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Recent Ratiwennahní:rats graduate Candace Kahnekanónhnha Snook remembers her first year taking part in the performance, feeling shy while dressed as a grumpy old man from The Muppets.

It’s been more than a decade since Martin Akwiranoron Loft graduated from Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats, but his daughter, Carlee Kahonwinéhtha Loft still remembers quizzing him on his Mohawk vocabulary on the way to school.

When Brandon Atéhrhanonhne Rice decided to pursue the two-year Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Immersion Program, he did it for the faces yet to come, the future family he hoped to one day build.

After a stretch of lacklustre weather, Monday was the perfect day to hit the links - just in time for the 12th edition of the Kateri Memorial Foundation (KMF)’s Annual Charity Golf Tournament.

Standing in the dressing room at Place Bell in front of professional hockey legends like Marie-Philip Poulin and Abby Roque might seem intimidating, but for 17-year-old Niiohentaa Diabo, the nerves melted away as soon as she started to speak.

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.

Katsi’tsohrónkwas Curran Jacobs is looking forward to starting 2026 with a fresh new job title as she takes on her new role as associate principal at Kateri School.

Although the school year is still in the early goings for Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) students, it is never too soon to start thinking about the future.

About 25 years ago, when Melissa Lasante was finishing up her bachelor’s degree at McGill University, she took on an internship in Shelley Goodleaf-McComber’s fourth grade class at Kateri School.

Two years ago, Tióhrhano Diabo couldn’t pronounce the name his grandmother gave him. That changed when he embarked on his language-learning journey, enrolling in the Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Immersion Program run by the Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR).