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As the country wrestles with the interim ruling of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal issued Friday - that Canada is committing genocide against Indigenous Peoples – we mark National Indigenous History Month.

Team Kahnawake, made up of students from Kahnawake Survival School (KSS), Kateri School, Karonhianónhnha Tsi Ionterihwaienstáhkhwa, and Karihwanó:ron Tsi Ionterihwaienstáhkhwa, returned home from the First Nations Education Council (FNEC) Inter-School Games in Quebec City with 45 medals, including banners for 10-12 year-old boys’ floor hockey and 10-12 year-old girls’ volleyball.

Indigenous talent was front and centre at this year’s National Canadian Film Day, with work by Kahnawa’kehró:non made accessible to audiences for free as part of celebrations on April 15.

Last week, caretaker council member Serge Otsi Simon and Kanesatake Education Center (KEC) education director Watsenniostha Nelson attended the First Nations Education Council’s (FNEC) annual general meeting in Quebec City, where they discussed ways to fund and strengthen Indigenous education.

Community members will now have access to almost six million records related to the Federal Indian Day Schools system, after Library and Archives Canada (LAC) officially wrapped work on their Day Schools Project (DSP).

It was another successful year at the Quebec Indigenous Science Fair for Kahnawake’s budding scientists, with four students returning home from La Tuque with prizes for their work.

As the school registration period in Kanesatake comes to an end, school staff navigate the restrictions for funding on First Nations students who seek an education in Kanesatake.

The renewal of an initiative to fight organized crime in Kahnawake will see more than $1.5 million flow to the Peacekeepers over the next two years, an amount that will give the force more ability to keep the community safe, chief Peacekeeper Dwayne Zacharie said.

Organizations throughout the community made it a point to be a part of the Kahnawake Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS) Planting Seeds of Kindness Carnival at the Knights of Columbus, the first step in the launching of a broader anti-bullying campaign in Kahnawake.

As the Kanesatake Education Center (KEC) looks back on the highlights from the end of the year, educational staff are preparing for future projects.