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An Ethics Commission decision on whether Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille has vacated his position will be rendered by the end of the month, following a hearing earlier this week.

On the morning of March 19, the Supreme Court of Canada heard the MCK’s appeal in Mohawk Council of Kanesatake v. Louis-Victor Sylvestre et al. The appeal had previously been dismissed by the Court of Appeal of Quebec in December 2023.

The Kebaowek First Nation has marked a second win in court this week, after a judge ruled that a permit for a nuclear waste facility near the community must be reconsidered.

Instead of spending another year as the lone team in the Quebec Senior Lacrosse League (QSLL), the Kahnawake Senior B Mohawks will play their upcoming season in the Three Nations Senior Lacrosse League (TNSLL).They will join the Akwesasne Bucks, Capital Region Axemen, and Snake Island Muskies, all of whom they competed against last year in exhibition games.

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.

Hydro Quebec CEO Michael Sabia said he’s worried about how First Nation and Inuit businesses will cope in the face of tariffs imposed by Donald Trump’s government.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo said he’s feeling hopeful since the squashing of a proposed gaming law after the proroguing of Parliament, calling it a “blessing in disguise.” 

This week, the first stage of the claims process opened for a landmark class action settlement that seeks to compensate children and their families who were harmed by the chronic underfunding of on-reserve child welfare services.

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.

It took years to convince authorities to conduct a search of the Prairie Green landfill, where the remains of two Indigenous women, Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, both members of the Long Plain First Nation, are believed to have been dumped after being murdered by serial killer Jeremy Skibicki.