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A beating drum that followed the Haudenosaunee Nationals everywhere thundered in the stands of the Utica University Nexus Center as England saw a close game at the half slip away into a drubbing.

When Finnley Montour answered a callout for graphic artists to imagine an Indigenous-inspired logo for the Montreal Alouettes, the Kahnawa’kehró:non artist did not think her work would be the one chosen to adorn the Canadian Football League (CFL)

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 Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) wasn’t consulted about the Northvolt electric car battery plant because it couldn’t demonstrate the project would harm the community’s ability to practice “ancestral activities” on the land located in the Monteregie.  That’s according to a sworn statement sent to Quebec Superior Court in late November by a regional director employed by Quebec’s environmental ministry (MELCCFP).   “To the knowledge of the MELCCFP, no ancestral Aboriginal activities linked to hunting, trapping, gathering, harvesting medicinal plants, or ceremonial practices have been practiced on the Northvolt project site, at least since the industrial use of the site, which began in 1878,” Stéphanos Bitzakidis wrote.

Canada was underfunding our on-reserve children for far too long, and now we are dealing with a secondary, potentially larger issue with a backlog of money that needs to be paid.

A group from the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) got the chance to visit the site of the future Northvolt facility earlier this month, marking its first-ever visit there since construction began in the winter.

The 10th edition of the Kateri Memorial Foundation (KMF)’s Karonhiaráhstha’s Winter Wonderland has once again been a great success, as people in Kahnawake - and, increasingly, surrounding communities - come together to take in the holiday spirit, donate money to good causes, and try to win the elaborate tree displays put together by community organizations, businesses, and families.

After years of delays, Step by Step Child and Family Center is finally one step closer to opening its new daycare across from Rapids Distribution.

Courtesy Jamie Diabo Pets across town and their two-legged family members are preparing for the event of the season this weekend: Kahnawake’s first Dog Masquerade Pawty.

With the new season underway, the Kahnawake Minor Hockey Association (KHMA)’s new board of directors thinks the future is bright for hockey in the community.