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The last major war fought on Canadian soil which featured a rare moment of unity among indigenous peoples, a British empire determined to keep its foothold in Canada and a rising new American power.

Four communities with questions and minds open to discovery showed the power of listening to and learning from each other last week.

Wahsontiio Kirby, whose acting days began with the Turtle Island Theatre program, has now risen through the ranks to join the National Theatre School of Canada.

Mohawk council grand chief Joe Norton was in Ottawa last week to tell the Canadian parliament that no matter what changes are made to the Indian Act, "no one will decide for us what we're going to do."

The isolated, frigid, poverty-struck Strutton Island in the James Bay is where the story begins for Eddy Weetaltuk. At the time, he was just a young Inuk who lived off the land with his family.

Carl holds his son Richard, whose ashes returned to the community of his grandmother recently. (Courtesy Carl Morris) Mid-March, during the snowstorm that sent students and workers alike home, Brian Goodleaf went to check the mail.

Survival School hosted traditional lacrosse contests to kick off the school year for the past couple of years with laxers applying their trade with the traditional wooden sticks, and shot for a pole rather than a net.

In two days, PKs intercepted two separate purchases by individuals using Mikinak cards to skirt tax obligations. (Daniel J. Rowe, The Eastern Door)

The elected leaders of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake stood alongside Highway 30 in 2015 to announce a boycott of business in Chateauguay and their collective intention to go ahead with any economic development on returned land despite a lawsuit headed by the neighbouring municipality’s mayor, Nathalie Simon.

Raven Swamp, a teacher at Karihwanoron Mohawk Immersion, visited her students when she arrived back in Kahnawake from Albuquerque. (Courtesy Karihwanoron Mohawk Immersion)