Living willow dome comes to life in Kahnawake News by Robin Della Corte - June 8, 2021 COURTESY TRINA STACEY Kahnawake now has their very own living willow dome, a space where the community can come meditate and connect with themselves, the physical world and beyond. Two years in the making, it was completed last Sunday, May 30, and is located at Kahnawake Survival School (KSS). The structure was envisioned
Kahnawake announces new vaccine site News by Robin Della Corte - January 22, 2021 Dear Readers: As an essential service that is still open during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Eastern Door is fighting hard to keep news like this flowing, in our print product, though an online subscription at www.eastermdoor.com and here, for free, on our website and Facebook. But when a large portion of our
Options provided for Kahnawake education News by Robin Della Corte - September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 (Pixabay.com) Dear Readers: As an essential service that is still open during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Eastern Door is fighting hard to keep news like this flowing, in our print product, though an online subscription at www.eastermdoor.com and here, for free, on our website and Facebook. But when a large portion of our
New leaders emerge in Kanesatake News by Robin Della Corte - August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Watsenniiostha Nelson and three of her four sisters and her nephew getting ready for the rolling blockades on July, 11, 2020. (COURTESY WATSENNIIOSTHA NELSON) Dear Readers: As an essential service that is still open during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Eastern Door is fighting hard to keep news like this flowing, in our
Going back to the roots News by Robin Della Corte - June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 (Marisela Amador The Eastern Door) Every day at around 6:30 a.m., Ruth Jacobs goes outside in her backyard and waters her garden. Jacobs has tomatoes, squash, cucumber, pumpkin and watermelon planted in her garden in Kahnawake. “My father, my uncle, my brother, my whole family had a garden,” Jacobs said. “I used to
“He was everything to the choir” Arts & Culture by Robin Della Corte - June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 (Courtesy Gabriel Berberian) Bernardin Houle, choir director and organist for the St. Francis Xavier Mission Catholic Church, and a prominent figure in Kahnawake, passed away last Wednesday, June 3. He was 96. Houle was a member of the choir since he was 29 years old, for over 60 years. Even though he was
Kanesatake checkpoints shift gears News by Robin Della Corte - June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 (Steve Bonspiel The Eastern Door) Kanesatake has redirected the access control location points to new locations in the community, hoping to serve a new role. The original five checkpoints were put in place by the Kanesatake Emergency Response Unit (ERU) to help prevent a potential spread of the COVID-19 virus in the
Checkpoints set up at Oka Park News by Robin Della Corte - June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 (Steve Bonspiel The Eastern Door) The Kanesatake Emergency Response Unit (ERU) and Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Serge Otsi Simon didn’t want to take any chances. With Oka Park set to be open to the public soon, checkpoints were set up at the entrance on Wednesday May 20 to stop
Education continues to adapt News by Robin Della Corte - June 5, 2020 (File Photo) The Kahnawake Education Center (KEC) has started to look at several different scenarios for the new school year in the fall, and although no decision has been made yet, there’s a ton of work going on behind the scenes. Robin Delaronde, director of education in Kahnawake, said they are currently
Behind the checkpoints News by Robin Della Corte - May 20, 2020June 1, 2020 Before going to work at the west gate access location point in Kanesatake, Patsy Bonspille brings her hot chamomile tea to help keep her warm for her 12-hour night shift. “It was minus-12 one of the first nights, April 21, in the open field road,” Bonspille said. “I was dressed warm