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 Tiohti\u00e0:ke and a failure to acknowledge the meeting took place on unceded Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka territory. The summit between Canada and representatives of the European Union (EU) came as part of Carney\u2019s push to strengthen and diversify the country\u2019s international partnerships in the face of an increasingly unpredictable United States and a damaging trade war. The letter highlights Council\u2019s 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. \u201cI mean, you\u2019re in the traditional territory of the… <\/p>\n
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 Tiohti\u00e0:ke and a failure to acknowledge the meeting took place on unceded Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka territory. The summit between Canada and representatives of the European Union (EU) came as part of Carney\u2019s push to strengthen and diversify the country\u2019s international partnerships in the face of an increasingly unpredictable United States and a damaging trade war. The letter highlights Council\u2019s 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. \u201cI mean, you\u2019re in the traditional territory of the... <\/p>\n