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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.

A federal bill aimed at imposing drinking water standards in First Nations communities fails to respect those nations’ inherent right to govern their own waters, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

It was a Wednesday morning like any other. It was 6:50 a.m. and Phil Jacobs was behind the wheel of his dump truck, on his way to his job at the site of the future cultural centre, where he’s been contracted to haul away dirt and rock.

Representatives from Kahnawake were in Calgary last week for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) third national climate gathering. “Catalyzing First Nations Climate and Conservation Leadership for Transformative Change” was the title of the conference, which featured a range of panels and workshops.

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 Council of Kahnawake (MCK) Transportation Department has been given a new wheelchair-accessible bus to add to its fleet, courtesy of Connecting Horizons.

Asphalt production won’t occur at all at the JFK Quarry this season, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) director of public safety Lloyd Phillips told The Eastern Door this week.

The Montreal Alouettes have raised $4,000 through an auction of warm-up orange jerseys worn in a September 28 game against the Toronto Argonauts, and are set to donate the proceeds to the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

Victor Bonspille’s late mother Myrtle, who died 10 years ago, is registered as part owner of land on the Lake of Two Mountains that was allegedly filled in with contaminated soil, facilitating the construction of a cannabis dispensary.

Kateri School’s gymnasium was host to more than just gym class last Friday morning, as the NBA’s Toronto Raptors came to the community for a basketball clinic.