Racing for freedom in Akwesasne

The Akwesasne Freedom School (AFS) challenges all Haudenosaunee communities to participate in the Annual AFS Survival Race event on August 23rd. The race is $150.00…

35 Arrests made in largest tobacco raid in US-Canadian history

Montreal - The Sûreté du Québec, the police force known throughout indigenous Canada as the force involved in the “Oka Crisis” of 1990, carried out…

Outrage builds in Akwesasne over PCB contamination reality

AKWESASNE - The recent reporting of documented higher levels of cancer-causing pollution at the nearby former General Motors plant has some Akwesasne residents shaking their…

Akwesasne woman proposes Cornwall Island Mohawk Band Council

AKWESASNE –Cornwall Island (Kawehnoke) may one day have a different political governance structure if one local political activist has her way.

New Yorkers gather in anti-fracking protest

ALBANY – More than 1,000 protestors descended upon New York State’s capital of Albany on January 8th, 2014.

NYS Medical marijuana plan may be fueled by Akwesasne pot seizures

AKWESASNE - New York State is embarking upon a medical marijuana program, joining twenty other states in the U.S. already doing so.

2013 Akwesasne Year in Review

December 2012 – A federal search warrant raid on Dec. 18 on the closed Three Feathers Class II Casino resulted in the arrest of the…

Unknown Akwesasne – a special report by Charles Kader

Akwesasne is among the most storied of all originally-held Onkwehon:we territories. The un-extinguished connection to earlier historical times stands out quite uniquely. There also remain…

School District to negotiate special education services contract with the St. Regis Tribe.

The Massena Central School District recently announced that the district has been authorized to retain legal counsel to renegotiate an agreement between the district and…

Akwesasne Pow Wow 2013 wrap-up.

The 13th Annual Akwesasne Pow Wow was held September 7 and 8, 2013 on Kawehnoke (Cornwall Island). Event organizers declared the event a success. The…