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Star laxer Ava Weriasanoron Gabriel has reached yet another milestone, this time being the first overall selection in the Women’s Arena Lacrosse League (ALL) East draft for the Arrows.

As 2025 draws to a close and we prepare to welcome 2026, The Eastern Door staff took a look back at the last 12 months of news in Kahnawake. And, as we find ourselves saying every year, what a year it has been! From major arts projects for some of Kahnawake’s finest acting talent to community protests about cannabis and traffic, we’ve recapped it all below.

It was a huge year for sports in Kahnawake, with championship wins and draft selections going along with medals, much effort, and lots of fun!

The Pan-American Lacrosse Association (PALA) held its third edition of the Sixes Cup, taking place last week in Humacao, Puerto Rico, the first international lacrosse tournament ever held in the US territory.s

A delegation of Indigenous community members and leadership stood shoulder to shoulder on the tarmac of Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport last Saturday, ready to welcome home more than 60 items being repatriated from the Vatican.

Kahnawake’s Suzy Goodleaf has done a lot of paddling in her life, taking part in events close to home and gone abroad to places like Hawaii, but there are still some opportunities that are novel for someone like her.

Eight years ago, Kahnawa’kehró:non Courtney Montour was flipping through the pages of The Eastern Door when a headline caught her eye: “Indigenous derby crew ready to roll overseas.”

The first year at the Canadian International Hockey Academy (CIHA) - a boarding school in Rockland, Ontario, specializing in hockey - is off to a nice start for Kahnawake’s Oniehtá:se Day, who is becoming a part of the U16 Varsity team.

Team Haudenosaunee U19 finished with a strong 3-2 record at the Brogden Cup lacrosse tournament last weekend, earning second place overall and reaffirming their place on the international field.

A bilateral meeting took place last week in Rome, where Haudenosaunee Chief Deskaheh Steve Jacobs sat down with the director general of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Qu Dongyu, during the World Food Forum.