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Hundreds of leaders from communities across Turtle Island were in Winnipeg, Manitoba last week, for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Annual General Assembly (AGM).

Everyone is back home, the streams and watch parties are over, the trophy is in town being photographed, drunk out of, and even used as a putter.

Updates were aplenty at this week’s community meeting, with new information about upcoming additions to Client Based Services, external government relations, and potential tolls among the news shared.

The law firm Dionne Schulze has filed a notice of application seeking clarity from the Federal Court on urgent issues stemming from the abrupt cancellation of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) elections.

Representatives of 2021’s electoral officer, Annie Neashish, visited the community on Sunday to discuss the possibility of taking over administration of the cancelled election, according to multiple sources, following a letter from Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) that seemed to endorse the initiative.

Community members were upset to learn that the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) will no longer pay for services to empty septic tanks or make water calls, effective immediately.

Like everyone else, we were sickened, shocked, and horrified to learn about a social media account on which a small group of local men sexualized, violated, and victimized women and girls from the community.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake is in a strong financial position, according to director of Financial Services Nikola Mirkovic after a recent annual audit of the organization’s consolidated finances was released to the community last week.

Women from Kahnawake, Akwesasne, and Kanesatake may be victims of a disturbing campaign of sexual harassment, after an individual came across indecent images of her and others posted non-consensually online.

While a contingent of community members advanced their efforts this week to attempt to contract a new electoral officer and resume elections, a quorum of incumbent Council chiefs met a deadline set by Indigenous Services Canada to formally assert an extension of their term with a band council resolution (BCR).