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A bilateral meeting took place last week in Rome, where Haudenosaunee Chief Deskaheh Steve Jacobs sat down with the director general of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Qu Dongyu, during the World Food Forum.

A new pilot project from the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) is aimed at protecting wildlife in the area from invasive species, with four different areas being monitored to track the long-term success of removal efforts in the community.

For many years, Onkwehón:we and other climate advocates have warned of the dangers of abusing the environment for short-term gain, saying that it would soon be too late to come to the aid of Mother Earth.

After years of planning and collecting community feedback, the North Creek Restoration project is finally set to begin work in earnest in the coming weeks and going until November 2025.

The heat was intense this week, with temperatures reaching well into the 30s, and humidex of 40 C. To help the community avoid heat-related illnesses, Kahnawà:ke Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS) opened up the Turtle Bay Elders’ Lodge for the community to serve as a cooling shelter during the sweltering weather.

Derek White continued his return to NASCAR last Friday, taking part in the Craftsman Truck Series race at Watkins Glen International, the Mission 176 at The Glen.

During the Siege of Kanehsatake in 1990, Ellen Katsi’tsakwas Gabriel would speak at night with the men on the front lines after wrapping up the day’s negotiations. One of the men, Richard Two-Axe - “Boltpin” - had a saying. You can break one arrow very easily, but if you take a bunch of arrows, you cannot break them.

A major Public Works project on Old Chateauguay Road has become a flashpoint in the push-and-pull between community safety fears and the need to facilitate the flow of visitors and locals, with Council and public safety officials left searching for solutions.

There’s scarcely a more agreed upon value in Kahnawake than the need to respect and protect Mother Earth.

Let’s face it, the sanctity of the environment is one of the most pressing issues on the planet. After all, without the security of the ecosystems that sustain us, we truly have nothing.

The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from the Mohawk Mothers that sought to overturn a lower court’s decision to lift a safeguard order initially granted to the group for work being undertaken at the site of the former Royal Victoria Hospital at McGill University.