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As part of National Accessibility Week, nine people who work in the community took part in Connecting Horizons’ third annual Office Wheelchair Challenge, to experience a day as someone with reduced mobility and to see just how accessible their place of work is.

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.

After alarming lead levels were found in maple sap on the grounds of Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) this spring, an analysis of syrup produced at the school has suggested the product was safe to consume.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chiefs and community representatives had the chance to speak with representatives from Australia this week, who visited Kahnawake as part of a trip organized by Australia’s national human rights institution.

Two weeks ago, the doors to Kahnawake’s major new cultural arts centre, Kanatahkwèn:ke, swung open. It was two students from Kahnawake Survival School who had come in hopes of getting a tour.

With elders being a key demographic of future users of the Kanatahkwèn:ke Cultural and Arts Centre, the organization’s Building Committee has known that accessibility needs to be top of mind.

The Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR)’s event calendar for April is fully loaded, with activities, classes, and workshops that should appeal to a wide audience of Kahnawa’kehró:non for Cultural Awareness Month.

Wáhta season, the time when maple sap flows. It carries powerful cultural significance, and has nourished Kanien’kehá:ka since time immemorial. It heals, it calls for ceremony and thanksgiving.

É:so iohserá:ke tsi náhe, Wahiakè:ron George Gilbert roió’tehkwe’, shihohrhá:re’ aontkennorehseróhetste’, tsi ó:nen rawennékeri wahèn:ron’ nahò:tenk néne taiora’nén:take’ rao’nikòn:rakon.

Even with a hefty decline in spending on capital projects, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) budget continues to climb, reaching a new all-time high of nearly $133.1 million in projected spending, with a modest surplus expected.