Orange Shirt Day will look a little different this year. The devoted community members Curran Jacobs, June Skye-Stacey and Helen Jarvis Montour, have been raising awareness about the legacy of residential schools for seven years now. This year, on September 30, the team has decided to hold a birthday party. “In residential schools,
Author: Callie Giaccone
Passports, Delta and outrage
Kahnawake is sitting in a difficult position. As the fourth wave and the red zone have been announced, the local Public Health team and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) have decided to implement proof of vaccination, with their inaugural goal still at heart: to keep the community safe. “The simple six-feet
Huge investigation welcomes a Mohawk
The former executive director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada, Kanesatake’s Kimberly Murray, has been chosen to lead an investigation at the former Mohawk Institute residential school. As Murray was already assisting significantly with these investigations in Six Nations prior to her new role, putting her as the
A farewell to our Buddy
Diabo to open in Montreal spotlight
COURTESY LAURENCE BRISSON DUBREUIL Kahnawake’s own choreographer and dancer Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo will be making her way to centre stage at Place Des Arts on September 10, opening this year’s Festival Quartiers Dances. “I was so flattered that they gave me the opening spot,” she said. “It’s been a dream of mine
Indigenous athletes ready to roll
With the official beginning of the Tokyo Olympics Games starting tomorrow, Indigenous athletes worldwide prepare for this unique experience, following a particularly difficult training period. This year, the Canadian Women’s hammer throw team includes a motivated Kanien’kehá:ka athlete named Jillian Weir. “To represent the Mohawk people at the Olympics is a
Another COVID-19 outbreak
With eight reported COVID-19 cases in the community affecting businesses and individuals alike, this is a crucial reminder that the pandemic is not over. There are curently roughly 60 people in isolation. “Presently, these cases are people who are not vaccinated or not fully vaccinated, and the impact is not just
Managing a large, green Ottawa project
Coming to your TV screen this August
(Left: COURTESY KRISTINA RUDDICK Right: COURTESY IMDB) Who would have thought that one of Kahnawake’s own would be sipping tea and cracking jokes with critically-acclaimed director Taika Waititi? Although once you have a chance to watch Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs on screen, this will no longer come as a surprise. With a breath of
A map to help bring about justice
COURTESY NWAC With ceaseless efforts to acknowledge, honour, and find missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG), the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) has created an online interactive map to track these deaths. “The phenomenon of the disappearance of such a large number of women is a genocide,” said Lynne