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As 2025 draws to a close and we prepare to welcome 2026, The Eastern Door staff took a look back at the last 12 months of news in Kahnawake. And, as we find ourselves saying every year, what a year it has been! From major arts projects for some of Kahnawake’s finest acting talent to community protests about cannabis and traffic, we’ve recapped it all below.

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.

A delegation of Indigenous community members and leadership stood shoulder to shoulder on the tarmac of Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport last Saturday, ready to welcome home more than 60 items being repatriated from the Vatican.

Indigenous designer and entrepreneur Tammy Beauvais has been honoured with the prestigious King Charles III Coronation Medal, a distinction presented to her by Assembly of First Nations (AFN) national chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak.

When was the last time you called up Bayview, ordered a large pepperoni, and then turned to your partner and said, “Honey, what do you think about getting pizza tonight?”

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo wanted to bring the community’s grievances directly to prime minister Mark Carney this week at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) special chiefs assembly in Ottawa, but these hopes were dashed.

October 4 marked the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, the counterpart to Red Dress Day on May 5, which is the National Day of Awareness.

Mary Hannaburg and her daughter Kahsennóktha George were straining to reach a hook in the sign above the door of Pizza Greco, the red dress they wanted to hang there dangling from their hands.

Hundreds of leaders from communities across Turtle Island were in Winnipeg, Manitoba last week, for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Annual General Assembly (AGM).

What does prime minister Mark Carney have to say about the Building Canada Act, which equips his government to steamroll opposition to major infrastructure projects?