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Today is Festivus. Introduced in the 1997 Seinfeld episode “The Strike,” Festivus is the perfect secular theme for an all-inclusive December gathering.

Upcoming consultations will set the groundwork for Residency Law CDMP hearing, which should begin next year. (Daniel J. Rowe, The Eastern Door)

Status, blood quantum, stereotypes, tax exemption, Metis identity, stolen generations… The list could very well go on of the topics discussed in the 31 chapters of Chelsea Vowel’s recently published book Indigenous Writes: a Guide to First Nations, Metis & Inuit Issues in Canada (Highwater Press, $20.80-$26).

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake grand chief Joe Norton left Tuesday’s community meeting after an hour-and-a-half to catch a flight, but assured those in attendance that council will continue to put pressure on non-Natives residing in town.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake press attaché Joe Delaronde facilitated Tuesday’s Community Decision-Making Process hearing on the Kahnawake Membership Law.

MCK chief Clinton Phillips sits at the head table as council debates new ideas about residency to accompany the ongoing discussions and amendments to the Kahnawake Membership Law.

Mohawk Council political attache Joe Delaronde headed last week's Community Decision-Making Meeting that discussed taking membership privileges away from those not conforming with the Kahnawake Membership Law.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake’s membership portfolio chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer gets the next session of consultations underway on the Kahnawake Membership Law.

Several Mohawk Council of Kahnawake chiefs were absent for Tuesday’s summer community meeting, including MCK grand chief Joe Norton.

“The basis of our existence is one of the main issues, and that’s ‘who’s who?’” said Norton, on the key issue facing Kahnawake at present.