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Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo blasted federal minister Gary Anandasangaree while at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN)

The sounds of drumming and singing echoed through Museum Alley next to the McCord Stewart Museum last Friday morning for this year’s National Indigenous People’s Day ceremony organized by Land InSights, an organization dedicated to the promotion of Indigenous cultures.

The premier of Quebec said the province will provide all the financial resources Kahnawake needs in the ongoing cleanup of diesel fuel in community.

The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) agreed that a decision recognizing the existence of systemic discrimination raises vital concerns.

In 2016, Kenneth Deer travelled to the Vatican alongside a delegation of other Indigenous leaders to demand that pope Francis revoke three papal bulls – declarations made by popes – that provided the legal basis and religious authority for centuries of ongoing colonial genocide.

The CAQ won again, Bill 96 passed, and two years into the pandemic we still said the word COVID more often than we ate breakfast.

In late April, the Quebec National Assembly (QNA) quietly passed Bill 15, a reform to the Quebec Youth Protection Act that reinforces provincial jurisdiction over Indigenous child welfare, making it the only province in Canada to continue to assert legal jurisdiction over Indigenous children.

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.

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.

Simona Rosenfield The Eastern Door Kahnawa’kehró:non stepped on common ground in Montreal with English-speaking Quebecers last weekend to protest against Bill 96, a controversial French language bill that leaders anticipate will have severe impacts on the community.