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Mohawk Council of Kanesatake grand chief Victor Bonspille did a good job in a so-called press release this week, signed by only him (there’s a pattern here), by making himself look vindictive, taking it to a personal level.

All the dumping going on in Kanesatake for so many years has created a horrible and unhealthy situation and has divided families and broken up the firm social tenet we all used to feel of “at least we protect the land.” That isn’t the case anymore for too many community members, who welcome dumping because they benefit from it.

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).

The Mohawk Mothers, also known as the Kanien’kehá:ka Kahnistensera, have filed a motion in Ottawa with the Supreme Court of Canada, seeking an independent investigation into possible unmarked graves at the site of the former Royal Victoria Hospital site.

It was light out on Sunday when Kenzie Kane stepped out of her house at 4:30 p.m. for a quick trip to her mother’s house for a family supper.

Students from Kahnawake and Kanesatake attending McGill will soon have their tuition paid for by the university, a move made as part of the institution’s 52 Calls to Action made in 2017.

Tyler Curotte It’s been a long time coming for self-published Mohawk author Tara White.  The local author visited the Kahnawake Library this past Sunday, where she read one of her children’s books and did an activity with the children, followed by a reading of an excerpt from her latest novel, Finding Joy, as well as a question-and-answer session where she spoke about her experiences as an Indigenous author.

Kimberly Murray, the federal point person for missing children and unmarked graves, will continue her work for a further six months, having had her mandate extended to continue assisting survivors and communities in locating burial sites associated with residential schools.

Archaeology is a field that often pushes Indigenous people out, increasing barriers to justice and finding out the real history of colonization.

A petition calling for the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at all major entrances and exits to Kahnawake has already surpassed 200 signatures, with community members seeking increased surveillance of non-locals entering the community.