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For Iris Phillips, advocacy coordinator for Connecting Horizons, next week’s Disability Awareness Week activities are an important part of the organization’s efforts in advocating and educating.

If you were to crack open Russell Delaronde’s math books when he was growing up, you’d find the margins full of doodles, and if you wanted a word with him, you’d probably look outside somewhere.

Sixty stories in the sky, a Mohawk ironworker wrestles with his identity, torn physically and emotionally between his community back in Kahnawake and the bustling streets of Manhattan, where his growing feelings for a white photographer lead him to question everything.

Every year, thousands of people stop by the St. Francis Xavier Mission, paying their respects at the shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha. 

As community outrage mounted over the return of a man convicted in Michigan of a sex offense against a child, a trio of Council chiefs, including grand chief Cody Diabo, delivered an eviction notice Tuesday, leading the man to vacate Kahnawake for a second time.

Fees are a hefty barrier for many when considering major conferences, with most costing hundreds if not thousands of dollars to attend.

Advocating for Indigenous people to have at least 50 percent equity in renewable energy projects was a key message shared by Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Paul Rice at last week’s Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) Summit, where he and other Indigenous leaders spoke with major stakeholders in the industry.

Following an announcement in November that the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) had secured funding for new social housing, community input is being solicited on plans for a pilot project to build the homes with local labour.

Among the trucks racing around North Wilkesboro Speedway on Saturday for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series’ Window World 250 was the #2 Ford for Reaume Brothers Racing, with colours and sponsors that would be familiar to most Kahnawa’kehró:non.

Last weekend at the Kahnawake Sports Complex marked two games that were 15 years in the making, as the Kahnawake Mohawks Minor Lacrosse Association (KMMLA) welcomed two girls’ teams - one U13 and one U15 - to the fold for the first time in a decade and a half.