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“Make Racists Afraid Again.” The anti-fascist's answer to the infamous red hat, this slogan rose to prominence in the early days of Trump’s first term, using his own words against him.

Jeremiah Johnson has never been afraid to pick through garbage for the good of his town, not when he was a private community member, and not now as a Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

An investigation is now underway over the sale of hunted meat in Kahnawake, Quebec’s environmental ministry has confirmed. The investigation being carried out by wildlife officers was triggered following the publication of articles in Le Journal de Montréal that framed the sale of game in the territory as a “black market.” The reporting targeted community member Shane Stacey in particular, the hunter behind Wild Bush Cuts.

At least one Mohawk council in Akwesasne has signed onto a final settlement agreement concerning a land claim that has been in the courts for more than 40 years, which some say could have devastating consequences for the future of land claims for all Mohawk communities.

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) is proposing a rewrite of the community’s electronic gaming regulation in the aim of enforcing more limits on which operators it will decide to grant permits to.

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.

Valosphere, a soil transporter that was caught dumping illegally on Route 207 last week, was previously implicated in illegal dumping in Kahnawake in March.

After the Superior Court of Quebec granted a 10-day emergency injunction earlier this month to stop illegal dumping on the Lake of Two Mountains, a follow-up hearing last Friday resulted in a three-month delay, during which a safeguard order will apply.

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.

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.