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Marie-Claude Bernard, the former finance head for the disbanded Emergency Response Unit (ERU), has been reinstated to her position at the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK)

At least one Mohawk council in Akwesasne has signed onto a final settlement agreement concerning a land claim that has been in the courts for more than 40 years, which some say could have devastating consequences for the future of land claims for all Mohawk communities.

The Ashukan Institute and the KWE! Meet With Indigenous Peoples Festival are coming together to hold the first Indigenous Connections Summit at the Montreal Convention Centre in March.

Nearly a year-and-a-half after being brought to Quebec’s National Assembly, a bill aimed at establishing cultural safety for Indigenous people in healthcare settings has been officially adopted - though many Indigenous groups say that the legislation doesn’t go far enough, and that their organizations weren’t adequately consulted.

An agreement billed as the first of its kind promises to open up the personnel records of hundreds of members of the Oblates of OMI Lacombe Canada who worked in dozens of residential schools, files that could assist communities in seeking truth and identifying abusers.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo used last week’s Assembly of First Nations (AFN) special chiefs’ assembly to challenge federal leaders to envision what a future relationship could look like between Kahnawake and Canada.

The Tsi Snaihne Recreation Centre in Snye was filled to the brim last weekend, as crowds from near and far packed in for another sold-out edition of the Akwesasne Indigenous Fashion Show.

Looking to burnish communications to the community, the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) is planning to move ahead with the creation of a dedicated smartphone app.

Kahnawake was abuzz last weekend, with around 800 people coming out from across the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to the 207 Longhouse for this year’s Fall Sing.

Marjolaine Etienne was elected president for a second four-year term at the Quebec Native Women (QNW)’s annual general assembly in Quebec City on December 1.