“Every life is precious and has a
purpose in our society”

Our community takes suicide seriously. Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services is committed to preventing suicide in Kahnawake.

For the first time ever, there has been a community effort to address suicide in Kahnawake. From Shakotiia’takehnhas we have the departments of Communications, Prevention & Support Services, and Organizational Development Services. Within Kahnawake, our partners are the Kahnawake Peace Keepers, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, K103 Radio Station, Millennium Productions, Loud Spirit Productions and Kwatokent TV. These key community organizations & media companies have partnered to help prevent suicide in Kahnawake.

This website has many tools that can help you help others. You will learn that you can help to prevent suicide. By working together, watching out for the signs of a person at risk, by listening and by getting involved we can save lives.

Let us honour and preserve the unique gifts that the Creator has given to each of us, life is precious and it’s our collective responsibility to protect it…

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