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Last month, Derek White and Hunter Montour made history, being granted a permanent stay of criminal proceedings in one of the most high-profile tobacco trade cases to date, after a Quebec Superior Court judge gave recognition to historic treaty rights including the Covenant Chain.

Members at a community meeting held Wednesday night by Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille voted in favour of launching an early general election, but it is far from clear that the call is valid.

In the end, barring federal appeal, of course, Derek White beat both Quebec and Canada at their own game, in their own courtrooms, and made history in the process.

On October 25, Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille emerges from the Council building, messenger bag slung over his shoulder, thermos in hand, and locks the door.

Restriction is a form of control based on fear, not on power, and in the case of the Quebec government’s latest decree to try and keep Anglophones from getting an English education, it’s just plain wrong.

You’ve probably received a Facebook friend request from someone you already know, or a message from someone asking for money, posing as a family member.

A fractious term of Council has hit a new low, with the doors of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK)

Derek White hasn’t been allowed to leave Canada since March 2016, when he and 60 others were arrested as part of Project Mygale on suspicion of evading taxes in cross-border tobacco trading.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer and her wife Tami Jo Rice were paid to promote Birks, a jewellery company whose diamonds partly originate from mines said to have harmful effects on Indigenous communities in Canada.

Lyle R. McComber has almost everything he needs at Kwe 55. His studio apartment is small but sleek; his kitchenette has a stainless steel fridge and new cabinets.