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WEBGabriel shares new book. Eve Cable - August 27, 2024. Over the years, Ellen Katsi'tsakwas Gabriel has considered writing a book charting her history of activism and role in the Siege of Kanehsatake. “But that’s...
30 years of The Eastern Door
WEBJan 31, 2022 · Happy 30th anniversary. -Kenneth Deer. When The Eastern Door was purchased from Kenneth Deer on July 1, 2008, there was so much I just didn’t know as a journalist. I was five and a half years into my career, which started at The Nation magazine, serving the Crees of northern Quebec, and I was just a 32-year-old pup, really.
News - The Eastern Door
WEBTwenty-three years since 9/11. News Miriam Lafontaine - September 11, 2024. Next Wednesday marks the 23rd anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers, a tragedy that led to the death of nearly 3,000 people. Peter...
Kahnawake votes for change - The Eastern Door
WEBJul 12, 2024 · Leave everything at the door, and it’s for community first, no matter what.”. Diabo received 542 votes to Gina Deer’s 343 and former grand chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer’s 275. In 2021, Sky-Deer received 573 votes in a five-way race to make history as the first-ever female grand chief, more than double what she got this time around.
Series pieces together history | The Eastern Door
WEB1 day ago · Series pieces together history. By. Eve Cable. -. September 30, 2024. Tanya Talaga and her cousin Victor Chapais outside the National Gathering on Unmarked Burials in Montreal. Talaga connected with many previously unknown family members during her journey to find the nearly lost history of her family matriarch.
Welcome home! | The Eastern Door
WEBAug 3, 2023 · With huge smiles and an abundance of medals around their necks, Kahnawake’s athletes returned from the 2023 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) to a joyous community parade, where the streets were lined with friends and family celebrating their achievements. “We all just bonded, and being ther
Holding them to account - The Eastern Door
WEBMay 2, 2024. After two years in the works, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and Canada, but it’s not the end of a process – it’s merely the beginning of one. In an interview with The Eastern Door, Crown-Indigenous Relations minister Gary Anandasangaree said all the right ...
Scary incident at Survival School | The Eastern Door
WEB5 days ago · September 26, 2024. Aaron McComber The Eastern Door. On Tuesday morning, Kahnawa’kehró:non Tammy Whitebean saw rumours on social media that something serious was going on at Kahnawake Survival School, where her son is just weeks into seventh grade. “It was very scary. I didn’t know what was happening,” she said.
The year of little progress - The Eastern Door
WEBJan 11, 2024 · When we first started writing about the year that was, 2023, we read over the recaps (see pages 6, 9, 21) of the top stories of the year. Usually around this time, we do two things: we try to sum up the ones that we think are most interesting, and we coin the name for the year. This time around,
Indigenous fashion show dazzles | The Eastern Door
WEB1 day ago · The collective, also known as Collectif Autochtone, brought together seven Indigenous brands at their first fashion show at the Montreal Convention Centre in Montreal last Friday: Bastien Canada, MINI TIPI, Atikuss, Matsheshu Creations, Mikuniss Collection, She Holds The Sky Designs, and Jolène Robichaud Fashion Designs.