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Photo by Simona Rosenfield “I look forward to it every Friday. I can’t wait to see it. Sometimes when I read it, it makes me laugh, it makes me go back in my memory,” said Peggy Mayo-Standup.

Eve Cable Mohawk Council grand chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer punched her fist in the air as she stood in front of McGill University’s Roddick Gates in downtown Montreal on September 30.

File photo An email with the subject line, “We won!!!” reached Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Tonya Perron’s inbox while she was in a meeting two weeks ago.

Courtesy Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer Nearly three months after the passage of Bill 96 incited the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)’s suspension of political cooperation with the province, MCK grand chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer met Tuesday with François Legault.

In late April, the Quebec National Assembly (QNA) quietly passed Bill 15, a reform to the Quebec Youth Protection Act that reinforces provincial jurisdiction over Indigenous child welfare, making it the only province in Canada to continue to assert legal jurisdiction over Indigenous children.

Courtesy AFNQL Quebec continues to refuse to make exceptions for Indigenous nations concerning Bill 96, even as Kahnawake and other Indigenous community leaders warn the province of the harm the legislation would pose to Indigenous youth and culture.

Land claims and land grievances are no stranger to Onkwehón:we, and the convoluted history of Indigenous rights and lands has been prevalent since settlers arrived hundreds of years ago.

TEHOSTERIHENS DEER THE EASTERN DOOR As a national outcry persists following the recent uncovering of childrens’ graves at a residential school in Kamloops, BC, former students of federally-operated institutions are forced to come to terms with this tragedy while continuing their own battle for justice.

Watsenniiostha Nelson and three of her four sisters and her nephew getting ready for the rolling blockades on July, 11, 2020. (COURTESY WATSENNIIOSTHA NELSON)