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Two behemoths are duking it out, and as usual neither one is paying any mind to the Indigenous nations whose land they’re on, nor to the fact these nations don’t recognize the legitimacy of an imaginary line imposed on Turtle Island by colonial powers.

A regional assessment study of the St. Lawrence River has now been authorized, after a request for one was put in by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

After pushback from the community on the recently passed Kanesatake Law-Making Process (KLMP), Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) chiefs Brant Etienne and Serge Otsi Simon hosted a community meeting online and on Reviving Kanehsatà:ke Radio (RKR)

A new interactive, online map of the Montreal metro system was launched this past weekend, which aims to “pay tribute to the women who have played a vital role in the making of Montreal and its social, cultural, and economic prosperity,” according to the project’s website.

Sources close to the situation have revealed more about a recent region-specific deal struck for long-term reform of the child welfare system, which would ensure funds for Ontario but not yet for other regions across Turtle Island.

A plan is underway to reinstate conservation officers on the territory after they were phased out nearly a decade ago.

Last year we ran an editorial condemning a shameful backlog in the processing of Jordan’s Principle requests, a delay with real consequences for First Nations children in Canada.

A class action settlement for Indigenous children and families involved in the child welfare system between 1991 and 2022 is set to open next month, with a Kahnawake-based liaison appointed to assist community members with submitting their claims.

Kahnawake now has a residency compliance officer. That is, someone who’ll take on the role of filing eviction orders to the Court of the Kahnawake.  The community has already had an eviction law in place since last year, but up until now it’s been unenforceable.

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) voted Wednesday to approve a process for the creation of laws, with that framework itself becoming the community’s first official legislation.