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Ray Deer won’t be retiring just yet. The president of the Royal Canadian Legion Mohawk Branch 219 is now on his eighth consecutive term, following an election at the hall earlier this month.  “I'm hoping one of our younger veterans will be ready to step in, then I would be ready to step down,” said Deer, who ran unopposed.

One of the last actions of the Biden administration was the release of a joint statement with Canada outlining both countries’ support for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to be able to participate in the lacrosse events at the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles.

Two Kahnawake Minor Hockey Association (KMHA) teams were in St. Laurent last week for the Hockey Saint-Laurent provincial hockey tournament, with one team, the U13C Mohawks, making it all the way to the finals in an ultimately losing effort.

One of Canada’s leading child welfare experts says that Canada has committed “a huge breach of good faith negotiations” after the government announced that it would not be participating in national negotiations on a $47.8 billion settlement deal regarding child welfare, instead pursuing discussions for a deal with only chiefs in Ontario.

The author of this editorial penned an op-ed for the Toronto Star many years ago along with Onawa K. Jacobs when Justin Trudeau was elected prime minister.

Falen Iakowennaiéwas Jacobs is now taking on a more active leadership role as director of education at the Kahnawake Education Center (KEC), now that her onboarding process has wrapped up.

A new operations manager has been selected for the Kahnawake Cannabis Control Office (KCCO), with Jennifer Paul announced as the person who will oversee and develop the responsibilities of the office.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has announced that chief Paul Rice’s medical leave will continue until at least early February.

A special community meeting is expected to be held soon to allow community members the chance to weigh in on which laws should be triaged by the Kahnawake Legislative Commission (KLC).

Community members are being invited to join an advisory group that’ll be tasked with reviewing the code of conduct elected Mohawk Council chiefs must abide by, in addition to other key governance documents.