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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.

The claim owner of a niobium mine in Oka has assembled a team of experts to explore the possibility of restoring the site and building an underground operation, but the company is already facing political resistance in its latest effort to try and bring the valuable metal to market.

Members of the Longhouse in Kanesatake met to discuss their support for efforts opposing the Alto high-speed railway project last week, with some attending an anti-Alto protest in Ottawa, in events that follow a Longhouse letter opposing the project in April.

Food is what fuels us, and for community member Brooke Rice, it’s essential that communities work to ensure that our youngest generations are equipped with the resources they need to have access to nourishing meals, so that they can grow into the next generation of leaders.

Community members were incensed to learn that planned maintenance around power lines in the so-called “ecological gift” area of the Pines resulted in the felling of mature pine trees, with leaders suggesting changes are needed to Hydro Quebec’s communications protocol.

The adoption of an urbanization plan passed by Oka Council earlier this month was merely a formality, according to the city’s mayor, but it set off a firestorm online after an unsigned letter circulated in the Village area suggested it had sealed a housing development at the edge of the Pines.

Barry Bonspille, owner of the Golden Star cannabis dispensary, has pleaded not guilty to contempt of court following allegations that he repeatedly violated the safeguard order banning work filling in the shores of the Lake of Two Mountains.

As the country wrestles with the interim ruling of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal issued Friday - that Canada is committing genocide against Indigenous Peoples – we mark National Indigenous History Month.