A regional assessment study of the St. Lawrence River has now been authorized, after the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake submitted a request for a study in 2020 and Canada’s environment ministry approved the request in 2021. One of the goals of the coming study will be to analyze the extent to which decades of development along the river’s shores have impacted Kahnawa’kehró:non from exercising their rights. Read the full story by The Eastern Door.
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