IndigeNews: April 15 – 29, 2025

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is…

“Apaqt”
🗣 (ub-auqht)

Meaning: sea / offshore 🌊 

In the News

  1. How will Pope Francis be remembered? – APTN News
  2. Indigenous Rights: Delegation denounces Quebec at the UN – City News
  3. Indigenous advocates concerned over Pierre Poilievre’s record – CBC News
  4. AFN national chief offers condolences following the Pope’s passing – APTN News
  5. The border issue Indigenous communities are talking about this election – CBC News
  6. Campaign launched to inform Indigenous voters ahead of federal election – City News
  7. Young P.E.I. athletes get early introduction to North American Indigenous Games – CBC News
  8. Survivors urge all political parties to support residential school burial investigations – CBC News
  9. On the banks of a N.S. river, elver fishers from a Mi’kmaq First Nation defy Ottawa – Halifax News
  10. Manitoba CFS intervened with 50% of First Nations parents from 1998 to 2019: study – CBC News
  11. Nature group takes action to protect large chunk of coastal forest in Murray River area – CBC News
  12. P.E.I. project gathers names to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls – CBC News
  13. Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Marks Earth Day – Nation Talk
  14. Young First Nation advocates in northwestern Ontario call out candidates’ silence on Indigenous issues – CBC News
  15. AMC Expresses Deep Condolences to Filipino Community Following Vancouver Tragedy – Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

Politics & Law

  1. Define nation to nation – Saltwire
  2. Arctic sovereignty? Inuit would like a word – The Narwhal
  3. Is it time for a national Indigenous political party? Again? – APTN news
  4. AFN election forum begins with Greens the first to face chiefs – APTN News
  5. Ottawa settles 93-year-old land dispute with Flying Dust First Nation – PaNow
  6. First Nations leaders, candidates reach out to mobilize Indigenous voters – CBC News
  7. Elver fisher from Millbrook First Nation charged for allegedly assaulting officer – Global News
  8. Singh tells AFN chiefs NDP will fight for Indigenous rights, justice for First Nations – CBC News
  9. Government social services are ‘significant agent’ of colonialism, N.L. inquiry hears – City News
  10. Six Nations taking federal government to court over access to safe drinking water – Penticton Herald
  11. Poilievre reiterates concerns with Liberals’ UNDRIP law in Assembly of First Nations forum – CBC News
  12. Will Canada’s next prime minister support Indigenous Rights and conservation projects? – The Narwhal
  13. Canadian Indigenous voters face complex choice ahead of federal election – National Indigenous Times
  14. Indigenous leaders denounce UBC profs’ ‘outdated and regressive’ lawsuit against land acknowledgements – IndigiNews

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Mi’kmawitasik: Mi’kmaw Made becomes official – Saltwire
  2. Rita Joe collection to be launched Friday in Eskasoni – Cape Breton Post
  3. Social enterprise looks to build centres of excellence across the country – Wind Speaker
  4. Simpcw First Nation hosts MOU signing with Clearwater and Barriere – Clearwater Times
  5. Manitoba, Nunavut premiers hopeful for hydro project, seeking federal help – APTN News
  6. Grand chief requests halt to auction of Hudson’s Bay items linked to First Nations – APTN News
  7. ‘New way forward’: First Nations working with Ontario on hydroelectric projects – Timmins Today
  8. Indigenous services minister says reconciliation a common theme on the campaign trail – APTN News
  9. Canada needs to attract private investment in infrastructure – and Indigenous communities hold the key – The Globe and Mail
  10. Insights from Bernd Christmas on Indigenous Participation in Canada’s and the Global Economy and, what he’s looking forward to at the upcoming 8th Annual FNMPC Conference – Nation Talk

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Ottawa Art Gallery exhibit honours life’s work of local Inuk artist – CBC News
  2. Artists pay tribute to rocker Joel Plaskett on surprise covers album – CBC News
  3. Indigenous teacher wants the knowledge of basket making to be his legacy – CBC News
  4. National Indigenous Languages Day with a guest lecture from Canada’s Governor General – Concordia
  5. Ottawa Art Gallery exhibit honours life’s work of local Inuk artist – CBC News
  6. Artists pay tribute to rocker Joel Plaskett on surprise covers album – CBC News
  7. Indigenous teacher wants the knowledge of basket making to be his legacy – CBC News
  8. Ontario is killing its Endangered Species Act. Here’s what you need to know – The Narwhal
  9. Courtney Pennell’s mission to support and empower Indigenous nursing students – Nation Talk
  10. National Indigenous Languages Day with a guest lecture from Canada’s Governor General – Concordia
  11. Mi’kmawitasik: Mi’kmaw Made – A Historic Movement to Protect & Celebrate Mi’kmaw Art & Culture – Nation Talk
  12. Nova Scotia Tattoo & Commissionaires to present Eskasoni singer-songwriter Emma Stevens for special scene on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and human trafficking – Waterfront Media

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Tensions resurface in Nova Scotia elver fishery – Global News
  2. Reconnecting a vital Maritime wildlife corridor – Canadian Geographic
  3. How Indigenous-Led Efforts are Restoring Wildfire-Impacted Forests – Maclean’s
  4. In my community of Moose Factory, the clean water crisis never really ends – The Narwhal
  5. Indigenous Peoples feel the brunt of rising temperatures, climate policy – Western News
  6. Poilievre addresses the Assembly of First Nations on natural resources, campaign plan – CTV News
  7. Nova Scotia moves forward with plan for municipalities to protect coastlines – Winnipeg Free Press
  8. Qalipu Chief Seeking Immediate Action Against Environmental Threat from Grounded Cargo Ship – VOCM
  9. Kashechewan First Nation declares state of emergency, begins annual precautionary evacuation – CBC News
  10. Indigenous leaders meet at United Nations, discuss water, challenges in implementing UNDRIP – APTN News
  11. CCA appoints expert panel to examine how policy and governance can support Indigenous science – Nation Talk
  12. An Organization with Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi`kmaw Chiefs seeks to sign an MOU with the Whale Sanctuary Project in Guysborough County – 989 XFFM

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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    • 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.
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  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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