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Fundraising has begun for the fifth annual Kanesatake Traditional Tattoo Gathering, which will bring together Indigenous tattoo artists from across Canada, the United States, and possibly Mexico.

The suspension of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) elections was easily one of the biggest local stories of the year, but there was plenty more taking place in Kanesatake/Kanehsatake in 2025.

The fire burned low in the centre of the grounds, surrounded by canvas tents, folding chairs, and the steady hum of a drum. Just beyond, someone winced and smiled as ink met skin, not in a studio, but on the land.

Kanesatake’s Traditional Indigenous Tattoo Gathering is set to return next month, and organizer Karonhienhawe Nicholas is ready to welcome artists from across Turtle Island to the event.

Brooke Rice was representing Kahnawake and sharing ideas with Onkwehón:we from across Turtle Island and the world at the seventh edition of the International Indigenous Peoples Corn Conference, this year held in the Maya Center Village of Stann Creek District in Belize.

As the last artist pricked their final dot of ink into a community member’s skin at midnight on Sunday, Karonhienhawe Nicholas breathed a sigh of relief, reflecting on another successful year of the annual Kanehsatà:ke Traditional Indigenous Tattoo Gathering.

When Kahnawákeró:non Katsitsahente Cross-Delisle looked at her finished tattoo from Miciah Stasis at the Kanehsatà:ke Traditional Indigenous Tattoo Gathering, she could feel the presence of their ancestors.

Courtesy Karonhioko’he Doxtater Karonhioko’he Doxtater gave her first stick-and-poke tattoo to her sister with just a sewing needle and thread.

Courtesy Mercedes Terrance Kanehsata’kehró:non Margie Canadian was scrolling Facebook last year when she saw an advertisement for the 2021 Indigenous Tattoo Gathering in Tyendinaga.