The Superior Court of Quebec announced its decision on November 1st, 2023 in the White & Montour tobacco trade case. It is a major legal victory for the Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke, and the Haudenosaunee, recognizing The Covenant Chain as an unextinguished meta treaty and affirming our people’s right to conduct trade within and between our territories under the terms of ten treaties Kahnawà:ke entered into with the British Crown. The decision also re-defines Reconciliation, expanding it beyond enforcing tolerance or mandating consistency, and requiring the Crown to engage us as “peoples” to reconcile with our sovereignty, law and jurisdiction on a nation-to-nation basis.
The final judgement, in English:
The notice of appeal by the Attorneys General of Canada and Quebec (unofficial English translation):
Taiaiake 