IndigeNews: April 3 – 8, 2024

A Weekly Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Na’ku’set”
(nah-goo-set)

Meaning: Sun ☀️

In the News

  1. Taliaq Lennox Island? What’s up Lennox Island? – CBC News
  2. Indigenous storytelling as an act of empowerment – CBC News
  3. Bellegarde appointed chair of First Nations Bank – Windspeaker
  4. Five things to know about Canada’s lucrative baby eel fishery – City News
  5. Mi’kmaq-led centre offers hands-on learning opportunities for all – CBC News
  6. Trudeau pledges investigation into mistreatment of Mi’kmaw eel fisherman by DFO – SaltWire
  7. Innu astronomer looking forward to ‘no ordinary day’ as solar eclipse approaches – APNT News
  8. ‘Extremely troubling’: Mi’kmaq protest Trudeau event after alleged fisher detentions – CTV News
  9.  ‘Starlight tour’: Mi’kmaq fisher allegedly dumped without boots or phone feared death – Toronto Star
  10. Federal government has no excuse for not meeting Jordan’s Principle standards: Blackstock – APTN News
  11. Mi’kmaw fishers say DFO officers left them to walk for hours at night after seizing boots, phones – CBC News
  12. Mi’kmaw leaders accuse DFO of racism after fishermen were forced to walk at night without phones, shoes – Ku’ku’kwes News

Politics & Law

  1. B.C. introduces bill for First Nations land acquisition – CBC News
  2. N.S. First Nation councillor acquitted of cannabis charges – CBC News
  3. Family of Dale Culver calling for action from the B.C. justice system – APTN News
  4. First Nations leaders split on strategy amid Jordan’s Principle hearing – CBC News
  5. First Nations leaders applaud changes to Indigenous land ownership in B.C. – CTV News
  6. RCMP C-IRG unit announces new name, mandate amid federal investigation – CBC News
  7. Federal government reaches $7M settlement with B.C. First Nation – The Chronicle Journal
  8. Ojibway National Urban Park bill stalls in Senate prompting calls to petition Ottawa – CTV News
  9. PM won’t say if First Nations on Prairies will be compensated for housing shortfall – APTN News
  10. B.C. government affirms Haida Nation title over all of Haida Gwaii in draft agreement – CBC News
  11. Innu chiefs accuse Quebec of bad faith after delay on ‘fundamentally important’ treaty – CBC News
  12. Winnipeg MP pushes ‘Red Dress’ alert system for missing, murdered Indigenous women – Discover Humboldt
  13. Joanna Baron: Supreme Court confirms that the Charter applies to Indigenous governments—except when it doesn’t – The Hub
  14. The Nation Micmac de Gespeg and the Government of Canada announce the signing of the Rights and Reconciliation Agreement with respect to Forillon National Park – Parks Canada

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. First Nations to get $15M from Housing Accelerator Fund – NWO Newswatch
  2. Na̲nwak̲olas Council, Western Forest Products sign historic agreement – CBC News
  3. Indigenous organization hopes additional government money will remove barriers – APTN News
  4. Decades-long fight over: Airport on Wasagamack First Nation promised in Manitoba budget – CBC News
  5. Manitoba budget focuses on healthcare, poverty reduction and supporting rural communities – APTN News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Why Indigenous people are fighting for data sovereignty – Radio Canada
  2. Why this solar eclipse has meaning for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy – CBC News
  3. Jigging, country food and music: Iqaluit celebrates a quarter-century of Nunavut – CBC News
  4. Lhatko Dene Nation won’t work with Quesnel mayor over controversial residential school book – APTN News
  5. Works from First Nation, Inuit, Métis artists from across Canada chosen for new library and archives in Ottawa  – APTN News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. U.S., Canada put 7 year ban on all forms of salmon fishing in Yukon, Alaska – APTN News
  2. Ontario promises to add 5 more First Nations to power grid, end reliance on diesel – CBC News
  3. First Nation finfish alliance releases review of pro-salmon-farming science – Campbell River Mirror
  4. Agreement on Yukon River chinook salmon called essential, but some still have questions – CBC News
  5. Responding to climate crisis means restoring good relations with land, say Indigenous experts – IndigiNews
  6. Sask. First Nation says it won’t lift long-term boil water advisory until every house has direct water line – 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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