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When Indigenous leaders head to the National Assembly in Quebec City, a satisfying outcome is hardly likely. So last week, when they made the trek to bring their concerns about provincial justice minister Simon Jolin-Barrette’s hare-brained scheme to pass a polarizing (and legally dubious) Quebec constitution in the party’s waning days, it was a predictable exercise in futility.

As general consultation meetings continue in regards to Bill 1, the Quebec government’s constitutional project, so too have calls for the bill to be withdrawn, particularly coming from Quebec’s First Nations, whether through the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) or by individual communities such as Kahnawake.

Funding has been doubled for the Kahnawake Home Repairs Program, a pilot project that will see renovations made to the homes of community members in need.

The province will soon announce a strategy that is set to help confront organized crime that has taken root in First Nations, Quebec’s minister of public security and Indigenous affairs told The Pines Reporter.

With the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) gearing up for an intergovernmental meeting on the Terrapure file following a visit from the mayor of Ste. Catherine, MCK chiefs were alarmed to learn of a new spill at the beleaguered facility.

The city of Ste. Catherine, which is facing dozens of charges under the Fisheries Act for allegedly allowing Terrapure to dump toxic water into the Seaway, is finally engaging with Kahnawake after a series of face-palm-inducing communications failures.

Students and staff from Ratihén:te High School and Rotiwennakéhte Elementary School celebrated Midwinter at the elementary school on Thursday, February 5.

On January 30 at 12:16 p.m., Arlo Geronimo Wakatshennón:ni Monteith became the third baby and first boy born in the Tekontaterièn:tare Multigenerational Center for Women’s Wellness in Kanesatake.

Discs printed with images of the St. Lawrence River taken from Kahnawake’s shoreline are suspended from reflective white thread hanging from the ceiling of the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery at Concordia University in downtown Montreal.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has sent an open letter to Canadian prime minister Mark Carney, arguing that comments he made in a speech last week erased the history of Kanien’kehá:ka people by suggesting that Canada is a society built by the French and the British.