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Spurred by a recent wave of external media coverage of dumping in the community, a group of Oka residents and affiliated groups have vowed to support Kanehsata’kehró:non with a blockade to stop dump trucks if necessary.

It was an afternoon of smiles and rainbows for attendees at Kahnawake’s second annual Pride Parade last weekend, as community members marched through the streets in support of the LGBTQ2S+ community.  “It’s been awesome, just like last year, to see so much support and how much love has come through our community,” said Jess Beauvais, who was one of the Kahnawake Pride Committee’s organizers.

The Knights of Columbus was packed to the brim Tuesday night as Kahnawa’kehró:non gathered to hear the 21 candidates vying to fill out the next Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

The sounds of drumming and singing echoed through Museum Alley next to the McCord Stewart Museum last Friday morning for this year’s National Indigenous People’s Day ceremony organized by Land InSights, an organization dedicated to the promotion of Indigenous cultures.

Kimberly Murray, the federal point person for missing children and unmarked graves, will continue her work for a further six months, having had her mandate extended to continue assisting survivors and communities in locating burial sites associated with residential schools.

A 13-episode documentary series, “Warrior Up,” is airing on APTN, with the next episode featuring a familiar face. The program highlights Indigenous youth across North America who inspire and bring about changes and innovations across the world and in their communities, including one of Kahnawake’s own youth, Rotshennón:ni Two-Axe.

Remains of Kanien’kehá:ka that date back prior to colonization found during construction at St. Joseph’s Oratory will be reburied at another location on the oratory grounds, The Eastern Door has learned, following an agreement struck between the oratory and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK).  The remains of the three individuals were found in the spring last year as the oratory was removing an old asphalt road leading up its slopes, said Katsitsahente Cross-Delisle, the archeologist for the MCK who was there as a monitor when the remains were uncovered.  “Most of these ancestral remains that were found are over 1,000 years old,” she said.

About a year after a media campaign that turned the country’s attention to the government’s failures to act on G&R Recycling and a climate of lawlessness and fear in the community, a group of anonymous Kanehsata’kehró:non have released a new open letter to highlight the continued urgency of their cause.

For CBC Indigenous reporters Ka’nhehsí:io Deer and Candace Maracle, winning a Canadian Screen Award for their documentary work on Time to Eat was the cherry on top of what was already a fulfilling and deeply personal project.

Every Tuesday afternoon, Cory Rice prepares servings of food for the community members to collect from the Kateri Food Basket, but this week, there was an additional component: homeware, courtesy of IKEA.