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November 8, 2024Family at the Turtle Island Theatre
Jessica Hernandez was nine years old when she starred in Sometimes When I Dream, a musical about when settlers first came to Turtle Island, and an alternative depiction of what might’ve happened.
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November 8, 2024Dawson petition deposited
A petition calling for an exemption to Law 14 for Indigenous students in anglophone CEGEPs has been deposited with the Quebec National Assembly, having garnered nearly 3,000 signatures since its launch in August.
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November 1, 2024Damning final report lists obligations
The federal point person for missing children and unmarked graves this week said that Canada must shift from “a culture of amnesty and impunity to a culture of accountability and justice,” with the release of a two-volume final report marking the end of her mandate.
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November 1, 2024Temporary border-crossing measures announced
Interim measures aimed at reuniting Onkwehón:we with US citizenship with their families in Canada do little to change the status quo, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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November 1, 2024Center watching developments on settlement
After Assembly of First Nations (AFN) members voted down a $47.8 billion settlement agreement to fund the reform of on-reserve child and family services, the Kanesatake Health Center (KHC)
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October 25, 2024Workshop held ahead of law-making consultation
The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) hosted a webinar last night facilitated by First Peoples Law to give community members a chance to take in a governance presentation ahead of consultations on a proposed law-making process.
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October 18, 2024We need answers on dumping
All the dumping going on in Kanesatake for so many years has created a horrible and unhealthy situation and has divided families and broken up the firm social tenet we all used to feel of “at least we protect the land.” That isn’t the case anymore for too many community members, who welcome dumping because they benefit from it.
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October 18, 2024Council slams federal water bill
A federal bill aimed at imposing drinking water standards in First Nations communities fails to respect those nations’ inherent right to govern their own waters, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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October 18, 2024Assembly votes on settlement agreement
After an arduous Special Chiefs Assembly this week, a proposed $47.8 billion final settlement agreement (FSA) on long-term reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services Program was rejected by the membership of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).
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October 4, 2024Montreal says Every Child Matters
Thousands of people took to the streets of Montreal on Monday, dressed in shades of orange to commemorate the lives of Indigenous children sent to Residential School.
