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Courtesy Marc Miller, Ian Lafrenière The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) had back-to-back meetings with provincial and federal representatives last Friday to discuss various unresolved issues with major implications for Kahnawake.

STEVE BONSPIEL THE EASTERN DOOR This article was written in collaboration with Greg Horn, Iorì:wase.  The five candidates for grand chief squared off in the second-ever Grand Debate, hosted by the community’s media outlets.

(Left to right) Vernon Goodleaf, Keisha Goodleaf, and Joe Delaronde listen while Rhonda Kirby gives final reading of cannabis control law Tuesday, December 4.

For the second week in a row, the talk of cannabis regulation denigrated into a shouting match between a council chief (this week Gina Deer)

After back-to-back meetings ended in intense confrontations and near physical altercations, two kanien'kehá:ka women reflect on what they feel causes tension in community meetings, and asks why fellow community members can't see one another's opinions without judgement.

Loraine White (business development and legal council) and Lewis Mitchell (president) let out a huge sigh of relief when the federal approval of their cannabis production facility finally came through, making the Seven Leaf proprietors the first Onkwehón:we entrepreneurs to do so in the country.

The head table at the recent CDMP meeting on cannabis legislation took heated questions all night last Tuesday regarding the legislation's classification and council's role in the industry.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake chiefs Rhonda Kirby and Gina Deer are a part of the working group for the proposed Cannabis Control Law.

Jeremiah Johnson's proposed law would, ideally for him, make grow ops (like the one raided in 2014) and marginalization of those who use cannabis a thing of the past.

The Smoke on the Water in Tyendinaga is currently closed but is advertised as "your one stop Ganja shop." (Daniel J.