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Indigenous media is one to watch at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards (CSA), with the nomination list announced this week featuring several nods to Indigenous-led productions.

When Kahnawa’kehró:non Alex Rice heard her name announced as Best Supporting Female Actor at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle this week, her first thought was the people around the world whose stories she brought to life through her performance in Tasha Hubbard’s Meadowlarks.

The public recently got a chance to preview Kanehsata’kehró:non Clifton Ariwakehte Nicholas’s new documentary A Red Road to Palestine at La Sala Rossa in Montreal, at an intimate screening that Nicholas said gave him confidence in his work.

As 2025 draws to a close and we prepare to welcome 2026, The Eastern Door staff took a look back at the last 12 months of news in Kahnawake. And, as we find ourselves saying every year, what a year it has been! From major arts projects for some of Kahnawake’s finest acting talent to community protests about cannabis and traffic, we’ve recapped it all below.

Kahnawake’s Alex Rice holds a mirror to her face, her eyes brimming with tears as she looks at her reflection. She is Marianne, one of a group of Cree siblings in Tasha Hubbard’s newest film Meadowlarks, who meet for the first time after being separated during the Sixties Scoop.

Eight years ago, Kahnawa’kehró:non Courtney Montour was flipping through the pages of The Eastern Door when a headline caught her eye: “Indigenous derby crew ready to roll overseas.”

When Alex Rice first received the script for Tasha Hubbard’s Meadowlarks, before she had been officially cast, one character in particular jumped off the page.

A new Montreal metro station will bear the name of Mary Two-Axe Earley, a legendary women’s rights activist from Kahnawake.

When the first International First Peoples Festival (IFPF) happened in 1991, with the Siege of Kanehsatake still fresh in the minds of many, there was initial resistance to having an event like this take place in Tiohtià:ke.

It was a big night for powerhouses in film and media at the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards, with Onkwehón:we amongst those accepting awards in Toronto.