Indigenous athletes ready to roll Sports by Callie Giaccone - July 23, 2021 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 News by Callie Giaccone - July 22, 2021 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 News by Callie Giaccone - July 22, 2021 When he was just a little boy, he watched his father and uncles working in construction and as ironworkers, and just like that, Kahnawa’kehró:non Chris Stacey was sold. “When my daughters and I drive through the city, I can say I built that building, that one, and that one…” he said. Starting
Coming to your TV screen this August News by Callie Giaccone - July 16, 2021 (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 News by Callie Giaccone - July 9, 2021 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
Cancel Canada Day News by Callie Giaccone - July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 COURTESY RUSTY NOLAN On July 1, as people around the country gather at barbecues and terrasses, adorning themselves with red and white and waving the Canadian Flag, many have asked what are they really representing? In light of recent events in which unmarked graves of young children are being uncovered all over
“They didn’t win, we are still here” News by Callie Giaccone - July 5, 2021 FILE PHOTO After Bill C-5 passed earlier this month, the federal government is now officially recognizing September 30 as the National day for Truth and Reconciliation (Orange Shirt Day). This sacred day was introduced by the strength and determination of Phyllis Jack-Webstad. The brave woman retold the story of her first day in
Opening up, one step at a time News by Callie Giaccone - June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 With the help of fearless leaders and the relentless strength and diligence of this powerful collective, Kahnawake is no longer in a state of an emergency. Over the past 17 months and 217 Facebook lives later, along with countless consultations and press releases, the Task Force sat down for its final
Cooking with Corey Jacobs News by Callie Giaccone - June 28, 2021 COURTESY LAURIANNE STREIFEL-JACOBS In a kitchen far, far away, in Oyen Alberta, Kahnawa’kehró:non Corey Jacobs cooks his heart out, with his wife Laurianne Streifel-Jacobs, catching it all on tape. From bacon cheeseburger pasta and Mexican corn salad to asparagus grilled cheese and barbeque ribs, Jacobs has been cooking up a storm for
Indigenous languages acknowledged News by Callie Giaccone - June 21, 2021 COURTESY GOVERNMENT OF CANADA On Monday, June 14, the federal government appointed the first-ever commissioner to protect endangered Indigenous languages. Four representatives, the commissioner, Ronald E. Ignace, and three directors - Georginia Liberty, Joan Greyeyes and Robert Watt - make up the first-ever Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages (OCIL). Commissioner Ignace,