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Representatives of 2021’s electoral officer, Annie Neashish, visited the community on Sunday to discuss the possibility of taking over administration of the cancelled election, according to multiple sources, following a letter from Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) that seemed to endorse the initiative.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake is in a strong financial position, according to director of Financial Services Nikola Mirkovic after a recent annual audit of the organization’s consolidated finances was released to the community last week.

Women from Kahnawake, Akwesasne, and Kanesatake may be victims of a disturbing campaign of sexual harassment, after an individual came across indecent images of her and others posted non-consensually online.

While a contingent of community members advanced their efforts this week to attempt to contract a new electoral officer and resume elections, a quorum of incumbent Council chiefs met a deadline set by Indigenous Services Canada to formally assert an extension of their term with a band council resolution (BCR).

Kanesatake’s general election was cancelled on the eve of election day, with the electoral officer blaming a flawed electoral code for a mountain of irregularities, escalating the community’s governance problems into a full-blown crisis and leaving Kanehsata’kehró:non scrambling to make sense of their new political reality.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has announced it will likely implement tolls on highways running through the territory in response to the federal government’s plans to make cuts to all governmental departments, including Indigenous Services Canada (ISC).

Call it what you will - a governmental crisis, a political crisis, a leadership crisis - the cancellation of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) general elections is a recipe for disaster for the community.

A fire that resulted in the demolition of a house early Sunday morning was the latest in a year where there has been an abnormally high amount of structure fires, according to Kahnawake Fire Brigade (KFB) chief Wihse Stacey.

What does prime minister Mark Carney have to say about the Building Canada Act, which equips his government to steamroll opposition to major infrastructure projects?

In a continuation of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)’s efforts in economic development and economic sovereignty, the MCK and Alberta’s Tsuut’ina Nation signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) last Saturday, a first step in free trade collaboration between the two communities and, potentially, other communities going forward.