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During the Siege of Kanehsatake in 1990, Ellen Katsi’tsakwas Gabriel would speak at night with the men on the front lines after wrapping up the day’s negotiations. One of the men, Richard Two-Axe - “Boltpin” - had a saying. You can break one arrow very easily, but if you take a bunch of arrows, you cannot break them.

A former Kahnawake Cannabis Control Board (KCCB) member said that part of the reason for her departure is because of a loss of faith in “the integrity of the system,” with a meeting between a dispensary license applicant and three Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chiefs last year deepening her concerns about “political interference.”

The Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB) was called to a house fire on Monday, but upon arrival a resident of the house had already extinguished it - using knowledge he gained at Kahnawake’s very own Junior Fire Brigade.

Kawisaiénhne Albany was driving past the Onen’tó:kon Preservation Spot in the Pines on Tuesday when she caught glimpse of a disturbing sight - an excavator tearing into the last remaining plot of land along a strip on precious forest that has been decimated by ever-expanding cannabis stores.

A major Public Works project on Old Chateauguay Road has become a flashpoint in the push-and-pull between community safety fears and the need to facilitate the flow of visitors and locals, with Council and public safety officials left searching for solutions.

We don’t know how many times we’ve written about this important issue, but it’s never a bad time to talk about things that need to be done – and things that should be tempered or avoided altogether.

As part of last week’s Disability Awareness Week activities, six members of organizations in the community took part in the Wheelchair Challenge, facing a normal day’s work from the perspective of someone who needs to use a wheelchair in their everyday life. Here’s what each of them had to share about their experiences.

Within hours of a roaring fire claiming another residence in Kahnawake, community members have raised thousands of dollars, organized raffles, and planned gatherings to come to the aid of the locals who lost their home.

Last Thursday morning, a car zoomed past Jennifer Doherty, who was driving through Kahnawake territory toward the Mercier Bridge in rush-hour traffic – she estimates the vehicle was going 160 KM/H or more, with four feet of metal hanging off it flapping in the wind.

Kahnawake Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS) would like to have a network of families and individuals that would be willing to open their homes to local youth in urgent need of foster homes – people that can make a deeply upsetting time more stable for the youngest generation in the community.