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  • March 23, 2022

    Steady progress in housing

    The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is tackling the housing crisis in the community head-on.
  • October 26, 2021

    First Kanesatake woman MD joins Health Center

    Ève Mailhot-Daye is the first Kanien’kehá:ka woman doctor Kanesatake Health Center has ever had. She is also one of a few that have made KHC their primary place to practice medicine.
  • September 30, 2021

    Investigating child abuse at school

    Content warning. This article contains strong language of sexual abuse and is not suitable for all readers. “It started around the age of six or seven, and he continued to hurt me until I was around 11,” an anonymous source that we will call Sam told The Eastern Door.

  • September 23, 2021

    Tobacco trial restarts

    The second phase of the cross-border tobacco trading trial with Kahnawake’s Derek White and Hunter Montour began this week, with its first expert witness testimony.

  • September 16, 2021

    Looking deeper at land claims

    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.

  • August 30, 2021

    A man’s journey of identity leads to Kahnawake

    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.

  • July 22, 2021

    Another COVID-19 outbreak

    With eight reported COVID-19 cases in the community affecting businesses and individuals alike, this is a crucial reminder that the pandemic is not over.

  • May 17, 2021

    Dealing with a housing crisis

    Courtesy Owen Mayo  NOTE: This story has been written in collaboration with Eastern Door Reporter Laurence Brisson Dubreuil. Leaving the community was never a thought that crossed the mind of Kahnawa’kehró:non Owen Skahionwiio Mayo.

  • March 23, 2021

    Allegations of more racism in hospital

    COURTESY GOOGLEMAPS Two nurses were terminated on Tuesday at a Joliette CLSC after Jocelyne Ottawa, who is Atikamekw, alleged that they had mocked and taunted her with racist insults.

  • March 22, 2021

    Kanesatake legal action prompts reaction

    OkaThrough an official attorney’s letter, five Kanehsata’kehró:non have requested the delay of the judicial review in the legal actions against a recent municipality of Oka bylaw, pending a full community consultation process.