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Transparency was a four-letter word for the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake in 2025, and it wasn’t because they were good at being transparent.

Now that Wihse Stacey has become interim fire chief of the Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB) after David Scott retired last month, he has taken over many of Scott’s files - including matters of KFB funding from Indigenous Services Canada (ISC).

Brooklyn Leblanc hunkered down with many other people to stand up for Kanien’kehá:ka sovereignty in what became known as the Oka Crisis.

Last term, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Iohahiio Delisle was in a meeting that he found heartbreaking. Karihwanó:ron, the community’s Mohawk immersion elementary school for more than three decades, was full of mold, teaching the language out of an “old cigarette shack” on the cusp of being condemned.

The good news is 2024 is almost over, and whether it was a pretty good one or a pretty rough one – or somewhere in between – 2025 is definitely exciting to think about, plan, and, most importantly, get done!

Patrick Moses Montour has a leaking roof. He has for years now, even after having it replaced about eight years ago.

At this year’s World Lacrosse Box Championships in Utica, New York, local lacrosse star Ava Weriasanoron Gabriel played for a hometown crowd, even signing autographs for the young Kanehsata’kehró:non athletes who travelled hours and hours to cheer her on.

As we get closer and closer to December 25, the gift-getting window of opportunity shrinks more and more. Instead of doing a run on one of the malls on the island or the South Shore, why not make some time for one of the many businesses and crafters in town?

Last New Year’s Eve, as the clock struck midnight, community members young and old joined hands and cheered as part of Kahnawake’s first-ever sobriety powwow.

The annual Christmas Bird Count in Kahnawake saw 34 different species of birds spotted within the community. “The most exciting thing is the variety of birds we saw,” said Julie Delisle, environmental projects coordinator at the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO), who coordinated the count.