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A new report from the federal auditor general has found massive shortcomings from Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), identifying several weak areas that result in communities facing inadequate access to services and programs.

A bilateral meeting took place last week in Rome, where Haudenosaunee Chief Deskaheh Steve Jacobs sat down with the director general of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Qu Dongyu, during the World Food Forum.

At the heart of McGill University’s downtown campus is a spot known to students as the “Y-Intersection,” a site where main roads converge, meeting in front of the iconic Arts Building.

While Kahnawake’s legal counsel believes the worst outcome was averted for First Nations across the country, the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling against the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake has nevertheless left that community, already strapped for cash, forced to consider its options for a debt of $2 million and counting.

Since a damning report exposed evidence of ongoing practices of obstetric violence and imposed sterilization of First Nations and Inuit women in Quebec back in 2022, more research has brought to light further, wide-reaching the implications, with a new report this week revealing the financial burden faced by victims who wish to restore their fertility.

On October 4, 2023, community members, farmers, health leaders, and knowledge keepers gathered in Kanehsatake for the Seeds of Hope Roundtable, partnered with the SaluTERRE Alliance regional tour. Hosted at Gardens of Hope, the event explored soil regeneration, sustainability, and the importance of reconnecting with traditional agricultural practices.

Last year, the ensemble music program run by Kateri School music teacher, Penny Berg Patton, had so much interest that there weren’t enough instruments to go around.

Students, staff, and visitors entering HSM Adult Education Centre in Montreal are now met by a new painting from Kahnawake artist MC Snow, a vivid piece that intertwines the school’s territorial acknowledgment with the deep roots of Kanien’kehá:ka culture, bringing Indigenous presence to the forefront of the school’s walls.

The caterer, Playground Cares, went back to home base not once but twice for more scrambled eggs, potatoes, and breakfast meats to feed all the Kahnawa’kehró:non and others who assembled at the Golden Age Club on Tuesday to honour residential school survivors and the children who never came home.

Orange Shirt Day, also known as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, means so many things at once. That it has two names is just one window into that reality.