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"The mission of the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment is to, conserve, preserve, protect, and restore the environment, natural and cultural resources within the Mohawk territory of Akwesasne in order to promote the health and survival of the sacred web of life for future generations and to fulfill our responsibilities to the natural world as our Creator instructed."
Today, less than 1% of Canada's forests are affected by logging each year. [2] Canada is the 2nd largest exporter of wood products, and produces 12.3% of the global market share. [6] Economic concerns related to forestry include greenhouse gas emissions, biotechnology, biological diversity, and infestation by pests such as the mountain pine beetle.
The Oka Crisis (French: Crise d'Oka), [8] [9] [10] also known as the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance (French: Résistance de Kanehsatà:ke), [1] [11] [12] or Mohawk Crisis, was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada, over plans to build a golf course on land known as "The Pines" which included an indigenous burial ground.
On September 20th the Community Foundation hosted Mohawk Valley Gives, raising over $2.4 million for area nonprofits.
After the war, Mohawk leaders John Deseronto and Joseph Brant met with British commander Sir Frederick Haldimand to discuss the loss of their lands in New York. Haldimand promised to resettle the Mohawk near the Bay of Quinte, on the northeast shore of Lake Ontario, in present-day Ontario, Canada. Haldimand purchased from other First Nations a ...
The Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne (/ ˌ æ k w ə ˈ s æ s n eɪ / AK-wə-SAS-neh; [5] French: Nation Mohawk à Akwesasne; Mohawk: Ahkwesáhsne) is a Mohawk Nation (Kanienʼkehá:ka) territory that straddles the intersection of international (United States and Canada) borders and provincial (Ontario and Quebec) boundaries on both banks of the St. Lawrence River.
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada First Nation(s) Ethnic/national group Tribal council Treaty Area Population [242] Notes & references ha acre 2016 2011 % difference Akwesasne 15 [243] Mohawks of Akwesasne: Mohawk: n/a: 3,646.8 9,011.4: 1,202: Also in Ontario (Akwesasne 59) and New York, United States (St. Regis Mohawk Reservation ...
Carney and Mercadante said the investment platform would be used to expand Brazil's already vast renewable energy sector and projects like the "Arc of Reforestation" that aims to restore 60,000 ...