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Good food, good tunes, and good times were shared at the Golden Age Club’s country jamboree, celebrating both the Club’s 40th anniversary and the memory of Buddy Goodleaf.

This fall, Karonhianóron Dallas Canady-Binette will be starting their graduate studies in anthropology at McGill University. Canady-Binette, who is from Kanesatake, was excited to take McGill’s 300-level beginner Kanien’kéha course, but they ran into a roadblock: the course is technically classified as an undergraduate course, and as a graduate student, Canady-Binette wouldn’t be permitted to take it.

Kahnawa’kehró:non students pursuing an education in healthcare got to bask in the limelight at the ninth-annual Karonhiaráhstha’s Memorial Fund award ceremony last Thursday at the Golden Age Club, which saw 17 awarded scholarships ranging from $500 to $5,500.  The recipients include five Kahnawa’kehró:non receiving the scholarship for the first time ever.

Earlier this season, when the Kahnawake Hunters were on an eight-game losing streak, the team brainstormed words to describe themselves.

Lacrosse has always been a medicine game, and that was shown to be especially true at the Kahnawake Sports Complex last weekend, when community members took part in a smoke dance before the Eastern Conference Finals series of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League.

The 32nd annual Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-Wow was once again a major success this weekend. This year’s powwow saw over 12,000 attendees descend upon Tekakwitha Island for the celebration of Kanien'kehá:ka culture.

When the buzzer rang at the Howard Darwin arena in Nepean last Sunday, it was hard to tell who was more excited – the players on the floor, or the fans in the stands who had travelled from Kahnawake, releasing confetti cannons and blasting air horns as they cheered.

A new monument honouring LGBTQ2S+ people is set to be erected in Ottawa, featuring stone from across Turtle Island – including Kahnawake.

An announcement last week from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) that the ribbon skirt would now be part of official ceremonial uniform incited strong reactions from community members, with mixed views on whether the force should have the right to include traditional items in their uniform.

Mitch Deer grew up in New York City feeling disconnected from his culture and community. That’s why he considers Ganienkeh Territory – which he first visited in 1974, the year it was re-established – as his home.