IndigeNews: September 11 – 16, 2024

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw words of the week are…

“Wli-Ankweyasi”
🗣 (will-ee ahn-gweh-ya-see)

Meaning: take care of yourself 💛

In the News

  1. CBU opens exhibition featuring Mi’kmaq beaders – SaltWire
  2. COMMENTARY: Envisioning a stronger Indigenous fishery – SaltWire
  3. Elsipogtog community walks in honour of man killed by RCMP – CBC News
  4. Province has ‘unclean hands’ in title talks, says Indigenous nation – Telegraph-Journal
  5. Eltuek Arts Centre marking 25th anniversary of Marshall decision in Cape Breton – SaltWire
  6. Mi’kmaq death: First Nation wants Indigenous representation on N.B. police watchdog – CTV News
  7. Family challenges RCMP statement after Mi’kmaw man shot and killed during wellness check – CBC News
  8. 15 days and 6 Indigenous people have died when coming in contact with police across Canada – APTN News
  9. No peace on the water: How DFO killed a deal to end the lobster dispute in southwest Nova Scotia – SaltWire
  10. Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs boycotts Winnipeg Free Press for ‘insensitive images’ of late grand chief – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Treaty litigation successful for 21 Lake Huron First Nations – CTV News
  2. One First Nation’s fight for safe drinking water gains support – APTN News
  3. B.C., First Nations, feds sign 1st agreement on early learning, childcare – Trail Times
  4. Lawyer argues pipeline opponents’ charter rights breached during arrests – APTN News
  5. MPs to hold emergency debate after 6 First Nations deaths by police over 2 weeks – CBC News
  6. Feds urge human rights tribunal to dismiss concerns over Jordan’s Principle backlog – CBC News
  7. RCMP was ‘unreasonable’ when setting up exclusion zones around Fairy Creek protest – APTN News
  8. Tribunal urges First Nations, feds to ‘leave their conflicts aside’ on Jordan’s Principle issues – CBC News
  9. First Nation near Edmonton suing federal government over right to clean drinking water – Global News
  10. Chiefs, dignitaries gather on Treaty Four grounds to celebrate 150th anniversary of signing – Global News
  11. Saskatchewan’s Anishinabe Nation Treaty Authority meets in Nipissing for Governance – Anishinabek News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Selkirk First Nation given control of Minto Mine in Yukon – APTN News
  2. Driving Canada’s Economy Forward with Indigenous-Led Forestry – Policy Magazine
  3. Innu Nation boycotts Labrador trade expo over NunatuKavut’s involvement – CBC News
  4. The Indigenous Economy: An Engine of Reconciliation, Growth and Progress – Policy Magazine
  5. The oilsands, the housing crisis next door and a new partnership to bring about change – CBC News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Indigenous singer who came out as trans reflects on her journey – CBC News
  2. ‘A full-hearted, giving man’: Remembering Membertou’s John Marshall – SaltWire
  3. Chiefs gather in Fort Qu’Appelle, commemorate 150th anniversary of Treaty 4 – CBC News
  4. Blackfoot Crossing museum recognized for repatriations, cultural preservation – CBC News
  5. Sixties Scoop survivors journey home to N.W.T. to reunite with family, reconcile past – CBC News
  6. James Smith Cree Nation powwow honours Mountie for role in ending 2022 manhunt – CBC News
  7. First Nations woman on winning team for latest season of The Amazing Race Canada – Windspeaker
  8. Announcing Zabrina Whitman: Executive Advisor, L’nu Affairs and Indigenization – Acadia University
  9. ‘For the Mi’kmaq, this is like the Olympics,’ Wagmatcook excited to host 2025 Mi’kmaw Summer Games – SaltWIre
  10. ‘A great thing,’: We’koqma’q Child Care Centre opens more spots and welcomes new Curriculum Specialist – SaltWire

