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When Lucas Arana first started as a summer intern at Reviving Kanehsatà:ke Radio (RKR) 101.7 FM, he felt too shy to speak with sales clients at meetings.

Under the Pines at the lacrosse field, Kanesatake community members gathered for this year’s Family Day celebration to enjoy a day of activities, lacrosse games and strawberry juice.

Renovations have begun at the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) cabin in Tioweró:ton, known as the Oka Inn, after Council dropped an attempt to apply funding towards a second cabin.

It was a long road to launching a local media program for aspiring Kanesatake journalists - much longer than it took for the first cohort to complete the program - but the efforts of administrators, teachers, and students alike have paid off.

The Ratihén:te High School gymnasium was bustling with Kanehsata’kehró:non of all ages last Friday, and not just to see the robot dog roaming the floor - though it was a crowd-pleaser.

When Rachel Cree went to check her mail and found a flyer advising community members of a new media program in town, it struck a chord with her.

Joshua Nolet helped develop the employment survey that has been underway in Kanesatake since last spring, and the Kanehsata’kehró:non is looking forward to seeing how the data it yields might help others find something he currently enjoys - work he finds meaningful.

In the late 1980s, when Karahkóhare Syd Gaspé attended a media program right here in Kanesatake, it helped shape the trajectory of his life for decades to come.

After the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) secured funding for two full-time language students in the three-year Ratiwennenhá:wi language program, all 19 full-time students can now focus on doing their part to revitalize Kanien’kéha in the community “We’re impressed at the number of students that decided to enrol,” said MCK chief Amy Beauvais.

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