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In meetings with federal ministers at the Iroquois Caucus in Ottawa this week, Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) caretaker council member Brant Etienne is urging the government to work with the council on security needs in Kanesatake.

The Quebec Environment Ministry’s mobile truck was parked near the entrance of Oka in an effort to prevent illegal dumping of contaminated soil in Kanesatake last week.

Last week, caretaker council member Serge Otsi Simon and Kanesatake Education Center (KEC) education director Watsenniostha Nelson attended the First Nations Education Council’s (FNEC) annual general meeting in Quebec City, where they discussed ways to fund and strengthen Indigenous education.

Renovations have begun at the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) cabin in Tioweró:ton, known as the Oka Inn, after Council dropped an attempt to apply funding towards a second cabin.

This week, the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) restored septic tank emptying and water calls for Kanehsata’kehró:non, while an ongoing inspection project continues for the second year.

Members of the Longhouse in Kanesatake formally opposed the Alto railway project in a letter to various members of government over the railways projected path through Kanesatake’s ancestral lands.

At a series of upcoming community meetings, the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) will unveil plans to work with a third-party organization that would handle management and ensure better protection of the Pines land involved in an ongoing land transfer to Kanesatake.

At the Siege of Kanehsatake commemoration event in Tiohtià:ke last year, this saying was shared: “You can break one arrow very easily, but if you take a bunch of arrows, you cannot break them.”

As spring temperatures rise and snow begins to melt, the Kanesatake Perimeter Security (KPS) team said there is currently no significant risk of flooding, but community members are advised to be cautious as water levels may still increase.

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) has secured temporary funding for Kanesatake Perimeter Security (KPS), prolonging the security team service past the March 31 end date of a federal five-year fund.