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July 4, 2023Simon, Council served with defamation suit
Two community members are suing the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) and MCK chief Serge Otsi Simon following a Facebook flub that has seen him suspended for three days by his colleagues.
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June 22, 2023Kanesatake chiefs fight land grab on ground
For a few years, John Nicholas has had his eye on a parcel of federal land near Highway 344 and Second Avenue Terrasse Raymond.
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June 14, 2023Fans banned from Hunters game
After a heated Hunters game in Kahnawake last week, the Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA) barred fans from attending Saturday’s game against the Orangeville Northmen, a decision that left many fans and community members angry and upset, wondering if the league understands the significance of the sport in Kanien’kehá:ka culture.
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June 8, 2023Kahnawake says no to Quebec
A no man’s land stood between two rooms of the Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Montreal last Friday: on one side, Quebec held a public dialogue session surrounding the province’s French language laws in the context of Indigenous rights, and on the other, the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
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June 6, 2023No apology, retraction on land declaration
Decades ago, Kanehsata’kehró:non Lynda Nicholas asked her children to promise never to sell the plot of land that had once belonged to her father.
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May 19, 2023
Political pressure renewed as G&R languishes
More than 30 months after Quebec revoked its permit to operate, G&R Recycling is again in the headlines for its yet unresolved environmental damage, forcing politicians to answer for why more has not been done on a file that has plagued Kanesatake for years.
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May 17, 2023Working group lobbies for harvesting rights
Brandon Rice had gone hunting with a few others in the winter of 2021 to stock up on a couple more deer in the freezer – he hunts year-round, according to what’s in season.
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May 4, 2023Housing Department overhaul
New construction projects, renovations, and plans for the future of housing in Kahnawake were unveiled last week, as the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)
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May 3, 2023Legal action taken against Bill 96
Two of the largest Indigenous lobby groups in the province have joined forces to launch a legal challenge against Bill 96, now known as Law 14, citing the ancestral rights of First Nations in education.
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April 26, 2023Grand chief signs erroneous declaration
It has been revealed that Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille signed a document attesting to a band member’s ownership of a Kanesatake lot, seemingly overstepping his authority and sewing confusion over land that already belongs to somebody else.
