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By\u00a0 Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Newly elected Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Grand Chief Cody Diabo lauded his council\u2019s presence at last week\u2019s Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Annual General Assembly in downtown Montreal. \u201cWe definitely made our presence felt,\u201d Diabo said. \u201cWe got a lot of good feedback from some of the community members who were there in other capacities. We really left our mark.\u201d Over the two-day general assembly at Palais des Congres, Diabo got the opportunity to press federal leaders\u2019 feet to the flames on different topics \u2013 not the least of which was the anniversary of July 11, 1990, which marked the day Kahnawake community members blocked access to Mercier Bridge in support of Kanehsatake, after the SQ raided that community over a golf course… <\/p>\n

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By\u00a0 Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Newly elected Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Grand Chief Cody Diabo lauded his council\u2019s presence at last week\u2019s Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Annual General Assembly in downtown Montreal. \u201cWe definitely made our presence felt,\u201d Diabo said. \u201cWe got a lot of good feedback from some of the community members who were there in other capacities. We really left our mark.\u201d Over the two-day general assembly at Palais des Congres, Diabo got the opportunity to press federal leaders\u2019 feet to the flames on different topics \u2013 not the least of which was the anniversary of July 11, 1990, which marked the day Kahnawake community members blocked access to Mercier Bridge in support of Kanehsatake, after the SQ raided that community over a golf course... <\/p>\n

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