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When we first started writing about the year that was, 2023, we read over the recaps (see pages 6, 9, 21) of the top stories of the year.

Last month, Derek White and Hunter Montour made history, being granted a permanent stay of criminal proceedings in one of the most high-profile tobacco trade cases to date, after a Quebec Superior Court judge gave recognition to historic treaty rights including the Covenant Chain.

The White and Montour tobacco case is a major victory for Kahnawa’kehró:non and a big set-back for the federal government’s unilateral self-government policy.

When should you go ahead and banish someone from the community? That question has been bandied about after Josh Zachary was allegedly at it again, as reported on in last week’s paper.

Members at a community meeting held Wednesday night by Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille voted in favour of launching an early general election, but it is far from clear that the call is valid.

Community member Xavier Dearhouse was left reeling last week after he said he was refused service and asked to leave by security at the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ)

In the end, barring federal appeal, of course, Derek White beat both Quebec and Canada at their own game, in their own courtrooms, and made history in the process.

When Tommy Diabo was a student at Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he loved drawing.

After a gruelling, more than seven-year legal battle, Derek White and Hunter Montour were granted a permanent stay of criminal procedures this week by a Quebec Superior Court judge, who recognized the role of traditional law, including the Covenant Chain, in the tobacco trade across Turtle Island.

The Kahnawake Peacekeepers run a 24-hour operation, so it might seem strange to find the lights off at the station.