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This year’s Remembrance Day parade was the largest in almost two decades, with hundreds of veterans from multiple branches of the Canadian and American armed forces joined by the community in remembrance and celebration of the sacrifices of veterans, living or passed.

As of this month, community members are now able to read monthly reports produced by each of the Council chiefs.  It’s all part of an effort to promote transparency and accountability from the Council table, according to the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake’s (MCK)

The Kanien'kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR) has three new board members after elections held on November 5.

Courtesy Tewatohnhi'saktha The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) can go back to business as usual now that there are once again three commissioners assigned to the body.  The licensing and regulatory authority responsible for land-based and online gaming in Kahnawake was down to just one commissioner by late October, leaving the KGC unable to host its regularly scheduled meetings.  The three voting members now include Donna Delaronde McComber and Heather Bauersfeld, alongside Janice Beauvais, who’s volunteered her time at the commission since 2022.

Of his own admission, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Arnold Boyer is not one to usually sport facial hair.

Kahnawake is taking the lead in mobilizing First Nations across the country to support Bill S-268. The proposed law, if adopted, would enshrine those nations’ right to establish, conduct, and manage their own gaming businesses, such as casinos.  The Council table had previously been opposed to the bill but has since changed its tune after the senator that sponsored it agreed to push for amendments they’d asked for.  Senator Scott Tannas shared that commitment with The Eastern Door earlier this September.    The way the bill is currently worded doesn’t account for the online gaming industry – one the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

As part of its push to usher in a law-making process for the community, the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK)

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) has announced the creation of an Ethics Commission, envisioned as an impartial body that can navigate disputes arising from the Custom Electoral Code.

For the first time since 2022, the Kanesatake Health Center (KHC) will hold its Annual General Assembly (AGA) next Wednesday. There are four Board of Directors seats up for grabs at the session, where a vote will be held to choose between the registered candidates.

It might have been 50 years or more since a home birth in Kanesatake, a practice that used to be commonplace in the community, but the Kanesatake Health Center (KHC)