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In the 1980s, when Big Mac boxes were still chewing a hole in the ozone layer, women of the 207 Longhouse stood up to the trucks treating Kahnawake as a garbage dump, an important moment in the beginnings of what would become the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO).

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has turned to the international community for support in combatting Quebec’s language laws, which community leaders worry could inhibit the resurgence of Kanien’kéha.

For Jonathan Shetush, chief of the Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-utenam (ITUM) band council, July 10’s tripartite agreement with the provincial government of Quebec and the federal government marks the beginning of a new chapter, one where they will have the right to self-determine how they will care for their own children.

Listening to Donald Angus talk about his time as part of the cleanup crew at Ground Zero in New York City in the days and weeks following 9/11, it almost feels like it happened yesterday, not almost a quarter of a century ago.

As a single mother raising two young boys to be first language Kanien’kéha speakers, Karihwiióstha Callie Montour found that there were not many options in Kahnawake for advanced speakers like herself to continue her learning.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo reiterated to Quebec premier Christine Fréchette that Kahnawake must be consulted in future planning of the Route 132 revamp project, which will see the redevelopment of a five-kilometre section of the highway between Kahnawake and neighbouring areas.

Liv Bigtree didn’t grow up speaking Kanien’kéha - but her younger siblings did. It was spending time with them that gave her the push she needed to apply for Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats, the two-year immersion program offered by the Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR).

Work on the new greenspace in Kahnawake is finally set to begin later this summer, bringing to fruition a project more than a decade in the making.

Recent Ratiwennahní:rats graduate Candace Kahnekanónhnha Snook remembers her first year taking part in the performance, feeling shy while dressed as a grumpy old man from The Muppets.

This past year, Ratihén:te High School and Rotiwennakéhte Elementary School have taken big steps to expand Kanien’kehá:ka traditions and language lessons into the classroom.