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The council table will no longer sit idly as the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) rail line sprays glyphosate in the territory. The rail company has a history of spraying the chemical herbicide alongside the tracks that run through Kahnawake, but it won’t be permitted to continue any longer, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Jeremiah Johnson said.

Oniehtá:se Day has been playing organized hockey ever since he was six years old, and there is not a position on the ice he has not played in the almost 10 years since he got his start.

Joseph Tekaroniake “Dega” Lazare loved the metal band Korn. It was fitting, then, that Lazare chose to go out in style, decked head to toe in Korn merch at his wake, per his own wishes.

One of the last actions of the Biden administration was the release of a joint statement with Canada outlining both countries’ support for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to be able to participate in the lacrosse events at the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles.

Sports are an integral part of life here in Kahnawake. Whether it’s an important home game at the Sports Complex or hospital field, winning medals in a tournament, or even proudly representing the community at the international level, Kahnawa’kehró:non of all disciplines and walks of life had a busy 2024.

Father and son duo Danny and Ahonwakerane Stacey were in Sarasota, Florida, last month for the International Canoe Federation’s 2024 Standup Paddling World Championships – something Danny was not even sure he would go to before booking his flight early in the fall.

After printing over 2,000 issues over the course of 42 years, Turtle Island’s longest-running Kanien’kehá:ka newspaper is calling it quits.  Indian Time, based in Akwesasne, ran its second-to-last print issue on November 14 and will run its last on December 19.  Editor Marjorie Skidders said they can no longer afford to print amid a stark plummet in ad revenue.  “It really is sad,” she told The Eastern Door.

Local hip hop artist Will E. Skandalz, also known as Satehoronies McComber, has made the list of nominees for the International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards with his song Rez Dawgs featuring Cree-Naskapi artist Kong hitting the “Collaboration of the Year” category.

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this editorial was published on Facebook on Monday. It has since been updated to reflect subsequent events.

In a first for the local construction industry, more than 20 ironworkers at Rice Mohawk Steel have exercised their right to unionize.