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For the next four years, community members might hear a familiar voice ringing through the speakers in advertisements at sports games, concerts, on TV, and on the radio, after local host Jeci Tekentenhawítha Goodleaf was selected to record voiceover material for a new promotional coin celebrating Anishinaabe artist Daphne Odjig.

Hundreds of leaders from communities across Turtle Island were in Winnipeg, Manitoba last week, for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Annual General Assembly (AGM).

The air is getting crisper, which means hockey season is soon upon us. Along with the dozens of players who will suit up for the Kahnawake Minor Hockey Association (KMHA), some will be taking their talents to high-level hockey associations accross Turtle Island.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) will see nearly $200,000 flow into the community over the next two years, in an agreement that could serve as a model for other First Nations across Turtle Island.

Data sovereignty is at the heart of the next phase of Kahnawake’s Oral History Project, with elders’ stories and family life in Kahnawake ready to be archived in a way that above all keeps community knowledge for the community.

This year’s Kanehsatà:ke Traditional Powwow was a time for Kanehsata’kehró:non and non-locals to come to town and spend a positive weekend of dancing, drumming, crafts, and good food - all the good things you’d expect in a powwow.

Fourteen-year-old Kahnawa’kehró:non Athennon:nia Meunier was one to watch at the First Nations Cup last weekend, proving himself despite being the youngest player on the roster.

The Royal Canadian Legion Mohawk Branch 219 have completed what it’s president Ray Deer is calling “phase two” of the Hometown Heroes banner project, with the last few of this remaining batch of 51 banners being installed along Old Malone Highway last Friday.

For many years, Onkwehón:we and other climate advocates have warned of the dangers of abusing the environment for short-term gain, saying that it would soon be too late to come to the aid of Mother Earth.

Kanesatake’s Traditional Indigenous Tattoo Gathering is set to return next month, and organizer Karonhienhawe Nicholas is ready to welcome artists from across Turtle Island to the event.