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Ia’kwanienkehaka Kahnawakehró:non. Tete’weneren ionkhi’nistenha ohontsa tanon sken:nen ieion’kwatre’hatie. (We are the Mohawks of Kahnawake.

The efforts of an anonymous group of Kanehsata’kehró:non has brought a deluge of attention to Kanesatake with the urgent message that the community has fallen into a “state of lawlessness and danger.” An open letter circulating amongst journalists and politicians names scourges such as toxic dump sites, dangerous criminal activity, and land “being stolen piece by piece by land developers and assimilated Mohawks treating Kanien’kehá:ka Homelands as if they were all for the taking.” In part by providing a trove of related documents, the group sparked a La Presse investigation into G&R Recycling that brought the issue roaring back into mainstream discourse.

As the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) continues to mull over the years-old question of an “ecological gift” of Pines land from Grégoire Gollin, an attempt by municipality of Oka lawyers to leverage Kanesatake land claims against him has been rejected.

For Kahnawa’kehró:non Lynn Beauvais, the ironworking industry is a proud tradition that has been part of the community for generations.

“I don’t look where they’re from, I look at what they do,” said minor hockey referee Matthew Stacey.

The U15B Mohawks squared off against the Pierrefonds Barons in the Lac St. Louis regional championship game this past Sunday.

“I broke a cycle,” said Kanehsata’kehró:non Stacey Pepin, standing in front of the over 125-year old New Chancellor Day Hall, part of McGill University’s Faculty of Law.

The Kahnawake Mohawks U15 and U17 lacrosse teams headed down to Massena, New York, for the first annual Hickory Classic last weekend.