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Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo wanted to bring the community’s grievances directly to prime minister Mark Carney this week at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) special chiefs assembly in Ottawa, but these hopes were dashed.

A gaming bill that was nixed when the federal election shuttered Parliament earlier this year is moving through the Senate once again, this time with input from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK).

Kanehsata’kehró:non Mary Hannaburg has been at many tables over the years where the Indian Act was debated, but she believes recently passed amendments to Bill S-2, which would axe the second-generation cut-off rule, are more promising than ever before.

Kahnawake students benefitted from a spontaneous community effort to distribute fresh, organic vegetables including carrots, potatoes, beets, and cabbage to local schools to bring fresh, organic vegetables into classrooms, highlighting the importance of community collaboration and food sovereignty.

A $50,000 donation from the Anglican Church will go towards helping Kahnawake archive its oral history, part of a project that coordinator Gerald Taiaiake Alfred says will ensure future generations of Kahnawa’kehró:non have access to easily forgotten information about the community.

After months of consultations at Senate standing committees, senators have voted 10-1 to pass amendments that would end second-generation cut-off within the Indian Act.

The CPKC Holiday Train and its bright, colourful lights chugged into Kahnawake on Monday for one of the highlights of the Christmas season, which doubles as a fundraiser for the Kateri Food Basket.

The mayor of Chateauguay said he’s invested in continuing to build a relationship between his community and Kahnawake that’s focused on respect and open communication, following a meeting held last week between him and Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chiefs.

“Native extremism” – that’s the guise under which Canada’s spy agency eavesdropped on Indigenous activists from 1988-1999, according to a CBC Indigenous investigation that was published this week, built on reams of documents old enough to have been declassified and released in access-to-information requests, but still heavily redacted.

Quebec Native Women (QNW), the organization that seeks to represent the interests of Indigenous women throughout the province, responded via press release to the report by the Quebec ombudsperson that the province is not doing enough to implement the Viens Commission’s 142 calls to action.