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Many issues frustrate Indigenous people, but none quite like how our taxation rights - in other words our inherent rights - are constantly flouted by businesses, “adjusted” by successive governments, and just ignored overall.

During the 1960s to 80s, Quebec attempted to pave the dirt roads in Tioweró:ton. Any new asphalt roads would belong to the province and would result in a territorial loss for Kahnawake and Kanesatake up north.

Three people were charged following a collaborative police raid targeting trafficking of illegal firearms in Kanesatake, Oka and Mascouche on June 17, according to the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DPCP).

It has been nearly two years since the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK), at the urging of community members, agreed to hash out a media protocol for public meetings.

The National Assembly of Quebec saw a flurry of activity last week as the provincial government raced to pass a backlog of nearly 20 bills before the end of the legislative session, leaving some high-profile proposals on the cutting room floor.

A hearing date of September 23 has been booked for the federal court case regarding Kanesatake’s election process, in an announcement that will likely push a local election to next year.

Members of the Longhouse in Kanesatake met to discuss their support for efforts opposing the Alto high-speed railway project last week, with some attending an anti-Alto protest in Ottawa, in events that follow a Longhouse letter opposing the project in April.

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake has finalized a series of community engagement sessions over the Pines ‘ecological gift’ land transfer to Kanesatake, with results of the community survey over the transfer expected to be published this summer.

Community members were incensed to learn that planned maintenance around power lines in the so-called “ecological gift” area of the Pines resulted in the felling of mature pine trees, with leaders suggesting changes are needed to Hydro Quebec’s communications protocol.

The second phase of a study into obstetric violence towards Indigenous women in Quebec has seen almost 100 more individuals share their testimonies with researchers, with stories from more than 130 women demonstrating a pattern of abuse across the province.