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Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) will have a new leader next year, with Sha’teiohserí:io Patton set to become the school’s new principal, while Melissa Lasante will serve as the new associate principal at Kateri School.

Back in 2022, an empty chair was placed at the front of a conference room in a convention centre Edmonton, Alberta.n

Experts sounded the alarm on fire safety at the Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB) on Wednesday, kicking off a campaign that will reach at least 16 Indigenous communities, ahead of a giveaway of hundreds of smoke alarms in town.

Planting Day at Gardens of Hope this year was heavier on the weeding than the planting, but after a hard day’s work, and more that followed, the land is once again prepared to serve as a source of inspiration – and nourishment – to the community.

Entebbe, Uganda, is more than 11,000 KM away from Kahnawake, but when Lacey and Lanny Lazare touched down there for the International Conference on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Restorative Development in Africa, they realized that the two Indigenous communities had more in common than one might expect.

Kahnawa’kehró:non participating in the Kahnawake Youth Center (KYC)’s first-ever Motion Commotion colour run didn’t just run through clouds of eco-friendly coloured powder being thrown at them during their race - many picked up handfuls from the floor and showered themselves with it, and some even rolled in piles of the stuff, committing fully to the rainbow of the day.

In the year 1999, local artist Skawennati was commissioned to make a timeline of 1,000 years of Indigenous history. 

Within hours of a roaring fire claiming another residence in Kahnawake, community members have raised thousands of dollars, organized raffles, and planned gatherings to come to the aid of the locals who lost their home.

It’s the little things that sting the most for Lily Ieroniawákon Deer. Small, day-to-day nuggets of knowledge that she doesn’t have, like knowing whether or not to paint the rust on her car.

Greater community involvement is at the heart of new amendments made to the constitution of the Kahnawake Justice Commission, with changes to the composition of the commission and overall mandate focusing on better servicing Kahnawake.