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A proposed $47.8 billion settlement agreement for a 10-year reform of First Nations child and family services in the country was shot down last week, after 267 chiefs and proxies voted against it at a special chiefs assembly hosted by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).

After an arduous Special Chiefs Assembly this week, a proposed $47.8 billion final settlement agreement (FSA) on long-term reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services Program was rejected by the membership of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).

After a possible transfer of the six-plex was revealed at Meet the Candidates Night in June, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake has confirmed discussions are underway to explore taking the development over from Kahnawake Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services (KSCS).

Onkwata’karitáhtshera, Kahnawake’s health and social services agency, has released a new community wellness plan that sets the community’s priorities for the next eight years.

For many community members who grew up paddling, the Onake Paddling Club building, which has proudly stood by the water since 1973, is a second home.

Indigenous families, community members, and advocacy groups convened at a downtown Ottawa hotel last Friday, singing, dancing, drumming, and cheering.

When we first started writing about the year that was, 2023, we read over the recaps (see pages 6, 9, 21) of the top stories of the year.

Last month, Derek White and Hunter Montour made history, being granted a permanent stay of criminal proceedings in one of the most high-profile tobacco trade cases to date, after a Quebec Superior Court judge gave recognition to historic treaty rights including the Covenant Chain.

The White and Montour tobacco case is a major victory for Kahnawa’kehró:non and a big set-back for the federal government’s unilateral self-government policy.

In the end, barring federal appeal, of course, Derek White beat both Quebec and Canada at their own game, in their own courtrooms, and made history in the process.