Last week, Koleton Marquis received the phone call young laxers like him dream of getting, the one that let him know that he was one step closer to playing lacrosse professionally in the top league…

The Appeal Court of Quebec has dismissed Wild Wild West’s appeal, with the court agreeing with the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and Tewatohnhi’saktha that the action had no reasonable chance of…

Kanesatake hosted the Mamu Nikantetau Expedition for an evening of Indian tacos, a social dance, speeches, and community engagement as the expedition travelled across Quebec to promote reconciliation…

A decade after founding Puamun Meshkenu - a non-profit organization aimed at initiating projects for Onkwehón:we all over - Stanley Vollant, an Innu surgeon from the Pessamit First Nation, achieved a ...

At the presentation of the final judgment of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, Sam Achneepineskum wondered if the government is waiting out residential school survivors like himself.

Thousands assembled in downtown Montreal on September 30 to hold the fifth annual Every Child Matters march, honouring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

As Orange Shirt Day was commemorated in Kahnawake, remembering those who went through the residential school system, and those who never came home, was at the forefront.

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) election is set to be held this year, on December 19, the Federal Court has ruled.

If the latest projections from polling analyst Phillipe J. Fournier’s website 338 Canada are to be believed, the Parti Quebecois (PQ) will almost assuredly form government this coming Monday, with a g...

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal released its full judgment this week after announcing a preliminary finding in May that Canada is committing genocide against Indigenous Peoples – not just historically...

Last Thursday marked the sixth edition of Kahnawà:ke Shakotiia’takéhnhas Community Services (KSCS)’s Walk Towards Recovery, the event that celebrates the process of recovery for addiction or mental…

The long-awaited pedestrian bridge onto Tekakwitha Island is getting closer to being completed after the steel frame of the bridge was installed last Friday.

The Great Peace of Montreal turned 325 years old on August 4 of this year, and like any historical event, what is known and what is understood from the Great Peace even compared to a few years ago…

More than 50 First Nations members participated in a three-day “Water-Air-Soil Symposium: From Prevention to Contamination Response” conference in Laval earlier this month that extended into a…

Two Kanesatake lacrosse teams, the Kanesatake Eagles and the Riverside Snappers, took to the international stage at LAXNAI last week. The tournament, held at the Utica University Nexus Center in…

With McGill University’s Indigenous Awareness Weeks in full swing, Phyllis Webstad, a member of the Stswecemʼc Xgetʼtem First Nation and the inspiration for and founder of Orange Shirt Day, gave a…

For the third straight year, and the fifth time in the last eight years, the Rezbirds are Kahnawake Mixed Softball League (KMSL) champions after sweeping the best-of-three finals series against the…

The Superior Court of Quebec heard the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake’s application for a permanent injunction last week against a number of defendants to have them stop interfering with the operations…

On Monday, the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) announced that it had received a sort of donation it had never received in its 121-year history.

McGill University kicked off this year’s Indigenous Awareness Week programming with its 25th annual powwow on Friday afternoon. Held at the Macdonald campus in collaboration with John Abbott College,…

The annual LAXNAI tournament in Utica, New York has often been a chance for Kahnawa’kehró:non to make their mark in one of the most fun and most competitive box lacrosse tournaments of the year.

Six students have begun an intensive traditional basket weaving program facilitated by The Kanesatake Employment and Training Service Center (KETSC), with the aim of preserving and passing on traditio...

Howard S. Billings/Kanien’kehá:ka Tehontatie:nas Mohawk Wrestling Club (MWC) is preparing for this winter’s season, aiming to cement itself as a local and provincial powerhouse.

A fire was raging in Kahnawake this week. When the Fire Brigade arrived on scene at the home on Zachary Road on Monday, the roof had already been eaten by roaring flame, the structure chewed up.

The Kahnawake Peacekeepers executed the seizure of a large quantity of illegal drugs and two pieces of manufacturing equipment at a building on Zachary Road on Wednesday evening.

More than 400 days after the chief electoral officer slammed the brakes on Kanesatake’s election, unleashing a governance crisis that is still reverberating, there is finally an end in sight following...

What is the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Residency Law supposed to be about?

Students at Rotiwennakéhte Elementary School switched their classrooms for an apple orchard to celebrate the autumn season.

I would be lying if I said this was a fall recipe in my household. The truth is this is the recipe I turn to when we’re craving something sweet, homey, and that I can whip up quickly to be ready part…

With temperatures dropping and autumn slowly making its way in, there is no better time to get the absolute most out of hiking. Whether you’re preparing for your first time hiking or you’ve lost…

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake announced this week it has begun another phase in the project to upgrade the community’s wastewater treatment systems that will entail assessing the feasibility of…

Kahnawa’kehró:non artist Skawennati was honoured by the Canada Council for the Arts this week, receiving the Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts.

Just a few weeks before the National Lacrosse League (NLL)’s 40th anniversary season, the league announced that it would be moving forward without the two teams whose futures had been in limbo for…

The Waste Management Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is preparing to move its transfer depot to a larger space as the community grows, and demand for waste services increases.

On a beautiful sunny Saturday, the annual duck race returned to the Onake Paddling Club, bringing the community together to remember Tsótewe Stacey, 18, who tragically passed away in an impaired…

When I was just a little kid growing up on the rez, I always thought New York City was both cool and scary at the same time.

A new archery program is coming to Kanesatake this fall, giving both youth and adults in the community an opportunity to learn new skills and stay active outdoors as the season starts to get chilly.

Retired ironworker Pat Goodleaf has been visiting union halls in places like New York City, Buffalo, Detroit, and Chicago, with the goal of finding out where the trade he and so many others worked…

Brianna Kahentanó:ron Montour grew up surrounded by the Turtle Island Theatre, where she discovered the creative joys of theatre, and now she is beginning her professional career with the troupe,…

Next week, the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) will be using drones to apply two herbicides approved in Canada to combat around 83 acres of invasive phragmites australis in the Big…

For Donald Angus, it all started with a picture from Ground Zero in New York City on a disposable camera.

Around a hundred people gathered at the hospital ballfield in front of the Kateri Memorial Health Centre (KMHC) for the fifth annual Challenger Baseball Game for Extraordinary Athletes,  and the…

The estate of Frank Marquis will receive the community’s first recognition award of $5,000 for his more than 20 years of service to all Kanien’kehá:ka in protecting the land while he was a caretaker…

Marc-Antoine Camirand is in the midst of one of the most dominant runs in NASCAR history, and it all started in Kahnawake.

The Kanesatake Health Center kicked off “Fall Ball Lacrosse” last week with scrimmages for local children and youth to practice their lax skills in fun, low-pressure games.

Since the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and the Kahnawake Education Center (KEC) published press releases earlier this week sharing that preliminary results of soil and air sampling found a…

Kahnawa’kehró:non will soon be able to drive on a fully paved Old Chateauguay Road (OCR), hopefully.