IndigeNews: Aug. 28 – Sep. 4, 2023

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Taluisin?”
(dah-loo-issin)

Meaning: What’s your name?

In the News

  1. Meta’s news block affecting Indigenous media say publishers – APTN News
  2. Elsipogtog residents renew call for an in-community nursing home – CBC News
  3. Mi’kmaw Summer Games pageant promotes culture, empowerment – CBC News
  4. First Nations concerned about gender-identity policy changes in N.B. schools – CBC News
  5. Saskatchewan chiefs to file lawsuit against province, feds for resource rights – Sask Today
  6. Survivors’ stories lead to unmarked graves at Beauval Indian residential school – Windspeaker
  7. Mi’kmaw lawyer accuses Blaine Higgs of fearmongering and ‘deeply racist attitude’ – CBC News
  8. B.C. helps Williams Lake First Nation buy property at former residential school site – Vancouver Sun
  9. ‘Going to take years’: Saskatchewan First Nation marks anniversary of mass stabbing – Times Colonist
  10. There’s ‘misunderstanding’ around treaties, and a Mi’kmaw academic aims to change that – CBC News
  11. ‘Not the final numbers’: 93 possible unmarked graves discovered at former Beauval residential school – Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Politics & Law

  1. Manitoba election called for October 3 – APTN News
  2. Feds settle with Sask. First Nation over past claims – Global News
  3. Ontario chiefs unanimously oppose province’s Greenbelt land swap – CTV News
  4. Prairie First Nations prepare to launch legal battle over natural resources – CBC News
  5. Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations plan to sue governments – Hamilton Spectator
  6. Court upholds DFO transfer of commercial elver quota to Maritime First Nations – CBC News
  7. Federal Court rules 2022 elver quota transfer to First Nations fair and reasonable – CTV News
  8. First Nations roundly condemn Ontario government’s Greenbelt land swap plan – APTN News
  9. Saskatchewan First Nations to strike back at Sask. First Act, NRTA with legal action – Windspeaker
  10. Deb Haaland, first Indigenous member of U.S. cabinet, meets counterparts in Ottawa – APTN News
  11. Ontario First Nations leaders reiterate opposition to Greenbelt land swap in unanimous vote – CBC News
  12. Wab Kinew’s unlikely path from rapper, reporter to politician vying to be next Manitoba premier – CBC News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. New Brunswick’s budget surplus swells five fold to $200M – Penticton Herald
  2. Northern First Nations students to benefit from deal with Asper School of Business – Penticton Herald

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Through My Lens: The 2023 North American Indigenous Games – CBC News
  2. ‘We hit it hard’: Alberta First Nation’s war on drug trafficking reducing overdoses – CTV News
  3. Montreal won’t return toppled John A. Macdonald statue to its downtown pedestal – CBC News
  4. New report shows Indigenous children disproportionally impacted by childhood threats – APTN News
  5. First Nations director hopes to raise awareness of Starlight Tours with film premiering at TIFF – Windspeaker
  6. First Nation’s film on stewardship responsibilities under consideration for distinguished award – Windspeaker
  7. Alaska report details 280 missing Indigenous people, including whether disappearances are suspicious – CBC News
  8. Indigenous wellness camp in northern Sask. receives funding commitment from province – Prince Albert Daily Herald
  9. ‘Get out of your comfort zone:’ Mi’gmaq couple says The Amazing Race Canada pushed them to their limits – APTN News
  10. Since Robbie Robertson’s death, donations have poured in for Woodland Cultural Centre near Six Nations, Ont. – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Kahnawà:ke looks to restore community creek to its former glory – CBC News
  2. Indigenous protesters ordered to stop thwarting planned Sisson Mine in N.B. – SaltWire
  3. A snapping success: Akwesasne celebrates its first incubated turtle hatchlings – CBC News
  4. First Nations people say devastation from B.C. wildfires threatens cultural identity – CBC News
  5. Joffre Lakes to reopen for Labour Day weekend as talks with First Nations continue – Global News
  6. Indigenous monitors on site for flood mitigation work at Edmonton water treatment plants – Windspeaker
  7. ‘Reconciliation in action’: Why First Nations sought to close Joffre Lakes park from the public – Vancouver Sun
  8. 30 years after Clayoquot Sound protests, old-growth logging continues unabated: B.C. conservation group – 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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