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Russell Diabo (right), pictured here with Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde, is warning all First Nations in Canada about dealings with Ottawa.

The Kahnawake Holiday Parade held for the first time at night saw a huge turnout this year with one highlight being the contest for most creative floats.

Former Mikinak leader Lise Brisebois received First Nation status under the Indian Act last year, and people in Kahnawake and Kanesatake are not happy about it.

In 2014 there was a sign campaign by community members, some of them like this one on the Old Malone Highway remain.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake grand chief Joe Norton announced a proposal between gas retailers and council as a solution for the gas tax issue.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake membership portfolio chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer briefly talked about transferring membership from one community to another during a two and a half hour discussion on Indian Act amendments at Tuesday's winter community meeting.

The Communauté Hochelaga de l’Iroquoisie had a tipi erected from November until January in  Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard in protest of Hydro Quebec’s 120-kV Grand-Brûlé’Saint-Sauveur Supply Line project. (Courtesy Daniel “Black Feather” Larmand /Facebook)

When Ellen Gabriel showed up at the Collines d’Oka just outside of the Village of Oka, a non-Native development in the shadow of the famed Pines in Kanesatake, she was incensed at what she saw: another hole being dug for the foundation of a new home, despite continued calls to halt all construction.

Ellen Gabriel and Oka mayor Pascal Quevillon argued over who had rights to disputed land Wednesday. (Photos by Peter Phillips, The Eastern Door)

Kanesatake’s Mohawk Council is threatening a moratorium on all landfill coming into the community, as unregulated dumping, some of it contaminated, is causing concern for residents.