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The owner of the Belisle Gas Station in Oka that was forced by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to stop accepting tax exemption cards from Kanehsata’kehró:non on July 1 will take the matter to court.

The Canadian government has announced $1.2 million in funding to remediate the Old Radar Site that straddles St. Remi and St. Isidore, a 162-acre parcel of land that is being returned to Kahnawake, a milestone for the community years in the making.

A lot has changed in the past five years, but then again, a lot hasn’t. On July 1, 2021, many Canada Day events were cancelled, or at least dramatically scaled back, after the Kamloops announcement confronted Canadians with the genocidal reality of the residential school system.

As the rain poured in downtown Montreal on Canada Day this year, Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel had one message to share loud and clear: standing together as Indigenous people and allies is the way towards progress.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) intends to maximize the community’s stake in the Hertel-New York interconnection line, which began transmitting electricity from Quebec this month to power a million New York City homes.

The Parti Quebecois, the frontrunner to win Quebec’s October election, has released its “Blue Book,” a 524-page plan for an independent Quebec, but there’s one chapter missing, and that’s the one on Indigenous relations.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has sent an open letter to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, casting Parliament’s push to amend the Indian Act’s registration rules as a violation of Canada’s human rights obligations.

During the 1960s to 80s, Quebec attempted to pave the dirt roads in Tioweró:ton. Any new asphalt roads would belong to the province and would result in a territorial loss for Kahnawake and Kanesatake up north.

Years spent collecting the environmental thoughts and concerns of Kahnawa’kehró:non have culminated in the now-released first draft of the Kahnawà:ke Environmental Vision.

June 21 was a momentous day in Montreal, marking no less than three separate occasions: National Indigenous People’s Day, the summer solstice, and the 325th anniversary of the signing of the Great Peace of Montreal.