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November 23, 2022Walkers honour residential school children
Each day that 67-year-old Virgil Moar wakes up on the side of the Trans-Canada Highway, he turns to his companions, both decades his junior, and he says “Top of the morning to you.” He says it because - in his words - it sounds really damn cheerful.
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November 18, 2022All Rhodes lead to local student
Iakoiehwahtha (Iako) Patton has just made history. The Kahnawa’kehró:non is one of the first Indigenous women in Canada to receive the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. -
November 14, 2022Local passed over for Council clerk job
As a power struggle over the employment status of the current-or-former Council clerk grinds Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) business to a halt, The Eastern Door has learned there was a Kanehsata’kehró:non alternative to the grand chief’s spouse for the job.
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October 31, 2022Historic child welfare settlement rejected
Courtesy First Nations Child and Family Caring Society The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) has put the brakes on a landmark $20-billion settlement agreement to compensate Indigenous victims of the child welfare system, ruling it does not pass muster with the requirements the tribunal laid out.
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October 26, 2022Psychotherapy now on offer
Courtesy Kanesatake Health Center Kanehsata’kehró:non struggling with their mental health have somewhere new to turn for professional help.
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October 12, 2022Kids help spotlight Mohawk fashion
Courtesy Sergei Bergen, Toronto Kids Fashion Week Tammy Beauvais hadn’t participated in a proper fashion show in years. When she heard that the Toronto Kids Fashion Week (TKFW)
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October 4, 2022Mohawk appointed director of health program
Courtesy Konwahahawi Sarah Rourke In an effort to address the ongoing health concerns in Indigenous communities across Canada, McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences established the Indigenous Health Professions Program (IHPP)
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September 29, 2022Tawnya gives Top Chef a taste
Courtesy Food Network Canada Kanien’kehá:ka chef Tawnya Brant of Six Nations was not the only chef who arrived on the set of Top Chef Canada with a personal pantry containing some treasured ingredients from home.
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September 27, 2022Concordia University hosts first powwow
Hadassah Alencar At the Concordia University Loyola campus in NDG, students and faculty attended the first powwow on campus, as the educational establishment makes efforts to increase Indigenous culture and tradition.
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September 26, 2022Kanesatake grand chief suspends by-election
File photo Grand chief Victor Bonspille personally instructed PlanIT to delay the upcoming Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) by-election until further notice, according to the chief electoral officer.
