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February 15, 2023Vaccine exemptions rejected
Team Kahnawake finds itself in a difficult situation after all vaccine exemption requests for the North American Indigenous Games in July were rejected. -
February 14, 2023Skateboarding for culture
The designs of seven artists from five different communities were featured on a limited collection of skateboards as part of an effort to support an annual Block Party and Go Skate day. -
February 9, 2023Headdress is turning heads at Sundance
Taietsarón:sere “Tai” Leclaire has felt at a loss for words in the face of casual racism. The Kahnawa’kehró:non pieced together dozens upon dozens of real-life incidents to form the narrative for Headdress, which was featured in the short film category at the Sundance Film Festival. Starring in his film, Leclaire witnesses a white person wearing a traditional headdress at a weekend festival, triggering a chain of possible answers to the situation.
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February 9, 2023Council objects to sewage in river
On January 24, the City of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu released a statement to its residents announcing major repairs to the Champlain pumping station. -
February 3, 2023Violence follows racist gesture at Survival School
A basketball game hosted by Kahnawake Survival School on Tuesday resulted in a brawl, after a member of the visiting Emmanuel Christian School basketball team displayed racially offensive behaviour and gestures to KSS players. -
February 2, 2023A callback for Turtle Island Theatre
Dennen Phillips always loved theatre, but stage fright kept him in the audience for many years. It all changed when he got involved with Turtle Island Theatre, and Kevin John Saylor cast him in a production of Anything Goes in 2012. But the timing of Phillips’ theatrical debut was ill-fated.
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February 2, 2023Bringing the Cayuga language to Sundance
Keysa Parker has been learning the Cayuga language for six years and counting. This year, she got to work as a language advisor on her first film, Fancy Dance, where she taught the actors to speak the language.
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February 2, 2023Local talent levels up
It takes a village to raise an athlete. That’s what has become apparent to the many coaches, family members, and friends who have supported Owen Rice throughout his lacrosse career, which has culminated in a triumphant draft to the Ontario Junior Lacrosse League (OJLL), where Rice will be joining the Peterborough Jr. A Lakers.
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February 2, 2023Simon wins seat on Council
The by-election that has rankled the community for months may have finally come to an end, with former grand chief Serge Otsi Simon elected as the newest Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK)
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January 25, 2023Kanesatake hung out to dry on cement plant
The government appeared unmoved by a letter submitted by Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille in December asserting the community’s right to be consulted on a potentially harmful cement plant project slated for L’Orignal, Ontario.
