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Land claims and land grievances are no stranger to Onkwehón:we, and the convoluted history of Indigenous rights and lands has been prevalent since settlers arrived hundreds of years ago.

Orange Shirt Day will look a little different this year. The devoted community members Curran Jacobs, June Skye-Stacey and Helen Jarvis Montour, have been raising awareness about the legacy of residential schools for seven years now.

Kahnawake is sitting in a difficult position. As the fourth wave and the red zone have been announced, the local Public Health team and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

Jen Spies Kirby’s two young daughters are heading back to school next week. Her girls, Olivia Brascoup, 12, and Stacey Brascoup, 14, will be starting seventh and eighth grade, respectively, at Howard S.

As a young boy, acclaimed musician Tom Wilson would only ever hear about Kahnawake around the kitchen table when adults – who later turned out to be close relatives – visited his parents Bunny and George in Hamilton, Ontario.

Following the announcement by Public Safety commissioner Lloyd Phillips that a vaccine passport would be implemented in the community, the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation at Kahnawake released a statement opposing the new safety measure.

“Philanthropist is the word I would use to describe him.” For Brian Goodleaf, the son of the late Angus John Shakoia’ténhtha Goodleaf, his father was someone he looked up to on a multitude of levels.

COURTESY LAURENCE BRISSON DUBREUIL Kahnawake’s own choreographer and dancer Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo will be making her way to centre stage at Place Des Arts on September 10, opening this year’s Festival Quartiers Dances.

As summer winds down, the number of COVID-19 cases across the province, including Kanesatake, are on the rise. The confirmation of at least 14 active cases in four households (plus two workers)

A few weeks ago, Kahnawakehró:non Frank Whitebean started a grassroots initiative - the Community Watch - that started out in the New Development, but expanded, to keep the people of Kahnawake safe after a series of reports regarding non-locals acting suspiciously.