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The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) have responded with outrage to news that the federal government is planning legislation that would fast-track infrastructure projects, arguing that prime minister Mark Carney is putting communities at risk and sidestepping meaningful consultation.

As his young family continues to grow, Benjamin Green-Stacey has decided that it is time for him to turn his attention to them, leaving his role as director of the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) on June 27.

Council (FNEC) celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, its Inter-School Games - which started yesterday, Thursday - are in their 17th year, and while that’s not a nice, round number like 40, FNEC Inter-School Games coordinator David Gill said it is still a meaningful number.

A number of Indigenous Members of Parliament (MPs) have been named to the federal cabinet this week, not the least of which was Mandy Gull-Masty, the former grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees, who becomes the first Native person to lead Indigenous Services Canada.

The grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees, Norman A. Wapachee, was ecstatic on election night as his predecessor, Mandy Gull-Masty, inched past the competition and won a seat in Parliament representing the riding of Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou.

The six communities participating in the Iroquois Caucus - Kahnawake, Kanesatake, Akwesasne, Six Nations of the Grand River, Tyendinaga, and the Oneida Nation of the Thames - signed an agreement that will look to strengthen ties between the communities in the face of American economic pressures.

For a full 24 hours a message from the Quebec First Nations delegation to the United Nations lit up Times Square, with passersby reading a message that called for respect for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the province.

After several attempts, the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) has finally onboarded a new lands and estates manager following the resignation of Amanda Simon, who long held the role, nearly a year ago. 

Moving to take the reins of the narrative in the wake of a Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) Ethics Commission ruling that the grand chief has vacated his seat, the remaining MCK chiefs brought their case to the media this week.

There are concerns Quebec’s new “national integration model” aimed at immigrants could also harm Onkwehóh:we in the province. The proposed model aims to impose Quebec culture as the “common culture” that both immigrants and “cultural minorities” must adhere to, wording that’s raised alarm at the council table.