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The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has turned to the international community for support in combatting Quebec’s language laws, which community leaders worry could inhibit the resurgence of Kanien’kéha.

As a single mother raising two young boys to be first language Kanien’kéha speakers, Karihwiióstha Callie Montour found that there were not many options in Kahnawake for advanced speakers like herself to continue her learning.

For Wahéhshon Shiann Whitebean, education is at its most effective when it leaves the classroom and starts on the land.

Liv Bigtree didn’t grow up speaking Kanien’kéha - but her younger siblings did. It was spending time with them that gave her the push she needed to apply for Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats, the two-year immersion program offered by the Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR).

As the rain poured in downtown Montreal on Canada Day this year, Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel had one message to share loud and clear: standing together as Indigenous people and allies is the way towards progress.

The Ratiwennenhá:wi Kanien’kéha language immersion program is celebrating 10 years of official language revitalization efforts. When students return from summer break in September, staff plan to begin developing a 10-year strategy for the future of the program.

More than 150 family members, community members, elders, and language learners gathered to celebrate and honour the graduating cohort of the Ratiwennenhá:wi Kanien’kéha language immersion program over the weekend.

For years, Kanien’kéha was something Kahontóktha Beauvais heard around her but never fully understood. Her father, grandmother, and members of her family spoke it fluently in conversation that she could barely piece together.

The first annual Onkwehón:we Project Conference was a success last week, with participants learning about cutting-edge research in the fields of archaeology and archive work, as well as sharing knowledge about their own research into Indigenous history.

From making maple sugar and planting tobacco, to bartering with guests from other nations, the Mohawk Trail Longhouse is set to be a hub of food sovereignty this weekend, as the second Haudenosaunee Food Gathering comes to town.