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Another fun season of autumn lacrosse has come to a close, as the finals games of the Kahnawake Mohawks Minor Lacrosse Association (KMMLA)

A proposed $47.8 billion settlement agreement for a 10-year reform of First Nations child and family services in the country was shot down last week, after 267 chiefs and proxies voted against it at a special chiefs assembly hosted by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).

With the new season underway, the Kahnawake Minor Hockey Association (KHMA)’s new board of directors thinks the future is bright for hockey in the community.

Local hip hop artist Will E. Skandalz, also known as Satehoronies McComber, has made the list of nominees for the International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards with his song Rez Dawgs featuring Cree-Naskapi artist Kong hitting the “Collaboration of the Year” category.

In 2015, the Liberal Party of Canada’s election platform included the promise to implement all Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action and to endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).  Once in power, the Trudeau Liberal government advanced a domestic interpretation of UNDRIP through Bill C-15, the United Nations Declaration Act and a government-wide National Action Plan that applies to First Nations, Metis, and Inuit, with a list of 181 federal measures/actions in five chapters.  In the First Nations chapter, the plan gives public notice that for “Canada’s laws to fulfill the UN Declaration, the Indian Act must be repealed.”  For the past nine years, the Trudeau government has already started the process to end the Indian Act band/reserve system by transitioning all First Nations into municipal self-government with the legal status of a “natural person” (this is the same legal definition that applies to corporations)

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake began touting residency permits years ago to “know who’s living here,” but that reasoning alone is hollow.

Months after a soil sampling attempt led to aggression against two Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) chiefs, prompting Quebec’s environment ministry to cancel the tests, the province has enacted interventions on dumping that could lead to massive fines.

"Out with the old, in with the new” is the spirit of many groundbreaking ceremonies, but the aging steel home of the Onake Paddling Club evokes too many fond memories for sheer celebration.

Earlier this season, when the Kahnawake Hunters were on an eight-game losing streak, the team brainstormed words to describe themselves.

It’s do-or-die for the Kahnawake Hunters tonight, as they take on the Elora Mohawks at the Kahnawake Sports Complex, after a difficult first two games of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL)