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Kahnawake students benefitted from a spontaneous community effort to distribute fresh, organic vegetables including carrots, potatoes, beets, and cabbage to local schools to bring fresh, organic vegetables into classrooms, highlighting the importance of community collaboration and food sovereignty.

Kahnawake’s Alex Rice holds a mirror to her face, her eyes brimming with tears as she looks at her reflection. She is Marianne, one of a group of Cree siblings in Tasha Hubbard’s newest film Meadowlarks, who meet for the first time after being separated during the Sixties Scoop.

“Native extremism” – that’s the guise under which Canada’s spy agency eavesdropped on Indigenous activists from 1988-1999, according to a CBC Indigenous investigation that was published this week, built on reams of documents old enough to have been declassified and released in access-to-information requests, but still heavily redacted.

The Canada Beer Cup Awards Gala recently celebrated the best in Canadian brewing, and Kahnawake Brewing Company brought home silver for their English-style extra special bitter (ESB) pale ale, Hard Day’s Work. 

The Housing Initiative Team foresees breaking ground on the first rammed earth triplex in Kanesatake in spring 2026, according to an update provided to The Eastern Door by Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) caretaker chief Amy Beauvais.

A new bill that would amend the Indian Act could see thousands of individuals become entitled to status that weren’t before, a situation that Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Jeremiah Johnson said could be problematic.

Okwire’shòn:’a. The trees. They’re mentioned in our old ways of giving thanks because they are that important. They help us breathe cleaner air, they add beauty to our landscape, they protect us from wind and from other people, yet they are so often forgotten these days, most notably with the latest fiasco - Hydro Quebec giving out the contract to cut a ton of them and clear space for their lines.

So much for transparency.

That’s the feedback, quite loudly, from many corners of the community, especially on social media, about the hush-hush Dean Montour settlement last week.

From rubbing shoulders with senators and ministers to participating in roundtable discussions and workshops, youth from communities across Turtle Island were ready to learn this week, as part of the three-day Next Generation program led by First Nations Executive Education (FNEE).

The Akwesasne Indigenous Fashion Show lit up the runway on October 12 at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort, transforming a bingo hall into a vibrant showcase of Haudenosaunee creativity, tradition, and unity.