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Interim measures aimed at reuniting Onkwehón:we with US citizenship with their families in Canada do little to change the status quo, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

It’s among the most precious wampum belts out there, but for more than a century since one man sold it – without permission from the community to which it belongs – it has been in colonial hands.

After Assembly of First Nations (AFN) members voted down a $47.8 billion settlement agreement to fund the reform of on-reserve child and family services, the Kanesatake Health Center (KHC)

As part of the Montreal Alouettes’ efforts in Kahnawake, families from town were invited to come watch their regular season finale last Saturday at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium.

Mohawk Council of Kanesatake grand chief Victor Bonspille did a good job in a so-called press release this week, signed by only him (there’s a pattern here), by making himself look vindictive, taking it to a personal level.

After the Superior Court of Quebec granted a 10-day emergency injunction earlier this month to stop illegal dumping on the Lake of Two Mountains, a follow-up hearing last Friday resulted in a three-month delay, during which a safeguard order will apply.

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) hosted a webinar last night facilitated by First Peoples Law to give community members a chance to take in a governance presentation ahead of consultations on a proposed law-making process.

A proposed $47.8 billion settlement agreement for a 10-year reform of First Nations child and family services in the country was shot down last week, after 267 chiefs and proxies voted against it at a special chiefs assembly hosted by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).

When $47.8 billion isn’t enough and people stand up and say that, it certainly gets people in Canada to take notice.

All the dumping going on in Kanesatake for so many years has created a horrible and unhealthy situation and has divided families and broken up the firm social tenet we all used to feel of “at least we protect the land.” That isn’t the case anymore for too many community members, who welcome dumping because they benefit from it.