COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT LACROSSE As Albany and Vermont lacrosse teams faced off for the American Eastern Championships, two Kahnawa’kehró:non left with very opposite reactions. After beating Albany 15-10, with two assists, Stone Jacobs, part of the Vermont Catamounts, exited the field with an extra skip in his step. The second very talented
Author: Callie Giaccone
Going mad for “Going Native”
Indigenous artist in residency at the Centaur
Jumblies Theatre's community performance troupe in the Talking Treaties Spectacle in 2018. (Courtesy Marck Fawcett) After creating an incredibly articulate and thorough application, multi-disciplinary artist Ange Loft has been granted the opportunity to take part in the first Indigenous artist residency at the Centaur Theatre, in old Montreal. “They were asking specifically about
You won’t want to miss the language symposium
Throughout shutdowns, event cancellations, isolation and the other ever-evolving obstacles, Kahnawa’kehró:non Atewenniióstha Jacobs has not stopped promoting the importance of Kanienʼkéha. As part of Cultural Awareness Month, Jacobs is organizing a virtual Rotinonhsión:ni Language Symposium. Although there have been language symposiums in the past, this is the first year the entire
Who got the COVID-19 shot?
After an involved campaign and the tireless work of the COVID-19 Task Force, mixed with community solidarity, the vaccination rollout has come to an end. As of Thursday, April 15, 73.4 percent of all eligible Kahnawa’kehró:non adults have been vaccinated. Although there are still a few walk-ins for first timers the
Celebrating the life of Dorris Montour
COURTESY KARIHWIIÓSTHA MONTOUR Last week, Kahnawake lost a beloved community member, 101-year-old Dorris Kawennanó:ron Montour. She passed away peacefully at the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC). The task of summarizing a life like hers is no easy feat. Surviving the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario, with three of her
The resilience of our youth
COURTESY TEIAWENNISERATE TOMLINSON On a typical day in Kanehsata’kehró:non Teiawenniserate Tomlinson’s house, you will find a five-year-old boy and a sevenyear-old girl, fidgety and energetic, trying their very best to glue their bums to their seats, as they listen to their teacher on-screen. “My daughter is very, very active. Like me, she
Outcry over lack of housing
COURTESY TAMMY WHITEBEAN This article was written in collaboration with the Eastern Door reporter Laurence Brisson Dubreuil. This week, Kahnawa’kehró:non voiced their concerns on social media in an attempt for immediate action on what they are calling a housing crisis. This has been a point of contention for years, as the number of
“We’re basically just sexy clowns”
New COVID-19 variants strike Quebec
(COURTESY PIXABAY.COM) As the community still awaits their vaccinations, confirmation regarding the presence of COVID-19 variants in the province is not an easy pill to swallow. Headlines in regards to the pandemic have been flowing across our screens for almost a year now, and this constant uneasiness can lead to desensitization and
