In 2003, the Kahnawake Membership Law (KML) was enacted (Kahnawake Membership Law, 2003). It replaced the 1984 Mohaw Law. It is purpose was to legalize the collective right to determine their own membership and residency on the territory. The process started before Europeans contact in 1763, continued with the Indian Act enacted in 1876. In the law of 2003, a person is a member at birth if that person is born of two members, has four or more great-grand parents that are also members and has a clan or will get one (History of the Kahnawake Membership Law, 2014). Some exceptions applied for…