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The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has agreed to investigate allegations that Quebec’s 22 First Nation and Inuit police forces are being discriminated against through chronic underfunding.

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) will have a shiny new booth at the world’s largest gaming conference in Barcelona this coming January, thanks to an injection of $22,000 from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK).

Aianóhon Kaylia Marquis will be transitioning away from her role as Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) executive strategic and accountability officer (ESAO)

McGill University’s third annual Legacy Game took place on Monday evening, with players wearing orange jerseys to honour the victims and survivors of the residential school system.

Two exciting changes are coming to The Eastern Door this month: elders over 65 will now be able to access free online subscriptions, and for the duration of October, all articles published in the newspaper will appear on our website for free.

Kaiatanoron Dumoulin-Bush is passionate about a few things: drawing, decolonial space travel, and making art with her sister, Katsitsanoron Dumoulin-Bush.

We’ve used the term “Every Child Matters” in different contexts in The Eastern Door, and I wanted to talk a little bit more about it in what is the freest form of journalism - my own column.

In 2015, the Liberal Party of Canada’s election platform included the promise to implement all Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action and to endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).  Once in power, the Trudeau Liberal government advanced a domestic interpretation of UNDRIP through Bill C-15, the United Nations Declaration Act and a government-wide National Action Plan that applies to First Nations, Metis, and Inuit, with a list of 181 federal measures/actions in five chapters.  In the First Nations chapter, the plan gives public notice that for “Canada’s laws to fulfill the UN Declaration, the Indian Act must be repealed.”  For the past nine years, the Trudeau government has already started the process to end the Indian Act band/reserve system by transitioning all First Nations into municipal self-government with the legal status of a “natural person” (this is the same legal definition that applies to corporations)

The annual McGill University Powwow was a hit last Friday, especially with Kahnawa’kehró:non who showed up to dance, vend, and share in the celebration.

The history of The Eastern Door was the topic of the 2024 edition of Cornell University’s prestigious Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture, led by the newspaper’s founder, Kenneth Atsenhaienton Deer.