IndigeNews: April 25 – May 1, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend, the Mi’kmaq words of the week are…

“Wli Etqoljewiku’s”
(well-ee ed-hole-jah-wee-goos)

Meaning: Happy May (frog croaking time)!

In the News

  1. Moose Hide campaign gifts Murray Sinclair with 3-millionth pin – APTN News
  2. National chief seeks ‘full-fledged’ UN probe into Canadian genocide – APTN News
  3. Nunavut government asks judge to throw out Inuktut education lawsuit – CBC News
  4. ITK wants to give input in child welfare law’s Supreme Court appeal – Nunatsiaq News
  5. Abegweit First Nation says it won’t launch treaty lobster fishery off P.E.I. this year – CBC News
  6. P.E.I.’s Lennox Island First Nation to launch treaty lobster fishery without DFO deal – CBC News
  7. P.E.I. asking Ottawa to change name of Confederation Bridge to Epekwitk Crossing – APTN News
  8. Kátł’odeeche First Nation member challenges custom election code as discriminatory – CBC News
  9. Ottawa promises a national monument to survivors and victims of residential schools – CBC News
  10. Moderate livelihood fishery in Abegweit First Nation not coming until community consensus – SaltWire Network
  11. P.E.I. government, Opposition call for changing name of Confederation Bridge to Epekwitk Crossing – SaltWire Network

Politics & Law

  1. Quebec First Nations push for more self-determination – Global News
  2. Bill 96 amounts to cultural genocide, First Nations leaders say – Montreal Gazette
  3. Williams Lake First Nation launches historic land claim settlement referendum – Global News
  4. Inuit organization develops shared plan with RCMP to improve strained relationship – CBC News
  5. First Nations say Ontario bypassing mandatory consultation to accelerate land development – CBC News
  6. Diminishing Indigenous jurisdiction: case comment on Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation – First Peoples Law
  7. AFNQL forms Office of Self Determination after ‘flagrant lack of good will’ from Quebec government – APTN News
  8. Supreme Court of Canada will hear appeal challenging Vuntut Gwitchin council residency requirment – Yukon News
  9. AFN National Chief calls on UN special rapporteur to investigate Canada and residential schools – Windspeaker.com
  10. Williams Lake First Nation reaches tentative $135M settlement, 160 years after being forced off its land – CBC News
  11. Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeals on Vuntut Gwitchin residency requirement, Charter rights case – CBC News
  12. Tsawwassen First Nation and Canada reach land claim settlement agreement – Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. First Nations in B.C. receive $63M boost in forestry revenue sharing – CBC News
  2. $25M announced in Ontario’s budget for Indigenous businesses, entrepreneurs – APTN News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Acadia First Nation man named finalist for NHL community hero award – APTN News
  2. North America’s largest Indigenous modern beadwork exhibit opens in Regina – CBC News
  3. Stats Can says two-thirds of Indigenous women experience violence or sexual assault – APTN News
  4. Health concerns in remote First Nation in Ontario not taken seriously, says deputy chief – CBC News
  5. ‘Breeding grounds for predators’: MPs probe links between resource extraction, MMIWG – APTN News
  6. Mohawks of Akwesasne expanding support for child welfare services with neighbouring city – APTN News
  7. Alberta’s intentions questioned in creation of Indigenous advisory group on public safety – Windspeaker.com
  8. Plans for ‘state-of-the-art’ Indigenous health centre in Hamilton advance with $10M from province – CBC News
  9. More than 200 boxes of records under scrutiny by Ottawa, courts for residential school connections – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Safe drinking water settlement blasted for its limitations – Windspeaker.com
  2. Atlantic First Nations Water Authority welcomes funding infusion – CBC News
  3. BC Approves North Coast Gas Project Despite First Nations’ Objections – The Tyee
  4. How Old Crow’s solar farm is changing green energy projects in Yukon – CBC News
  5. Neskantaga First Nation’s chief says residents don’t support federal drinking water settlement – CBC News

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

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‘How We Say Home’ Contest Rules

  1. The contest is open to all persons who reside in Prince Edward Island and are eighteen (18) years of age or older except for employees of L’nuey, their immediate families, cohabitants, agents or contractors.
  2. To enter the giveaway, submit your full name, phone number and email address on the form at lnuey.ca/howwesayhome, and answer the question as stated in the field provided.
  3. Contest begins on November 6, 2023 at 12:00:00 a.m. AST and ends on March 4, 2024 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 March 12, 2024.
  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.

‘Definition of Home’ Contest Rules

  1. The contest is open to all persons who reside in Prince Edward Island and are eighteen (18) years of age or older except for employees of L’nuey, their immediate families, cohabitants, agents or contractors.
  2. To enter the giveaway, submit your full name, phone number and email address on the form at lnuey.ca/ourhome, and answer the question as stated in the field provided.
  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.

‘Shaping the Epekwitk of Tomorrow’ Contest Rules

  1. The contest is open to all Mi’kmaq who reside in Prince Edward Island and are eighteen (18) years of age or older except for employees of L’nuey, their immediate families, cohabitants, agents or contractors.
  2. To enter the giveaway, submit your full name, phone number and email address on the form at lnuey.ca/progress, and answer the question as stated in the field provided.
  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
  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 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.

‘Connected by Home’ Contest Rules

  1. The contest is open to all persons who reside in Prince Edward Island and are eighteen (18) years of age or older except for employees of L’nuey, their immediate families, cohabitants, agents or contractors.
  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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