The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, Kahnawake Education Center, and Onkwata’karihtatshera have announced that the council will cover private tuition for 25 special needs students at the education center who are no longer supported through Jordan’s Principle. “We didn’t want them to fall through the cracks,” said Council Chief Jeffrey Diabo. “That’s why we stepped up and said we’re going to do this.” The council will provide $326K to cover some of the costs for the students for the 2025-26 school year. It will then seek reimbursement for the cost and lobby Indigenous Services Canada to renew this funding for students who need it. Diabo added that the collaboration is “based on the core principle of Jordan’s Principle anyway, which is do not argue about who’s going to pay for it.”
