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A federal bill aimed at imposing drinking water standards in First Nations communities fails to respect those nations’ inherent right to govern their own waters, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

Representatives from Kahnawake were in Calgary last week for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) third national climate gathering. “Catalyzing First Nations Climate and Conservation Leadership for Transformative Change” was the title of the conference, which featured a range of panels and workshops.

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has agreed to investigate allegations that Quebec’s 22 First Nation and Inuit police forces are being discriminated against through chronic underfunding.

One of the worst-kept secrets was finally confirmed: Community members will have to go to downtown Montreal to receive new band cards as of 2025, with Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

As the last artist pricked their final dot of ink into a community member’s skin at midnight on Sunday, Karonhienhawe Nicholas breathed a sigh of relief, reflecting on another successful year of the annual Kanehsatà:ke Traditional Indigenous Tattoo Gathering.

When Kanesatake Education Center (KEC) director Watsenniiostha Nelson decided to start collaborating more with local schools surrounding the community back in the spring, she never dreamed of the success her initiative would see come the fall.

Cree and Inuit students at John Abbott got to learn how to smooth moose hide leather last week - thanks to an initiative organized by the college’s Indigenous Student Resource Centre.

In 2015, the Liberal Party of Canada’s election platform included the promise to implement all Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action and to endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).  Once in power, the Trudeau Liberal government advanced a domestic interpretation of UNDRIP through Bill C-15, the United Nations Declaration Act and a government-wide National Action Plan that applies to First Nations, Metis, and Inuit, with a list of 181 federal measures/actions in five chapters.  In the First Nations chapter, the plan gives public notice that for “Canada’s laws to fulfill the UN Declaration, the Indian Act must be repealed.”  For the past nine years, the Trudeau government has already started the process to end the Indian Act band/reserve system by transitioning all First Nations into municipal self-government with the legal status of a “natural person” (this is the same legal definition that applies to corporations)

The annual McGill University Powwow was a hit last Friday, especially with Kahnawa’kehró:non who showed up to dance, vend, and share in the celebration.

When news broke in 2021 that the graves of missing children had been found at the former Kamloops Residential School, many non-Natives were shocked.