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Looking to burnish communications to the community, the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) is planning to move ahead with the creation of a dedicated smartphone app.

Council chiefs have decided their priorities for the next three years in office, following surveys carried out earlier this fall.

A group from the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) got the chance to visit the site of the future Northvolt facility earlier this month, marking its first-ever visit there since construction began in the winter.

The sharply cold temperatures finally arriving after what had so far been an unseasonably warm November did not deter hundreds of Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)

After printing over 2,000 issues over the course of 42 years, Turtle Island’s longest-running Kanien’kehá:ka newspaper is calling it quits.  Indian Time, based in Akwesasne, ran its second-to-last print issue on November 14 and will run its last on December 19.  Editor Marjorie Skidders said they can no longer afford to print amid a stark plummet in ad revenue.  “It really is sad,” she told The Eastern Door.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) could soon be signed between the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) and Quebec, Cody Diabo shared with The Eastern Door.

The future isn’t looking too bright for the Swedish manufacturer Northvolt, a company the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

They will no longer be running on Indian Time. Sadly, Akwesasne will be, by the end of this year, devoid of an independent media free of overt political influence, and whether you live there or not, you should be concerned.

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)

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.