Stories by Miriam Lafontaine

The first community meeting of the year is coming up on Wednesday. It’ll be hosted at the Golden Age Club and is expected to start at 6 p.m.  Top of the agenda will be a discussion about the memorandum of understanding signed last month between Quebec and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK).

Every Peacekeeper in the territory will soon be equipped with body cameras, following a decision made by the police force’s board just before the holidays.  It’s not just cameras that were approved for purchase, but an entire package of new gear aimed at modernizing the way the Kahnawake Peacekeepers police the territory, chief Dwayne Zacharie said.

A lawyer for the landowner named in the lawsuit launched by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) over the fuel spill in Chateauguay last year said their client isn’t at fault, since there’s no proof diesel from the spill traversed into Kahnawake’s territory.

It’s just after 11 a.m. at Diabo’s restaurant, and the rush has already begun.  The chip stand on Route 207 just off Highway 30 has never struggled to attract clients, especially non-locals, but it’s been exceptionally hectic as of late.

Ray Deer won’t be retiring just yet. The president of the Royal Canadian Legion Mohawk Branch 219 is now on his eighth consecutive term, following an election at the hall earlier this month.  “I'm hoping one of our younger veterans will be ready to step in, then I would be ready to step down,” said Deer, who ran unopposed.

There was a lengthy debate at the Council table this past Monday, after a proposal was brought forward over the possibility of hiring an Indian registry administrator.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is now suing the property owner and company involved in the fuel spill that happened nearly one year ago in Chateauguay.

Falen Iakowennaiéwas Jacobs is now taking on a more active leadership role as director of education at the Kahnawake Education Center (KEC), now that her onboarding process has wrapped up.

A special community meeting is expected to be held soon to allow community members the chance to weigh in on which laws should be triaged by the Kahnawake Legislative Commission (KLC).

Community members are being invited to join an advisory group that’ll be tasked with reviewing the code of conduct elected Mohawk Council chiefs must abide by, in addition to other key governance documents.