By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has sent an open letter to prime minister Mark Carney objecting to its exclusion from an international meeting in Tiohtià:ke and a failure to acknowledge the meeting took place on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory. The summit between Canada and representatives of the European Union (EU) came as part of Carney’s push to strengthen and diversify the country’s international partnerships in the face of an increasingly unpredictable United States and a damaging trade war. The letter highlights Council’s belief that Kahnawake was deprived of the opportunity to take part in discussions affecting its own interests and that a land acknowledgment should have been recited at a minimum. “I mean, you’re in the traditional territory of the…
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