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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.

At the end of June, Heidi Diabo was trying to purchase a door at the CANAC hardware store in Beauharnois, when she was left rattled by an interaction with an employee she felt was the result of her being visibly Indigenous.

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.

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) has brought a proposal to the community on a plan to work with a third-party organization to manage Pines land involved in an “ecological gift” land transfer to Kanesatake, to help protect the land from seizure and unregulated development.

North of 100,000 commuters pour through Kahnawake’s territory every day, and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is proving that the announcement last year that it might toll infrastructure on the territory was no idle warning.

As the conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel continues into its third week, oil prices have increased dramatically across the board, translating to spikes at the pump not seen since Russia’s attack on Ukraine began in 2022.

The Kahnawake Peacekeepers’ annual statistics released this week show that the number of incidents has remained relatively stable, with a few categories seeing steep declines and one notably seeing a sharp increase.

Last spring, Ioronhiateka Delisle’s stepson needed a new pair of skates, so they went to Play It Again Sports in Kirkland, part of the area covered by Kahnawake’s agreement with the province to exempt Kahnawa’kehró:non from Quebec Sales Tax (QST) at the point of sale.

With the closure of the Oka location of Les Salons Funeraires Guay in August, which has handled funeral arrangements for many local families since 1988, Kanehsata’kehró:non have been left with questions about why this has happened and how they may be affected by the decision.

For many community members, the topics of taxes and estate planning are difficult ones to navigate. From understanding wills and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)’s role in estate planning, to dealing with tax complaints and filing issues, there’s a multitude of problems that Kahnawa’kehró:non need support with on a daily basis.