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  • March 21, 2024

    New building, resources for Onake

    For many community members who grew up paddling, the Onake Paddling Club building, which has proudly stood by the water since 1973, is a second home.

  • February 26, 2024

    Minister makes first visit to Kahnawake

    A new framework for the working relationship between Kahnawake and the federal government is ready to move forward, the minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations signalled at an introductory meeting in Kahnawake last week.

  • February 20, 2024

    Supreme court affirms child welfare law

    Indigenous families, community members, and advocacy groups convened at a downtown Ottawa hotel last Friday, singing, dancing, drumming, and cheering.

  • February 15, 2024

    A helping hand after childbirth

    When a new baby is born, there’s a flurry of excitement. Family members want to meet the little one for the first time, everybody wants to see photos, and even acquaintances on Facebook are demanding news about the name.

  • January 25, 2024

    Kanesatake Health Center aims to bring back home birth

    Warisose Gabriel was born at home in Akwesasne in 1943, delivered by the local midwife – her own grandmother, Josephine Tiawentinon Thompson.

  • December 7, 2023

    Support for violence survivors

    Accessing help as a survivor of domestic abuse can be difficult – both emotionally and bureaucratically – as individuals are left to figure out which organizations provide the types of resources they need during vulnerable times.

  • November 29, 2023

    Wellness priorities for Kahnawake revealed 

    After six months of consultations, over a dozen priorities aimed at strengthening health and wellness in Kahnawake have now been identified.

  • November 20, 2023

    External governments press Council on G&R

    Quebec and Oka have expressed concerns to the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) that the current political dysfunction is delaying important files, notably the remediation of the toxic G&R Recycling site, which is expected to cost tens of millions of dollars.

  • November 2, 2023

    Historic child welfare settlement approved

    Kiona Akohseràke Deer was moved between different group homes and foster care units at least 20 times before she even turned 18.

  • October 5, 2023

    Community comes together after tragedy

    Just over a week after a heart-wrenching car crash took the life of 18-year-old Tsótewe Stacey, hundreds of Kahnawa’kehró:non came together to show love and support for her family, raising $16,785.78 with a blanket dance, penny fair, and medicine lacrosse game.