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                                                                                                      (COURTESY TEIAWENNISERATE TOMLINSON) Mohawk Council of Kanesatake grand chief Serge Otsi Simon granted consent to the municipality of Oka to go forward with archaeological digs on Tuesday.

Ross Powless as a player-coach for the Hamilton Lincoln Burners Senior A team from 1956-1958. He earned several awards including league scoring champion, best defensive player, league MVP and coach of the year. (Courtesy Richard Powless)

Montreal activist and tour guide Donovan King continues to push to change a bylaw that makes it illegal to hire guides who don’t have a permit – and for more Indigenous representation – and his letter demanding these things was answered by the city this week.

 (Courtesy Andrea Meloche)  While COVID-19 is a rapidly evolving issue, Kahnawa’kehró:non are taking measures to protect the health and safety of community members, to limit the spread of this pandemic.

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller delivered remarks at the Assembly of First Nations’ special chiefs assembly in Ottawa. The minister took questions from chiefs following his address this Tuesday.

(Marisela Amador The Eastern Door) Two dozen community members showed up at the Golden Age Club for Candidates Night on Wednesday evening, for the one vacant spot left open after Carl Horn resigned last month.

Cindy Blackstock (podium) has been fighting hard for the rights and equal treatment of on-reserve children. (File Photo) In a decision announced last Friday, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)

(Marisela Amador The Eastern Door) The war of words continued last Friday (August 2) between Mohawk Council of Kanesatake grand chief Serge Otsi Simon and the mayor of Oka Pascal Quevillon over a land dispute that has grown increasingly contentious.

Andrew Delisle Sr. leaves behind a history not easily replicated and never reproduced, as the former Mohawk Council grand chief bridged Kahnawake’s history like no other.