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In the 1980s, when Big Mac boxes were still chewing a hole in the ozone layer, women of the 207 Longhouse stood up to the trucks treating Kahnawake as a garbage dump, an important moment in the beginnings of what would become the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO).

For Jonathan Shetush, chief of the Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-utenam (ITUM) band council, July 10’s tripartite agreement with the provincial government of Quebec and the federal government marks the beginning of a new chapter, one where they will have the right to self-determine how they will care for their own children.

Although summer remains in full swing, it’s never too early to begin thinking about the future. Whether you’re entering your final year of CEGEP, entering grade 12, or thinking of going back to school after taking some time off, it is important that whatever avenue you decide to pursue is the right one for you.

As the sun set on another successful powwow weekend in Kahnawake, visitors from near and far left the community full of frybread, strawberry juice, and positive energy.

A group known as the Pinesi Paddlers landed in Kahnawake ahead of the annual Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-wow last week, after a six-day journey that started in Gatineau.

Kahnawa’kehró:non photographer Martin Akwiranoron Loft was at the Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-Wow this weekend, where he asked some of the visitors their thoughts on the annual celebration of life and culture in Kahnawake. Here is what some of the people who made their way to Tekakwitha Island had to say.

Forty years ago, some of Kahnawake’s finest took a rag-tag group of around 75 paddlers under their wing, guiding them through a paddling journey re-enacting the route to Albany that would’ve been used as part of the historic fur trade.

Picture this, it’s the second weekend in July, the sun is shining, ice cream is trickling down cones, and you can feel the sweat dripping down your forehead as you walk down the bicycle path. Suddenly, you hear the beat of a drum in the distance.

Seventeen-year-old Lake Delisle hopes that visitors at the Rising Voices exhibit in Montreal’s Old Port will feel some of the medicine she stitched into her beaded canvas, which will proudly be on display at the Sacred Fire Productions Cultural Space for the next two months.

Recent Ratiwennahní:rats graduate Candace Kahnekanónhnha Snook remembers her first year taking part in the performance, feeling shy while dressed as a grumpy old man from The Muppets.