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Members of the Mohawk Nation met the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in Montreal. (Courtesy Kenneth Deer) By: Darian Jacobs, The Eastern Door A group of representatives of the Mohawk Nation and Secretary General for the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon met February 13 in Montreal for a welcoming and conversation on Indigenous issues.

The As’in’I’wa’chi Ni’yawak nation met with the Mohawk Council to gain support for their comprehensive land claim.  (Daniel J.

They were the years where hockey players had few teeth and epic moustaches; hair flew freely sans helmet as nature intended, and a team from Philadelphia in orange and black won back-to-back cups and were one of the dominant teams in the NHL.

Kahnawake’s youth took the lead teaching culturally safe sex education to guests at the Native Youth Sexual Health Network’s “Sexy Health Carnival.” (Jessica Deer, The Eastern Door)

The Buffalo Hat Singers, a Montreal-based group, perform at the opening of the vigil to support Native women in Montreal’s Place des Arts on October 29.

The Foundation for the Compulsory Study of Genocide in Schools is hoping to pressure the government of Quebec to make mandatory the study of genocide including Residential Schools in the province’s textbooks.

There is a lot more at stake in next week’s election for Canadian prime minister than who will run the country for the next four years (a minority government is most likely).

A western-themed party organized by the owner of Montreal Alouettes’ football team last week sparked controversy after photos posted to Instagram revealed a few guests wearing stereotypical “Pocahottie” and “Indian Warrior” Halloween costumes.

Ten years later, crowds marched through Montreal to attention to the tragedy of hundreds of Indigenous women and girls in the country who have been murdered or are missing.

The plan to dump eight billion litres of untreated sewage into the St. Lawrence River continues to draw criticism from both sides of the river, and it just got political.