IndigeNews: April 9 – 15, 2024

A Weekly Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“N’ik”
(neeg)

Meaning: my home 🏡

In the News

  1. Made in Epekwitk: How a Mi’kmaw artist draws with fire – CBC News
  2. Mi’kmaw family arrested for harvesting elvers in Nova Scotia – APTN News
  3. Assembly of First Nations says $350B needed for housing, infrastructure – APTN News
  4. Could UNESCO cultural list help safeguard Indigenous heritage in Canada? – Global News
  5. Board at Native Women’s Association of Canada parts ways with CEO Lynne Groulx – APTN News
  6. CEO parts ways with Indigenous women’s advocacy organization after feds slash funding – Global News
  7. Haida Nation, B.C. recognize Haida Aboriginal title, a historic first in Canada – Government of British Columbia
  8. ‘We were born knowing this is ours’: B.C. signs deal recognizing Haida Nation title over Haida Gwaii – CBC News
  9. The power of positive feedback: How one Mi’kmaw community is building toward a net-zero future – The Coast
  10. Concerns over leadership at Native Council of P.E.I. prompt resignation, dispute over board vacancy – CBC News
  11. Report is roadmap to end violence against Indigenous women in British Columbia says First Nations council – APTN News

Politics & Law

  1. Report calls for wide-ranging reforms to protect Indigenous women – CBC News
  2. Why are Indigenous people so overrepresented in Canadian prisons? – Toronto Star
  3. MMF looking at options to combat ‘cultural theft’ of Indigenous identities – Winnipeg Sun
  4. MP rebukes top housing official for chronic underfunding of Prairie First Nations – CBC News
  5. Supreme Court of Canada says treaty entitled Alberta First Nation to larger reserve – Toronto Star
  6. SCC upholds self-governing First Nation’s residency requirement for elected councillors – MLT Aikins
  7. Canada broke its treaty promise, but Blood Tribe is barred from suing, Supreme Court rules – CBC News
  8. New report slams RCMP treatment of homeless Indigenous women in Northwest Territories – CTV News
  9. First Nation in Yukon celebrates ‘landmark’ court win against proposed mining exploration – APTN News
  10. $349B needed now to close infrastructure gap by 2030, Assembly of First Nations says in report – CBC News
  11. First Nation’s land entitlement claim statute-barred, but SCC finds treaty breach by Crown – Canadian Lawyer
  12. NDP, Green Party call for new law to fix problems with Indigenous class action lawsuit settlements – CBC News
  13. Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Calls for Investments to Close Gaps in Education and Infrastructure Following Release of New Data – Assembly of First Nations

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Loan guarantees must allow for Indigenous ownership of oil and gas developments – MLI
  2. Shift to ‘buy Indigenous’ could add $1B to First Nations’ economy: report – BNN Bloomberg
  3. Indigenous Services Canada confirms plans to publically release FSIN forensic audit report – PA Now
  4. Community buy-in is critical when talking major project development on Indigenous territory – Windspeaker
  5. Alternative financing solutions needed to close infrastructure gap, say First Nations leaders and advocates – CBC News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Indigenous Poets Society to release their first anthology – APTN News
  2. B.C. funding first-of-its-kind detox service for Indigenous youths – Nelson Star
  3. Overdoses prompt B.C. First Nation to declare state of emergency – Vancouver Sun
  4. Young filmmakers from Tyendinaga win Road to Freedom film festival – APTN News
  5. A dozen Indigenous-led podcasts receive funding boost from new program – Windspeaker
  6. High rates of Indigenous diabetes spark push for better B.C. services – Williams Lake Tribune
  7. Non-status residential school survivors no longer qualify for free counselling: health authority – CBC News
  8. Ancient Indigenous lineage of Blackfoot Confederacy goes back 18,000 years to last ice age, DNA reveals – Live Science

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Rescuers pause efforts to free trapped orca calf – CBC News
  2. Feds fund wildfire emergency co-ordinators for 48 Alberta First Nations – Global News
  3. Pursuing mining initiatives in Indigenous communities requires balance – Windspeaker
  4. Federal support coming for Indigenous communities ahead of wildfire season – CTV News
  5. Nearly all Indigenous communities at risk as feds prepare for busy wildfire season – APTN News
  6. ‘Pay now or pay more later to prepare First Nations for climate emergencies – National Observer
  7. Flood prevention project could harm First Nation communities in Manitoba says report – APTN News
  8. Province and ‘Namgis First Nation work on new sustainable forestry agreement – North Island Gazette
  9. Mi’kmaw fisheries manager, environmentalist appointed to international tuna quota agency – CBC News

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

© L’nuey 2024. All Rights Reserved.

‘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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