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[allthecanadianpolitics]

The Kanien'kehá:ka say a vast swath of Montreal's South Shore is theirs. They want their claim settled | CBC News

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke says negotiations on a centuries-old land claim are moving too slowly. The area in question, about 97 squar

As development creeps closer to Kahnawà:ke's borders, Grand Chief Cody Diabo says the community near Montreal is fed up — watching homes and businesses get built on land they say has belonged to them for centuries, while a 345-year-old land grievance remains stalled in federal bureaucracy. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) launched an information campaign and a new website in the hopes of breathing new life into the land claim, known as the Seigneury of Sault St. Louis (SSSL) Land Grievance. The area in question, about 97 square kilometres, extends beyond Kahnawà:ke's current borders and contains several municipalities across the Montérégie region on the South Shore.

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[profeminist]

1st woman elected grand chief of Mohawk Council of Kahnawake | CBC News

Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer has been elected Grand Chief of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, becoming the first woman to hold the title. 

"Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer has been elected Grand Chief of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, becoming the first woman to hold the title.

When she announced she was running for the position, Sky-Deer said on her Facebook page that she wanted to be a leader who would "restore trust in our institutions by decolonizing them and who encourages the people back to the roots of the great Tree of Peace, Tionerahtase'kó:wa."

Mike Delisle, who was grand chief of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake's from 2004 to 2015, called the election a historic moment.

"She's a Mohawk speaker. She's an extremely intelligent woman. She ventured off the territory for university and work, and has come back to share her 'wares,' so to speak, with the community," Delisle told CBC in an interview Sunday.

Sky-Deer is also the first active member of the LGBTQ2S community to be elected to the post, something Delisle said is a step in the right direction for his community."

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