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From skateboarding to stand-up, Kahnawake was the place to be last Saturday, with events across town celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day.

If you think you’ve got the next big business idea, the time is now to apply for the Indigenous Initiatives Fund, offered for the fourth time by the Secretariat aux relations avec les Premieres Nations et les Inuit (SAA), with the application process managed by Tewatohnhi’saktha as per a Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) directive.

The world of Native fashion is exploding lately, with more and more Onkwehón:we designers sharing their works on catwalks around the world. The latest venue for Indigenous fashionistas was in New Mexico, with some of Kahnawake’s own talent heading to Santa Fe for the first edition of Santa Fe’s Native Fashion Week.

After several attempts, the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) has finally onboarded a new lands and estates manager following the resignation of Amanda Simon, who long held the role, nearly a year ago. 

Close to 2,000 seeds have gone out to schools and daycares in town, thanks to Mohawk Council chief Stephen McComber. 

Over 20 families found out this week they had been approved for grants to pay toward major home repairs. The 23 applicants were selected following inspections of their homes carried earlier this winter.

There are concerns Quebec’s new “national integration model” aimed at immigrants could also harm Onkwehóh:we in the province. The proposed model aims to impose Quebec culture as the “common culture” that both immigrants and “cultural minorities” must adhere to, wording that’s raised alarm at the council table.

Outgoing prime minister Justin Trudeau used his final days in office to call for the creation of a new Indigenous policing model in the country.

A joint project to modernize Route 132 has been stalled because Kahnawake refuses to collaborate with elected officials from surrounding municipalities.

Alex McComber now holds an Indigenous health advocacy lifetime contribution award, a title granted to him this week by the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC).