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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 Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) wasn’t consulted about the Northvolt electric car battery plant because it couldn’t demonstrate the project would harm the community’s ability to practice “ancestral activities” on the land located in the Monteregie.  That’s according to a sworn statement sent to Quebec Superior Court in late November by a regional director employed by Quebec’s environmental ministry (MELCCFP).   “To the knowledge of the MELCCFP, no ancestral Aboriginal activities linked to hunting, trapping, gathering, harvesting medicinal plants, or ceremonial practices have been practiced on the Northvolt project site, at least since the industrial use of the site, which began in 1878,” Stéphanos Bitzakidis wrote.

A new technical table between the City of Chateauguay and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is expected to be active in the new year, ushering in what the band council hopes will be a new era of collaboration with its closest neighbour.  The shared commitment comes following a recent visit by MCK grand chief Cody Diabo and Council chief Iohahiio Delisle to Chateauguay’s city hall.  “That was one of our requests, and it happens that it was one of theirs as well,” said mayor Éric Allard, who welcomed them on November 29.

Council chiefs have decided their priorities for the next three years in office, following surveys carried out earlier this fall.

There are many concerns that have been voiced with Indigenous Services Canada’s imminent move out of Kahnawake to Montreal, not the least of which are how will elders and people with limited mobility renew their band cards easily?

The Knights of Columbus was packed to the brim Tuesday night as Kahnawa’kehró:non gathered to hear the 21 candidates vying to fill out the next Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

Archives recently made public thanks to an access to information request shed light on why St. Nicholas Island is no longer considered part of Kahnawake.

An impressive new artifact could soon be added to the permanent collection at the Kanien'kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR)

A new framework for the working relationship between Kahnawake and the federal government is ready to move forward, the minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations signalled at an introductory meeting in Kahnawake last week.

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.