Kahnawake Kanienkeha:ka Registry: Applications for Recognition
Written by Jeremy Zafran on 22 March 2022
Applications for Recognition on the Kahnawà:ke Kanien’kehá:ka Registry (“KKR”) have been made by The Office of the Kahnawà:ke Kanien’kehá:ka Registry (OKKR) Registrar since 2019, in line with the Kanien’kehá:ka of Kahnawà:ke Law which came into effect on Ohiarihkó:wa/July 3rd, 2018. All of those citizens added to the KKR were required to possess a minimum of four (4) eligible great-grandparents and a minimum of two (2) Kanien’kehá:ka great-grandparents. Melanie Gilbert is the OKKR General Manager for client-based services:
“We put out a press release yesterday listing the adults who were approved to be added to the Kahnawà:ke Kanien’kehá:ka Registry, between the months of February and August of 2021. It ended in August because that’s when I was no longer the Registrar.”
Up to the end of this past January, 48 people have been added to the KKR including 21 adults and 27 children. The list can be accessed on the OKKR website. The current total on the Kahnawà:ke Kanien’kehá:ka Registry to date is 6,552 people. Kahnawa’kehró:non must acquire a Secure Certificate of Indian Status through Canada which is a completely different process that does NOT automatically give persons recognition on the KKR.
