The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake is blasting the Quebec government for questioning a land acknowledgment by the Canadiens that refers to the unceded territory of the Mohawk Nation.
The statement, which has been read before the NHL team's home games this season, acknowledges the hospitality of the Mohawk Nation"on this traditional and unceded territory where we are gathered today.''
In a statement Thursday, the elected council for the First Nations reserve across the river from Montreal commended the hockey club's gesture as an example of true reconciliation and added it was"repulsed'' by the province's attempt to politicize the effort, which it said undermines the Mohawk presence in the Montreal region.
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