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Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer has been elected Grand Chief of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, becoming the first woman to hold the title.
Sky-Deer, who was elected with 573 votes, served as council chief for 12 years. Gina Deer, another council chief, garnered 368 votes.
When she announced she was running for the position, Sky-Deer said on her Facebook page that she wanted to be a leader who would “restore trust in our institutions by decolonizing them and who encourages the people back to the roots of the great Tree of Peace, Tionerahtase’kó:wa.”
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