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Preventing gendered harm and addressing human trafficking was top of mind for attendees at the National Family and Survivor’s Circle inaugural Responsible Resource Leadership Forum, where Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Melanie Morrison was in attendance representing Kahnawake.

The Kanesatake Perimeter Security (KPS) team, the internal security force the community has relied on for the past few years, is on track to run out of funding by the end of the month.

And just like that, with no pomp, no fanfare, not even a press release, the Chateauguay oil spill lawsuit is no more.

No decisions were made at a special closed community meeting called by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) to discuss the Terrapure recycling facility that sits on the boundary of Kahnawake and has recently come under fire for alleged environmental infractions.

Kahnawake Tourism headed to Alberta last week for the 13th edition of the International Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC)’s annual conference, which brought together stakeholders in the tourism industry from Turtle Island and beyond for three days of learning and sharing in Treaty 6 Territory.

The Iroquois Caucus met in Tyendinaga over two days last week, with a packed agenda that included both the inner workings of the Caucus and current events in Canada and the United States.

Students enjoyed many fun activities lined up for them at Winter Carnival events at  Rotiwennakéhte Elementary School and Ratihén:te High School this week.

The highest court in Quebec has dismissed an appeal from the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC), which had argued that provincial courts lack the power to weigh in on its regulatory decisions.

As we should all know by now, weather does not equal climate, and it’s important to remember that the frigid winter we’ve been skating, snowshoeing, delighting in, and suffering through this year (this milder week notwithstanding) does nothing to diminish the existential threat of the human-driven climate crisis.

The renewal of an initiative to fight organized crime in Kahnawake will see more than $1.5 million flow to the Peacekeepers over the next two years, an amount that will give the force more ability to keep the community safe, chief Peacekeeper Dwayne Zacharie said.