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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.

Community members have been hosting all sorts of land-based programming at a teepee project on Route 207 since late 2022 – but that could be about to change after organizers recently found that their funding wouldn’t be renewed for this fiscal year.

Despite what your eyes – and your thermometer – were telling you this week, spring has arrived, and with it comes sugaring season.

After procedural changes earlier this year sowed confusion for communities across Turtle Island seeking to access Jordan’s Principle services, Kahnawake Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS) has announced an information and Q&A session for the community, in the hopes of providing clarity to families accessing care.

As the process for approving dispensary licences in Kahnawake trudges along, the 207 Longhouse has reaffirmed its position against Kahnawake’s potential cannabis industry, this week announcing an upcoming march expressing their opposition.

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) did not go it alone at the Supreme Court of Canada, which heard Council’s appeal last month against Sylvestre et al. 

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo said that he’s been checking in with fellow members of the Iroquois Caucus this month to affirm their commitment to an economic trade agreement in light of mounting political uncertainty within the United States.

More Kahnawa’kehró:non have joined the growing list of those awarded the King Charles III’s Coronation Medal this week. This time around it was the community’s veterans that were honoured, at a ceremony held Wednesday morning at the Royal Canadian Legion Mohawk Branch 219.

Dawson College’s Indigenous Peoples’ Week, which took place this week, has been a yearly staple of the Montreal CEGEP’s event calendar, thanks to the hard work from the First Peoples’ Center.

Two Kahnawa’kehró:non are feeling hopeful after finding out they were nominated for multiple Canadian Screen Awards last week.