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  • December 7, 2023

    Support for violence survivors

    Accessing help as a survivor of domestic abuse can be difficult – both emotionally and bureaucratically – as individuals are left to figure out which organizations provide the types of resources they need during vulnerable times.

  • October 12, 2023

    Calls for action at Joyce vigil

    Little has changed in Quebec hospitals since the passing of Joyce Echaquan three years ago, Nakuset said. Through her work at the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal (NWSM), she often still hears stories of patients being denied basic care and taunted with racist remarks.

  • September 28, 2023

    Birks ad raises questions

    Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer and her wife Tami Jo Rice were paid to promote Birks, a jewellery company whose diamonds partly originate from mines said to have harmful effects on Indigenous communities in Canada.

  • September 8, 2023

    Will First Nations' input fit the bill?

    The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) agreed that a decision recognizing the existence of systemic discrimination raises vital concerns.

  • August 22, 2023

    Kahnawake screens doc on the pines

    The film opens with a close-up image of Pine needles so lush-green you can almost smell them, as a woman speaks Kanien’kéka, returning an absorbed audience to the events that set into motion the 78-day standoff known today as the Siege of Kanehsatake.

  • August 14, 2023

    Women speak out against tree cutting

    When members of Ionkwatehontsénhne decided to speak with The Eastern Door, they wanted to meet in the Pines, where a white sign reads “Onen’to:kon preservation area.

  • April 25, 2023

    Documenting global Indigenous resistance 

    Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso was nine years old when she started making movies. Now, she barely knows what timezone she’s in as she travels the world screening her award-winning, feature-length documentary.

  • April 11, 2023

    Indigenous housing project to open this summer

    Miyoskamin is a Cree word that means “the heart of innovation,” “groundbreaking,” or “breaking the mold.” “I just thought that what we’re doing is exactly this,” said executive director of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal (NWSM), Nakuset, who is Cree.

  • March 21, 2023

    Meet Marvel’s new Kanien’kehá:ka superhero

    Last week, Kahhori, a new Kanien’kehá:ka superhero, took her first steps in Marvel’s multiverse when the entertainment company announced her role in season two of their animated anthology series, What If…?.

  • March 15, 2023

    She Holds the Sky at Museum of Fine Arts

    When Rhonda Horne was asked for her high school yearbook what she wanted to be when she grew up, she wrote that she wanted to be a model.  Now, at the age of 50, that dream is about to come to fruition.