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Victor Bonspille, who is running for the position of Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief, was advised this week that a meeting he had called would be a violation of the Kanesatake Custom Electoral Code.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has been served with a Federal Court filing by a community member, who has submitted a notice of application against the MCK and the Kahnawake Cannabis Control Board (KCCB).

One of Kahnawake’s own has been named as a semi-finalist in Pow Wow Pitch, an entrepreneurship competition pegged as the “Dragons’ Den” of the Indigenous business world.

Wahnapitae First Nation member Abby Roque (Ojibwe) is one of many new faces coming to the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL)’s Montreal Victoire this offseason, being traded for from the New York Sirens in exchange for Kristin O’Neill and a fourth-round draft pick.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo was one of multiple attendees to walk out of a meeting with Canadian prime minister Mark Carney last week, in an event that Diabo characterized as more of a PR stunt than a meaningful consultation.

Anonymity: it’s a request we get all the time in journalism - one we nearly always decline. A lot of folks are shy to go on the record for any number of reasons, and while some are gravely serious, many more are, well, less so.

Families of children who rely on Jordan’s Principle funding to pay for private schools may have just a few short weeks to figure out how to pay or find new school options, after Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) said it’ll be unable to cover tuition fees through the program.n

The Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)’s vegetation control measures were enacted on its track in Kahnawake territory - albeit not without public opposition from inside the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK).

An attempt to use the courts to thwart Saturday’s ratification vote for four community laws failed, but with only six percent of eligible voters casting a ballot, the vote was nevertheless nullified.

When the first International First Peoples Festival (IFPF) happened in 1991, with the Siege of Kanehsatake still fresh in the minds of many, there was initial resistance to having an event like this take place in Tiohtià:ke.