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Huddles of umbrellas bobbed to upbeat tunes at Kahnawake’s first-ever Kidney Walk, as Kahnawa’kehró:non refused to let the rain deter them from taking action against kidney disease.

Food is what fuels us, and for community member Brooke Rice, it’s essential that communities work to ensure that our youngest generations are equipped with the resources they need to have access to nourishing meals, so that they can grow into the next generation of leaders.

Avoid the June Gloom this summer by gearing up for upcoming events in Kahnawake and nearby communities.

At the daphne art centre in Tiohtià:ke on Friday, those in the room and watching the live stream heard the judges from the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal read out their verdict: the government of Canada has committed and continues to commit genocide against Indigenous Peoples.

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.

For Otsi’tsa’ón:we Gaspe, enrolling in the the Ratiwennenhá:wi Kanien’kéha language immersion program was the fulfillment of a dream decades in the making.

For Sherlene Bomberry, a survivor of the longest-running residential school in Canada, this week’s hearings at the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal in Montreal brought about mixed emotions.

The international Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal is in Tiohtià:ke this week, probing a legacy of missing children and unmarked graves associated with residential schools.

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.

The organizers of last year’s Chateauguay Kidney Walk might have chosen a resident of that city to be the face of their event, but instead they looked to Kahnawake, where Angus “Nias” Bordeau has become a leading advocate for locals suffering from kidney disease.