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Community members gathered at the gazebo outside Kahnawà:ke Shakotiia’takéhnhas Community Services (KSCS) on Tuesday to commemorate Red Dress Day.

In meetings with federal ministers at the Iroquois Caucus in Ottawa this week, Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) caretaker council member Brant Etienne is urging the government to work with the council on security needs in Kanesatake.

Free heirloom seeds for Kanehsata’kehró:non were offered at the Kanesatake Health Center this past weekend in an effort to keep Indigenous seeds alive and increase food sovereignty efforts in the community.

As the Montreal Victoire head into game four of the first round of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) playoffs tonight (Friday) they’ll have the support of many young hockey fans behind them - especially from the young Kahnawa’kehró:non here in town, who one day want to follow in the footsteps of the pro players.

For McGill University Indigenous Language Revitalization master’s student Arihwisaks Colin Benedict, who is Kanien’kehá:ka from Akwesasne, last week’s Tsitewatá:ti: Let Us Speak Again language symposium achieved the goal he had set out to achieve - to bring language revitalizers together in one place to share ideas and experiences.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo told federal leadership at the Jay Treaty Border Alliance (JTBA) High Table this week that he’s tired of the government “playing the Trump card,” when it comes to advocating for First Nations, arguing that the decisions of the American president can’t become a roadblock in furthering the rights of Indigenous communities.

Last week, caretaker council member Serge Otsi Simon and Kanesatake Education Center (KEC) education director Watsenniostha Nelson attended the First Nations Education Council’s (FNEC) annual general meeting in Quebec City, where they discussed ways to fund and strengthen Indigenous education.

The late Christine Zachary-Deom was a force in fighting for the rights of Onkwehón:we women - particularly those in the field of archaeology. Two years on from her passing, a fellowship has been established in her name, with the goal of inspiring other women conducting research for the Onkwehón:we Project, a collaborative project focused on cultural and political heritage.

Going into this week’s Kahnawake Harvest Summit at the Legion Hall in Kahnawake, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief David Diabo set out to jumpstart conversations.

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