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Yukon First Nations divided over Whitehorse dam relicensing – CBC News
  2. Imperial Oil warns Sahtu leaders with regulatory stand-off looming – Cabin Radio
  3. Coastal GasLink pipeline hit with $590,000 fine — its biggest one yet – The Narwhal
  4. Bow Lake Wind Farm now completely owned by Batchewana First Nation – Sault Star
  5. Mining exploration mess finally slated to be cleaned up in northern Quebec – CBC News
  6. ‘Above the poison’: Mohawk land defenders refuse to surrender Barnhart Island to New York – The Narwhal
  7. Magnetawan First Nation uses camera traps to track declining moose population – Environmental Health News
  8. New chief of flood-prone northern Ontario First Nation asks for patience with long-delayed relocation – CBC News
  9. Caravan from Grassy Narrows First Nation makes stops to educate about mercury poisoning ahead of Toronto rally – CBC News

Wela’lioq, Msit No’kmaq – Thank you, All My Relations

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    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
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  3. Contest begins on July 17, 2023 at 12:00:00 a.m. AST and ends on September 30, 2023 at 11:59:59 p.m. AST
  4. The prize consists of:
    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on October 6, 2023.
  6. L’nuey will contact the Prize winner through the email address provided on the contest entry form. If it is not possible within a 48 hour period to contact the Prize winner, L’nuey will disqualify that Entry and randomly select another Entry as the winner. Once the winner is successfully contacted, they will be required to answer a skill-testing question to be verified.
  7. Once verified, the Prize winner must make arrangements with L’nuey to pick up their prize.
  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
  9. The name of the winner upon receiving their Prize will be posted on L’nuey’s website, as well as shared on their social channels.
  10. L’nuey reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest without notice, for any reason, including if they are not capable of running as planned or the Contest is adversely affected by computer virus, fraud, technical failures or other causes beyond its control.
  11. All Contestants agree to be bound by the rules of the Contest and release L’nuey and all parties associated with the Contest from any liability with respect to this Contest or any prize.
  12. All decisions by L’nuey with regard to all aspects of this Contest are final.

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  3. Contest begins on January 23, 2022 at 12:00:00 a.m. AST and ends on April 30, 2023 at 11:59:59 p.m. AST
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    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on May 8, 2023.
  6. L’nuey will contact the Prize winner through the email address provided on the contest entry form. If it is not possible within a 48 hour period to contact the Prize winner, L’nuey will disqualify that Entry and randomly select another Entry as the winner. Once the winner is successfully contacted, they will be required to answer a skill-testing question to be verified.
  7. Once verified, the Prize winner must make arrangements with L’nuey to pick up their prize.
  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
  9. The name of the winner upon receiving their Prize will be posted on L’nuey’s website, as well as shared on their social channels.
  10. L’nuey reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest without notice, for any reason, including if they are not capable of running as planned or the Contest is adversely affected by computer virus, fraud, technical failures or other causes beyond its control.
  11. All Contestants agree to be bound by the rules of the Contest and release L’nuey and all parties associated with the Contest from any liability with respect to this Contest or any prize.
  12. All decisions by L’nuey with regard to all aspects of this Contest are final.

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  2. To enter the giveaway, submit your full name, phone number and email address on the form at lnuey.ca/connected, and answer the question as stated in the field provided.
  3. Contest begins on December 12, 2022 at 12:00:00 a.m. AST and ends on January 31, 2023 at 11:59:59 p.m. AST
  4. The prize consists of:
    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on February 6, 2023.
  6. L’nuey will contact the Prize winner through the email address provided on the contest entry form. If it is not possible within a 48 hour period to contact the Prize winner, L’nuey will disqualify that Entry and randomly select another Entry as the winner. Once the winner is successfully contacted, they will be required to answer a skill-testing question to be verified.
  7. Once verified, the Prize winner must make arrangements with L’nuey to pick up their prize.
  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
  9. The name of the winner upon receiving their Prize will be posted on L’nuey’s website, as well as shared on their social channels.
  10. L’nuey reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest without notice, for any reason, including if they are not capable of running as planned or the Contest is adversely affected by computer virus, fraud, technical failures or other causes beyond its control.
  11. All Contestants agree to be bound by the rules of the Contest and release L’nuey and all parties associated with the Contest from any liability with respect to this Contest or any prize.
  12. All decisions by L’nuey with regard to all aspects of this Contest are final.

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