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The news that former United States president Joe Biden was granting former American Indian Movement (AIM) member Leonard Peltier clemency to serve out the rest of his life sentence at home was unexpected for many across Turtle Island – including Denise Pictou Maloney, who believes that Peltier was complicit in the 1975 murder of her mother, Annie Mae Pictou in South Dakota.

Every Peacekeeper in the territory will soon be equipped with body cameras, following a decision made by the police force’s board just before the holidays.  It’s not just cameras that were approved for purchase, but an entire package of new gear aimed at modernizing the way the Kahnawake Peacekeepers police the territory, chief Dwayne Zacharie said.

One of Canada’s leading child welfare experts says that Canada has committed “a huge breach of good faith negotiations” after the government announced that it would not be participating in national negotiations on a $47.8 billion settlement deal regarding child welfare, instead pursuing discussions for a deal with only chiefs in Ontario.

The federal government has filed an application for judicial review of a ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)

The 10th edition of the Caroline Ouellette Hockey Celebration took place right before the holidays, with many talented girls participating on teams across age groups and divisions.

An agreement billed as the first of its kind promises to open up the personnel records of hundreds of members of the Oblates of OMI Lacombe Canada who worked in dozens of residential schools, files that could assist communities in seeking truth and identifying abusers.

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) has ordered the federal government to immediately address a backlog of claims within the Jordan’s Principle program, in a 14-page decision released at the end of last week.

A microcultivation license has been granted to a local business, bringing the number of businesses permitted to cultivate and process cannabis in Kahnawake to two.

Interim measures aimed at reuniting Onkwehón:we with US citizenship with their families in Canada do little to change the status quo, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

After an arduous Special Chiefs Assembly this week, a proposed $47.8 billion final settlement agreement (FSA) on long-term reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services Program was rejected by the membership of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).