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Every year, Owen Mayo and his family follow the powwow trail across Turtle Island. But there’s one stop that means the most to him: his home powwow, right here in Kahnawake.

The passage of a federal bill aimed at fast-tracking infrastructure projects in Canada could come at the expense of Indigenous rights, according to Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo and many other Indigenous groups, who say that Mark Carney’s Building Canada Act could have devastating effects on communities.

The Eastern Door invited everyone running for a spot on Council to make their pitch in their own words, answering the same questions in the same amount of space. This week it’s the grand chief candidates’ turn to make their pitch directly to readers.

Jaaji Okpik, one half of the musical duo Twin Flames, is facing multiple charges related to offenses that allegedly took place during his time as a police officer in Nunavik in the early 2000s, following a months-long investigation by Quebec’s Office of Independent Investigations (BEI).

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) election season has officially arrived, with a final list of candidates coming today or Monday.

The Kanehsatake Warriors Jamboree was no ordinary tournament for local youth, with the community coming together to celebrate Kanesatake’s thriving lacrosse program - and its throngs of talented young players.

It was a long road to launching a local media program for aspiring Kanesatake journalists - much longer than it took for the first cohort to complete the program - but the efforts of administrators, teachers, and students alike have paid off.

This year’s Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR) Skateboard Project art design competition, in its fourth year of existence, may have been smaller in scale than years past, but that doesn’t make the winning works any less visually impressive.

Hello all, my name is Sha’niénhawe Diabo. I am the summer student working for The Eastern Door. Throughout the summer I will be writing articles and the Summer Student Scoop. I am going into secondary five - grade 11 - at Kuper Academy on the West Island when school starts back.

For the Junior C Hunters, getting to the playoffs in your first year of existence, with a young team - especially compared to their first-round opponent North Shore Kodiaks - could already be considered impressive enough.