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December 11, 2023Feds appeal to fight self-determination
The White and Montour tobacco case is a major victory for Kahnawa’kehró:non and a big set-back for the federal government’s unilateral self-government policy.
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December 8, 2023
Sacred masks return home
Jessica Loft Cross had long known she’d one day become responsible for the care of a collection of Hatowi masks, just not when.
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November 2, 2023Historic child welfare settlement approved
Kiona Akohseràke Deer was moved between different group homes and foster care units at least 20 times before she even turned 18.
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September 8, 2023Will First Nations' input fit the bill?
The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) agreed that a decision recognizing the existence of systemic discrimination raises vital concerns.
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June 8, 2023Kahnawake says no to Quebec
A no man’s land stood between two rooms of the Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Montreal last Friday: on one side, Quebec held a public dialogue session surrounding the province’s French language laws in the context of Indigenous rights, and on the other, the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
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May 17, 2023Working group lobbies for harvesting rights
Brandon Rice had gone hunting with a few others in the winter of 2021 to stock up on a couple more deer in the freezer – he hunts year-round, according to what’s in season.
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May 3, 2023Legal action taken against Bill 96
Two of the largest Indigenous lobby groups in the province have joined forces to launch a legal challenge against Bill 96, now known as Law 14, citing the ancestral rights of First Nations in education.
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May 2, 2023Kahnawa’kehró:non lobby for United Nations inclusion
Over 2,000 people registered for the 22nd session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), the largest international gathering of Indigenous Peoples, according to the United Nations (UN).
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April 13, 2023Vatican relents on papal bulls
In 2016, Kenneth Deer travelled to the Vatican alongside a delegation of other Indigenous leaders to demand that pope Francis revoke three papal bulls – declarations made by popes – that provided the legal basis and religious authority for centuries of ongoing colonial genocide.
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March 1, 2023Minister talks gun bill with Council
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake address concerns about the government's gun control legislation with Canada's minister of public safety, Marco Mendicino.
