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Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer and her wife Tami Jo Rice were paid to promote Birks, a jewellery company whose diamonds partly originate from mines said to have harmful effects on Indigenous communities in Canada.

Earlier this month, Elizabeth M. Hoover, an environmental health and food sovereignty professor at the University of California, Berkeley, made a public apology for having falsely claimed to be Indigenous, when she is in fact white.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has been fighting back against Ontario’s online gaming system for years. They’ve long argued that the province’s policies conflict with federal law and compromise the jurisdiction Kahnawake has been building for the last 25 years.

Courtesy Alan John Rice Chief Alan John Rice has stepped down from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK), moving to a new position as MCK’s executive operations officer.

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.

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Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller delivered remarks at the Assembly of First Nations’ special chiefs assembly in Ottawa. The minister took questions from chiefs following his address this Tuesday.

Melanie Gilbert is ready to take on the workload as the regulations related to the Kanien’kehá:ka of Kahnawà:ke Law comes into effect.

Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer explained that though there was a very poor turnout, the amendment to the Residency Law would go on to the next stage of the expedited process.