pouliot-Thisdale, The Eastern Door The “inquisition” on traditional dances, songs and rituals of our ancestors mainly touched the western province up until the mid 1950s since most eastern First Nations were than more likely abiding to the Indian Act and the Christian values, being in touch with Europeans for a longer period.
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June 24, 2016St. Cyprien wind farm project reaches milestone
Around two dozen residents of St. Cyprien-de-Napierville protested outside a public consultation session by Kahnawake Sustainable Energy in June 2014. (file photo)
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June 15, 2016Council backtracks under fire
MCK grand chief Serge Otsi Simon met with Eco-Niobium's Michel Gaucher last week to officially call off further talks. (Steve Bonspiel, The Eastern Door)
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June 3, 2016Proposed tobacco law inches forward
Dale Dione and Joe Delaronde facilitated Tuesday’s Community Decision-Making Process hearing on the proposed Kahnawake Tobacco Law. (Jessica Deer, The Eastern Door)
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April 19, 2016Charting a family, discovering history
John Masiewicz’s passion for charting family trees, and tracing genealogy led the electrical engineer to Gervase Macomber and a history of one of Kahnawake’s biggest families.
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April 1, 2016
Talk to your elders and write it down
The greatest part of this job is listening to stories. There have been numerous times where I have sat across from a person and thought, ‘thank goodness I’m writing this down, so everyone who wants to can read their story.’ Sometimes, the stories provide life lessons, sometimes controversy, sometimes joy and sometimes inspiration, and some of the best by far are stories from elders.
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March 18, 2016McComber chronicles illuminates complicated family tree
Like fingerprints, no two family trees are the same, and all require digging. With modern software and available archive material, it has become easier and easier to trace your family back centuries through all the complicated roots.
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January 15, 2016New book examines unique Akwesasne Freedom School
It is a question that is being answered in Onkwehón:we countries across Turtle Island: how does a community take hold of its education system and ensure its children retain traditional knowledge while being able to succeed in higher education?
