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Ohén:ton Í:iente ne Ratitsénhaienhs Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer will be participating in the East Coast Business Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Tuesday, May 2nd, saying: “This is a great opportunity to showcase our community’s successes and challenges in the area of economic development to other indigenous leaders, to network, to discuss issues and experiences with other […]
Ratsénhaienhs Ross Montour will be participating in this weekend’s 40th Edition of the Association of Quebec Archaeologists Conference in Mont-Tremblant where he will be making a presentation on the Tio’tiá:ke Project. Montour holds the Indigenous Rights & Research Portfolio with the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake where he has been working in partnership with the University […]
Expect a complete closure of the 138 to the 20 West ramp through the Mercier Bridge corridor this coming weekend. Starting at 11:59 pm tonight and lasting until 5 am on Monday morning, the complete ramp closure will be in place, weather permitting. Then, after the completion of the scheduled work, the ramp will return […]
35 amendments to the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke Election Law have been proposed and now it’s up to the community to put words into action. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke’s Election Law Technical Drafting Committee will be conducting a Kiosk to seek feedback from individuals’ proposals, with the committee setting up shop in the Kahnawà:ke […]
Progress is hopeful on the Seigneury file. It’s taken 340 years, but there has been some movement on the file and The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke provided updates for the Seigneury of Sault St. Louis (SSSL) Land Grievance and discussions with Canada. In 2022, at the request of the MCK, the Minister of Crown Indigenous […]
On Tetawartha the Partyline talkshow on K1037 today, the featured conversation was focused on the new multi-purpose building. A third increase in the cost of the cultural center construction is pegged at $55.7 million dollars at this point. So far, $35 million has been raised. Jessica Lazare on the long road to the building: “We […]
The Iakwahwatsiratátie Language Nest is a Kanien’kéha immersion for parents and caregivers of children aged 0-4 offering a home-like environment for parents to learn Kanien’kéha with their children. Getting set to launch into year 10 of their intergenerational Onkwehonwehneha immersion environment, the organization has entered into a funding agreement with Kahnawà:ke Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services to receive […]
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) today, offered some important changes and updates regarding housing for the community. Following recommendations from two separate consultant reports including that report on housing by Brant & Associates and based on the Osborne Group’s Restructuring Study, coupled with years aligning operations for the MCK Housing Unit, operations are now […]
A Quebec Superior Court judge had granted an emergency injunction to stop excavation work on the old Royal Victoria Hospital site in Montreal as requested by a group of Kanien’kehá:ka elders. The group, called the Kanien’kehá:ka Kahnistensera, or Mohawk Mothers, believes there may be unmarked graves of Indigenous people, including children, on or near the […]
A car flipped over at approximately 10:25 this morning on Highway 138 in Kahnawake. According to the Kahnawake Peacekeepers, the car ended up in the ditch between the third and second sets of lights in the eastbound direction. The non-local man, who is 70 years old, was transported to Anna Laberge hospital with non life […]