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A group known as the Pinesi Paddlers landed in Kahnawake ahead of the annual Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-wow last week, after a six-day journey that started in Gatineau.

A lot has changed in the past five years, but then again, a lot hasn’t. On July 1, 2021, many Canada Day events were cancelled, or at least dramatically scaled back, after the Kamloops announcement confronted Canadians with the genocidal reality of the residential school system.

Nearly 150 years ago, a woman named Mary Gallagher was the victim of a gruesome murder in Montreal, beheaded by her friend after a night on the town.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has sent an open letter to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, casting Parliament’s push to amend the Indian Act’s registration rules as a violation of Canada’s human rights obligations.

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.

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.

A string of wampum beads was returned to the community last week, in collaboration with the outside organization that had it in its possession for almost 50 years, the Bank of Canada Museum in Ottawa.

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.

Students, staff, and visitors entering HSM Adult Education Centre in Montreal are now met by a new painting from Kahnawake artist MC Snow, a vivid piece that intertwines the school’s territorial acknowledgment with the deep roots of Kanien’kehá:ka culture, bringing Indigenous presence to the forefront of the school’s walls.