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June 2, 2022Bill 96’s adoption points to action
Courtesy Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer Despite weeks of mounting protest and outrage in Kahnawake and other First Nations, Bill 96 has passed in the National Assembly without an exemption for Indigenous communities in Quebec.
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May 23, 2022Bill 96 vote coming soon
A sense of urgency is swelling in Kahnawake as leaders and residents scramble to find ways to compel the government to change course on Bill 96, a sweeping French language bill that has ignited local outrage.
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May 19, 2022Kahnawake Survival School walks out against Bill 96
Students and staff at Kahnawake Survival School were joined by hundreds of community members last week in walking out against Bill 96, a far-reaching French language bill on the verge of becoming Quebec law. -
March 17, 2022Traditional detox centre in the works
In Kahnawake, a community that has suffered overdose deaths in recent years and has been subjected to traumas that can put people at risk for substance abuse, many community members yearning to rid themselves of drug addiction have little option but to go cold turkey, alone. -
February 14, 2022Updates on nation-to-nation relations
Courtesy Marc Miller, Ian Lafrenière The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) had back-to-back meetings with provincial and federal representatives last Friday to discuss various unresolved issues with major implications for Kahnawake.
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December 21, 2021Grand chief hosts Indigenous Affairs minister
(Courtesy Mohawk Council of Kahnawake) December 10 wasn’t the first time Quebec’s minister responsible for Indigenous Affairs, Ian Lafrenière, came to Kahnawake, but it was his first tour of the community.
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December 2, 2021#ShutDownCanada
In Kahnawake and many other communities from coast to coast, actions and demonstrations were held this week in solidarity with land defenders in Wet’suwet’en territory.
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October 14, 2021Longhouse intervenes
On Monday morning (October 4), land defenders from the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation of Kahnawake made their way to the foot of the Mercier Bridge and halted a small construction project that was set to start.
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August 5, 2021New chief comes clean
Steve Bonspiel The Eastern Door Ryan Montour was on a path of self-destruction when a lifestyle of drinking, drugging and high-risk behaviour finally caught up to him that one fateful night 10 years ago. On March 2, 2011, Montour’s life changed forever after he left a local bar under the influence of drugs and alcohol and smashed head-on into a car driven by a man from Mercier. Today, he’s a newly-elected Mohawk Council of Kahnawake chief, but back then, he was an addict of drugs and alcohol. Montour was in the middle of heavy partying when he slipped behind the wheel of his white 2008 Dodge Charger, bolstered by a cocktail of cocaine, marijuana and alcohol. He had been contemplating whether or not he should drive down Route 207 to his home in the village area.
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July 6, 2021The pain of not knowing what happened
COURTESY JUSTICE FOR TIFFANY MORRISON FACEBOOK PAGE On the 15th anniversary of Tiffany Morrison’s death, her family continues to search for answers and justice.
