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April 17, 2023Quebec minister weighs in on Council tensions
Quebec’s Indigenous affairs minister Ian Lafrenière said dysfunction at the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) has created an opening for organized crime in the community, motivating him to speak out publicly.
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July 11, 2022
Environmental racism bill closer to becoming law
Last month, Bill C-226, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice, passed second reading in the House of Commons.
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February 24, 2022Tomlinson steps down as chief
Teiawenniserate Jeremy Tomlinson is stepping down from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake to join the Kanesatake Health Center -
December 3, 2021Indigenous inclusion in economy
Economic wealth is intrinsically dependent on the land. First Nations leaders attending the Grand Economic Circle of Indigenous People and Quebec continually made this point during the event held in Montreal on November 25 and 26.
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August 3, 2020New leaders emerge in Kanesatake
Watsenniiostha Nelson and three of her four sisters and her nephew getting ready for the rolling blockades on July, 11, 2020. (COURTESY WATSENNIIOSTHA NELSON)
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December 5, 2017Indigenous languages get boost from national grant
Onowa McIvor (UVic, Indigenous Education professor) and Peter Jacobs (SFU, linguistics) are co-leads of NETOLNEW, a six-year $2.5 million Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant.
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November 29, 2017Students sling steel out of school into workforce
Straight out of the ironworking program in Anjou, the young men from Kahnawake have almost all found work on the Champlain Bridge, in New York and elsewhere.
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November 16, 2016Divided America splits nation, forms another
The United States of America was split into two dug-in and opposing factions, one that favoured a white supremacy over a subject group that resulted in war.
