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Editor’s note: An earlier version of this editorial was published on Facebook on Monday. It has since been updated to reflect subsequent events.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has countersued the former head of Mohawk Online, accusing him of defamation and breach of contract for statements he made to The Eastern Door outlining the demise of the community’s internet gaming arm.  According to the MCK’s filing, former Mohawk Online CEO Dean Montour was warned by Council on June 25 not to disclose any confidential information about the community-owned entity, of which MCK is the sole shareholder.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo met with Indigenous affairs minister Ian Lafrenière for lunch at the Kahnawake Brewing Company this past Friday to talk about land that’s still owed to the community.  The province still owes 211 acres of land to Kahnawake to make up for the expansion of Highway 30 - a promise that’s stalled for several years now.

It took a lot of work for Tahohtharátye Joe Brant to become the University of Victoria’s first-ever PhD graduate in Indigenous Language Revitalization.

In a first for the local construction industry, more than 20 ironworkers at Rice Mohawk Steel have exercised their right to unionize.

The ongoing construction of an electric car battery plant in the Monteregie has the potential to cause “irreversible harm” to wildlife and biodiversity in Kahnawake’s traditional territory should it continue to move ahead as planned, an environmental advisor for the Mohawk Council Kahnawake (MCK)

Months after a soil sampling attempt led to aggression against two Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) chiefs, prompting Quebec’s environment ministry to cancel the tests, the province has enacted interventions on dumping that could lead to massive fines.

Tuition for undergraduate and graduate programs will be free to all Onkwehón:we students from communities in Quebec, starting this fall.

A cargo ship carrying 10,000 metric tons of scrap metal made an unexpected stop near the Kahnawake Marina last week after it lost power, leading the captain to lose control of the vessel.

Members of Dawson College CEGEP’s student union were cheering and ringing bells in the college’s atrium this Tuesday, celebrating their petition reaching over 1,000 signatures.