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In a Facebook Live broadcast on Kahnawake 911, and carried live on K1037,  the oil spill crisis response team updated the community on the progress that has been made in handling the effects of the spill in Kahnawake.  Grand Chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer spoke of political meetings that were held at the end of the week […]

Kahnawake’s Skawaniio Library should be ready to reopen soon. It was closed for 2 months because of structural issues with the building. According to  Shakohahiiostha Kyle McComber from Asset Management at the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake: “The project went well and was completed ahead of schedule. The structural engineers (RJC Engineers) inspected the installation and […]

he Winter Community Meeting held last night at the Golden Age Club. The agenda was filled with conversations on the fuel spill. Ratitsénhaienhs Cody Diabo on the bulk of the conversation steered towards the ever-evolving oil spill: “It’s still a situation that we need to keep an eye out for, we’re not sure how much […]

Upset over how the oil spill was apparently mishandled, tomorrow, the Kaniekehaka Nation at Kahnawake, People of the Longhouse, will be hand delivering a message to the Mayor and Municipal Council of Chateauguay, concerning the fuel spill. The strongly worded letter is already circulating. In it, the Kaniekehaka Nation alleges a cover-up from the spill […]

The agenda for tonight’s Winter Community Meeting from 7-10 pm at the Golden Age Club. The agenda includes discussions on: Land Allotments; updates on the route-207 safety and JFK Quarry; Bill C-92 update; and the Fuel spill.

The Oil spill has some parents concerned at Karihwanoron Mohawk Immersion school. Their new building is mere meters away from the Suzanne River. For most of the last 2 weeks an oil skimming truck has been parked close to the building as it removes the oil in the river. Joely Van Dommelen is the Administrator […]

The Kahnawake Youth Centre ‘Cultures of the South Pacific Tour’ is well underway. At 27 degrees, 85% humidity, mostly sunny, +16 hours ahead of our time here at home, the KYC travel journey took a chunk of 2 full days, but after 22 hours of flight time, watching the sunset over Canada and sunrise over […]

Controversy has arisen over the cutting down of trees to begin construction of the multi-purpose building along highway 132 in Kahnawake. The Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkhwa Language & Cultural Center and its partners (‘the Building Committee’) issued a press release late yesterday saying that they always plan to protect and preserve trees from the site. However, […]

An unfortunate incident involving people taking advantage of free food. Ashley Ross is a Volunteer at the Mohawk Cree Teepee Iah Teiokaraien. She says they prepare meals each Friday and Saturday for upwards of 200 community members in need: “We were just informed that there were community members were coming to the ‘Free Food for […]

Oil seepage. KEPO and volunteers are doing everything they can to prevent more diesel oil from leaking down the Suzanne River from Chateauguay. They filled hundreds of sandbags this morning. Tyler Moulton is the Environmental Projects Coordinator for Aquatic Habitats at KEPO: “We are building a couple of what are called underflow dams at the […]