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January 24, 2025Biden commutes Peltier's sentence
The news that former United States president Joe Biden was granting former American Indian Movement (AIM) member Leonard Peltier clemency to serve out the rest of his life sentence at home was unexpected for many across Turtle Island – including Denise Pictou Maloney, who believes that Peltier was complicit in the 1975 murder of her mother, Annie Mae Pictou in South Dakota.
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January 24, 2025Council seeks Trump’s attention
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is drafting a letter it hopes will land on the desk of the Oval Office.
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January 24, 2025Community meeting set
The first community meeting of the year is coming up on Wednesday. It’ll be hosted at the Golden Age Club and is expected to start at 6 p.m. Top of the agenda will be a discussion about the memorandum of understanding signed last month between Quebec and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK).
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January 24, 2025US, Canada make statement to committee
One of the last actions of the Biden administration was the release of a joint statement with Canada outlining both countries’ support for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to be able to participate in the lacrosse events at the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles.
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January 24, 2025Whitby Warriors draft Darris Jones
It came as a complete surprise for 16-year-old laxer Darris Jones to hear that he had been drafted in the first round, 10th overall, by the Ontario Junior Lacrosse League (OJLL)’s Whitby Warriors.
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January 17, 2025Canada refuses child welfare negotiations
One of Canada’s leading child welfare experts says that Canada has committed “a huge breach of good faith negotiations” after the government announced that it would not be participating in national negotiations on a $47.8 billion settlement deal regarding child welfare, instead pursuing discussions for a deal with only chiefs in Ontario.
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January 10, 2025Asbestos concerns at Kanawaki
Workers at the Kanawaki Golf Club say they’re worried about their health after having to handle old cement pipes laced with asbestos.
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January 10, 2025Police stats suggest worrisome trends
The Kahnawake Peacekeepers opened more than twice as many mental health files in 2024 than the year prior, with major increases also seen in the number of assault and domestic violence files, year-end statistics reveal.
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January 10, 2025Akwesasne council signs agreement
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA) revealed this week that they have signed a long-awaited and controversial settlement agreement regarding a New York State land claim, with community members unsure what that means for the next steps in the legal process.
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January 10, 2025Canada challenges Jordan’s Principle orders
The federal government has filed an application for judicial review of a ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)
