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After alarming lead levels were found in maple sap on the grounds of Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) this spring, an analysis of syrup produced at the school has suggested the product was safe to consume.

A summary of pleas from Kanehsata’kehró:non desperate for support was read out at the National Assembly this week as the provincial government was questioned for its sluggishness in confronting the organized crime running roughshod over Indigenous communities like Kanesatake.

As winter gives way to spring, members of the Mohawk Trail Longhouse express gratitude in ceremony for the maple trees - the Wáhta – that are so fundamental to Kanien’kehá:ka culture, a source of nourishment and medicine.

Wáhta season, the time when maple sap flows. It carries powerful cultural significance, and has nourished Kanien’kehá:ka since time immemorial. It heals, it calls for ceremony and thanksgiving.

No decisions were made at a special closed community meeting called by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) to discuss the Terrapure recycling facility that sits on the boundary of Kahnawake and has recently come under fire for alleged environmental infractions.

Following reimbursements from Canada and Quebec last year for costs incurred in the cleanup of a 2024 fuel spill believed to have originated in Chateauguay, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has officially withdrawn a lawsuit against the city.

As we should all know by now, weather does not equal climate, and it’s important to remember that the frigid winter we’ve been skating, snowshoeing, delighting in, and suffering through this year (this milder week notwithstanding) does nothing to diminish the existential threat of the human-driven climate crisis.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has called a closed special community meeting for this Sunday to discuss the Terrapure file.

At a meeting that brought together several governmental authorities to share information on Terrapure last Friday, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo demanded a greater say for Kahnawake when it comes to industrial activities in the region.

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.