Home The purpose of the Kahnawà:ke Governance Project is to listen to people’s views, to gather and share information on Kahnawà:ke’s history, and to report back on what community members see as possible next steps in restoring traditional government.The KGOV Project has no affiliation or relationship to any Canadian government organization or process. It involves and is accountable only to the people of Kahnawà:ke.Our work is being done with respect for the mandate to restore traditional government given by the people in 1979 and reaffirmed by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke in 1982 and again in 2000: ELECTED COUNCIL MANDATE TO RESTORE TRADITIONAL GOVERNMENT (1979) MCK MCR ON TRADITIONAL GOVERNMENT (1982) MCK DECLARATION FOR THE RETURN TO TRADITIONAL GOVERNMENT (2000) Click here for access to information on Kahnawà:ke’s history: KGOV RESOURCE DATABASE