Author: Jeremy Zafran
46 years ago, today, Kahnawàke students walked out of their classes at Howard S. Billings. It led to community-based education and the eventual creation of Kahnawake Survival School. Keith Leclaire remembers the day in 1978: “I was in CEGEP, so we came back and we started doing the walk-back from Howard S. Billings to […]
The KMHC is hosting a Blood Drive on October 8th. It will be an extension of the Eastern Door’s Annual Blood Drive. Steve Bonspiel is the Publisher of the Eastern Door. He says it was time: “I think it was time, when it was started, this would have been it’s 21st annual, so, when […]
A reminder that a Special Community Meeting on the recent Industrial Fuel Spill is planned for tomorrow, Wednesday, September 11th. The Meeting is being held at the Golden Age Club and will lead-off with an update, followed by an open discussion. The MCK’s Special Meeting will begin at 7pm and is scheduled to end […]
Approximately 40 Kahnawake first responders and front-line workers are taking part in Autism training. It’s a specialized one-day seminar being held at the Peacekeeper station that was organized by Connecting Horizons. One of the trainers is Jimmy Donohoe, he is a retired Police Lieutenant with the Pensacola, Florida Police: “We start off with what […]
The new cultural center was front and center on todays Tetawathartha, the party line talk show on K1037. Guest included Jessica Hernandez, Kimberly Cross, Lisa Phillips, Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer. Sky-Deer says that the project remains on target, but fundraising continues, money is still needed. 48 of the 56 million raised to date: “This is a […]
After weeks of deliberations, Portfolios for the new Mohawk Council of Kahnawake have been allocated. Several elected officials sharing their postings on social media prior to their formal announcement at the next council meeting scheduled for Monday. Ohenton Í:rate ne Ratsisahiens Cody Diabo writing: “By virtue of my position I am ex-officio on all […]
Asplundh Canada will be conducting brush and tree trimming adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Rail. This work will take place at the four (4) rail crossings along the CPKC Rail line in Kahnawake. The trimming expected to last through the entire week.
The Kahnawake Household survey will be hosting an event for the entire community today. It started this morning at the Knights of Columbus Hall and wraps up at 7 pm. It is a chance for community members to complete the survey in person, but remain anonymous. The goal is to collect information and data […]
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke administrative offices will be all be closed for the Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 2nd. Regular household recycling pickup service and compost collection will continue as usual. You are asked to have your bins curbside by 7am. The transfer depot will be closed and as the town garage […]
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) Language & Culture Training Program is inviting Kahnawa’kehró:non to a public Open House Corn Roast at the Tsi Niionkwarihò:ten Tsitewaháhara’n Center, located in the same building as K1037. The event will take place tomorrow, Thursday, August 29th, from 11:30am to 2:30pm, marking the launch of the application period […]