Stories by Marcus Bankuti

A new memorandum of understanding between the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and the Abenaki Councils of Odanak and Wôlinak is being billed as a historic agreement that will create economic opportunities and strengthen opposition to governmental interference.

As winter gives way to spring, members of the Mohawk Trail Longhouse express gratitude in ceremony for the maple trees - the Wáhta – that are so fundamental to Kanien’kehá:ka culture, a source of nourishment and medicine.

Wáhta season, the time when maple sap flows. It carries powerful cultural significance, and has nourished Kanien’kehá:ka since time immemorial. It heals, it calls for ceremony and thanksgiving.

É:so iohserá:ke tsi náhe, Wahiakè:ron George Gilbert roió’tehkwe’, shihohrhá:re’ aontkennorehseróhetste’, tsi ó:nen rawennékeri wahèn:ron’ nahò:tenk néne taiora’nén:take’ rao’nikòn:rakon.

If we offer you two knocks in the arm, and you ask for none, then naturally one is a good compromise, right?

Even with a hefty decline in spending on capital projects, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) budget continues to climb, reaching a new all-time high of nearly $133.1 million in projected spending, with a modest surplus expected.

Decades ago, Wahiaké:ron George Gilbert was on the job, waiting for the rain to pass, when his superintendent said something that stuck with him.

North of 100,000 commuters pour through Kahnawake’s territory every day, and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is proving that the announcement last year that it might toll infrastructure on the territory was no idle warning.

The Court of Appeal of Quebec has refused to reconsider the Superior Court’s denial of an interlocutory injunction that could have put Magic Palace on the path to reopening while its lawsuit against the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) unfolds.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) sent Quebec back to the drawing board after being presented with plans for the replacement of a deteriorating overpass that would have increased the structure’s footprint, according to MCK portfolio chief Arnold Boyer.