By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door Watakerená:wi Dunkley grew up grounded in her language and culture – and that made all the difference. Not every child in the early 2000s, or even today, had that opportunity. But Dunkley was a student at Karihwanó:ron Mohawk Immersion School, which, at nearly 40 years old, is one of Kahnawake’s most enduring success stories in the drive to transmit Kanien’kehá:ka teachings and perhaps one day restore Kanien’kéha as the community’s common language. “It had such a positive impact on my life because growing up I always had the cultural teachings,” said Dunkley. She carried these sensibilities through her young life, choosing to attend Six Nations Polytechnic, where she studied language and culture in hopes of becoming a teacher in town….
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