Meeting at Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke
In: Ratitsénhaienhs Cody Diabo (Chairperson), Jeremiah Johnson, Melanie Morrison, Ryan Montour, Jeffrey Diabo, David Diabo, and Tonya Perron
Out: Paul Rice (attending conference), Stephen McComber (Vacation), Ross Montour (Bereavement), Arnold Boyer (Vacation)
Also Present: Jessica Beauvais (Council Meeting Administrator), Justus Polson-Lahache (Public Relations Director), Dawn Marquis-Deere (Executive Director), Iris Montour (Kanien’kehá:ka Rights and Research General Manager) and for Housekeeping only: Tricia Diabo (Office of the Council of Chiefs [OCC] Administrative Support Coordinator – Present for Confidential item and Executive Director updates), Tyanna Kirby (Executive Assistant to Ohén:ton Í:rate ne Ratitsénhaienhs), and Sarah Delisle and Taiawentetie Hemlock (Executive Assistants to the Kahnawa’kehró:non Ratitsénhaienhs)
Housekeeping
- Ohén:ton Karihwatéhkwen by Cody Diabo
- Public Relations Items: Ratitsénhaienhs Report: Tonya Perron; MCK Friday: Cody Diabo
- Letter from community member Re: US Social Security – Response letter to be drafted
- Kahnawà:ke Combined Schools Committee – Follow up to take place (Trina C. Diabo, General Manager of OCC was present for this discussion)
- Letter From Revenue Quebec to community member – Follow up will take place
- First Nations Executive Education: Melanie Morrison request to attend Governance Program – Cohort 7 – Approved
- Invitation to Regional Committee on First Nations Languages: Melanie Morrison request to attend with a MCK Language and Culture Program employee to the Forum on Language Rights (Nov 17-18, 2026) – Approved, travel request to be submitted
- Lights on Peel – 2020 illuminations project in downtown Montreal – Approved
- Travel Request Form for Jeffrey Diabo: National Claims Research Workshop (November 17-20, 2026) – Approved
- Invitation Conference on Advancing Economic Reconciliation Through Action (October 19, 2026) – Accepted, Paul Rice to attend
- Jeremiah Johnson: Thursday: Kahnawà:ke Legislative Services (KLS) Working Group, Tentative Tobacco Law Working Group
- Melanie Morrison: Thursday: Language and Culture Network Meeting
- Ryan Montour: Thursday: Tentative Tioweró:ton visit, Tewatohnhi’saktha Business Walk, Peacekeeper Liaison meeting, Tentative Tobacco Law Working Group; Friday: Wellness
- Jeffrey Diabo: Thursday and Friday: Vacation
- David Diabo: Thursday: Tentative Tioweró:ton visit
- Tonya Perron: Tuesday: Puamun Meshkenu Canoe Expedition; Thursday: KLS Working Group, Onkwata’karitáhtshera Table Meeting; Friday: KLS Working Group
- Cody Diabo: Thursday: Call with Ian Lafreniere, Terrapure Working Group, Seigneury Preparatory meeting
Agenda Items:
Mohawk Council Executive Directive (MCED): – Request for Funding – Urgent
Presence of: Kevin Fleischer, Shotehra Rice, Sose Canadian, Bear Lazare, Portfolio Leads: Tonya Perron, Ryan Montour
Request to approve the allocation of $993,506 to Justice Services for the purchase of a ticket and case content management system to centralize and manage traffic ticket and case information for the Court of Kahnawà:ke. Further, that Kevin Fleischer, Commissioner of Justice be authorized to sign project agreement. Approved by consensus.
MCED: Land Designation – Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre
Presence of: Steven Diabo, Molly Huntington, Portfolio Lead: David Diabo
Request to designate Village Lot 66, which was designated as Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke common land by the former grantee, now be designated for the exclusive use of the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC). Deferred.
MCED (2): – Band Transfers to Kahnawà:ke
Presence of: Kiera Beauvais, Portfolio Lead: Jeremiah Johnson
Requests to approve the transfer of two (2) recognized Kanien’kehá:ka of Kahnawà:ke members to the Indigenous Services Canada Federal Registry. Names have been omitted as they are minors – Both approved by consensus
Confidential / Client-Attorney Privilege Discussion
Presence of: Katie Spillane or Francis Walsh
This item is confidential and Client-Attorney Privilege
Executive Office Updates
Presence of: Dawn Marquis-Deere (Executive Director)
Updated on Executive Officer schedules, infrastructure, hiring, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke Election Law, main building renovations, and MCK employee events.
Ratitsénhaienhs Updates
Deferred
Adjournment
Meeting closed at 1:46pm by Cody
