The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne...

The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne is taking steps to re-establish ancestral trade networks with other First Nations. In a ceremony conducted Dec. 6 Grand Chief Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell signed a Nation-to-Nation Trade and Commerce Protocol with Huron-Wendat Nation of Wendake Grand Chief Konrad Haskan Sioui. “The Mohawks of Akwesasne and Huron have a long history of sharing the region’s land and resources before the arrival of Europeans to Turtle Island,” said Mitchell. “The ancient tradition of free trade amongst First Nations has continued despite the imposition of a border between the colonial governments of the United States and Canada.” The signed trade agreement recognizes that both nations are descendants of the Laurentian Iroquois, which originally inhabited the St. Lawrence Valley.