Tobacco trial restarts News by Robin Della Corte - September 23, 2021 The second phase of the cross-border tobacco trading trial with Kahnawake’s Derek White and Hunter Montour began this week, with its first expert witness testimony. The second phase of the trial challenges the applicability of the federal provisions, which form the basis of the criminal charges against the community members. White and
Delta variant cases hit town News by Robin Della Corte - August 12, 2021 Early this week, the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC) confirmed that the COVID-19 Delta variant was present in the community and there was a lot of concern over its spread. The two separate outbreaks that emerged in Kahnawake over the last month were majority Delta variant cases. There are now 14 active
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