IndigeNews: August 28 – September 4, 2024

A Weekly Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw word of the week is…

“Wikumkewiku’s”
🗣 (Wikumkewiku’s)

Meaning: mate calling moon (September) 🍁

In the News

  1. Community gathers for Lennox Island’s annual Mawi’omi – SaltWire
  2. ‘It was all very exciting’: APTN News past, present and future – APTN News
  3. Province hiring staff for Manitoba landfill search, premier says – APTN News
  4. Mi’kmaw powwow knowledge shared at Lennox Island Mawi’omi – CBC News
  5. Watch party celebrates Paralympian from Eel River Bar First Nation – CBC News
  6. Indigenous mothers fight to search CIA experiment site in Montreal – Canadian Affairs
  7. ‘Mini Thni’: Alta. First Nations community reclaims traditional Stoney Nakoda name – CTV News
  8. Federal research funder launches pilot aimed at rooting out Indigenous identity fraud – CBC News
  9. Federal wharf on P.E.I.’s North Shore being renamed at urging of Abegweit First Nation – CBC News
  10. Vote on $47.8B First Nations child welfare deal delayed due to chiefs’ concerns – The Canadian Press
  11. Indigenous sacred items still ‘manhandled’ despite new airport security protocols, says passenger – CBC News
  12. Opaskwayak Cree Nation says it’s found evidence of unmarked burials at former residential school site – CBC News
  13. Memorial for victims of Winnipeg serial killer helps families close painful chapter after sentencing hearing – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Disturbing audio played during Wet’suwet’en’ hearing – CBC News
  2. AFN National Chief on child welfare agreement vote delay – APTN News
  3. