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This year’s Kanehsatà:ke Traditional Powwow was a time for Kanehsata’kehró:non and non-locals to come to town and spend a positive weekend of dancing, drumming, crafts, and good food - all the good things you’d expect in a powwow.

The law firm Dionne Schulze has filed a notice of application seeking clarity from the Federal Court on urgent issues stemming from the abrupt cancellation of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) elections.

Representatives of 2021’s electoral officer, Annie Neashish, visited the community on Sunday to discuss the possibility of taking over administration of the cancelled election, according to multiple sources, following a letter from Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) that seemed to endorse the initiative.

While a contingent of community members advanced their efforts this week to attempt to contract a new electoral officer and resume elections, a quorum of incumbent Council chiefs met a deadline set by Indigenous Services Canada to formally assert an extension of their term with a band council resolution (BCR).

Kanesatake’s general election was cancelled on the eve of election day, with the electoral officer blaming a flawed electoral code for a mountain of irregularities, escalating the community’s governance problems into a full-blown crisis and leaving Kanehsata’kehró:non scrambling to make sense of their new political reality.

Call it what you will - a governmental crisis, a political crisis, a leadership crisis - the cancellation of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) general elections is a recipe for disaster for the community.

Tomorrow (Saturday) is election day in Kanesatake, with polls for the 2025 Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) general elections open for the last time as the community chooses its next band council leaders.

Voters looking to cast their ballots in the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) elections will be headed to the polls tomorrow, Saturday, August 2.

Victor Bonspille, who is running for the position of Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief, was advised this week that a meeting he had called would be a violation of the Kanesatake Custom Electoral Code.

An attempt to use the courts to thwart Saturday’s ratification vote for four community laws failed, but with only six percent of eligible voters casting a ballot, the vote was nevertheless nullified.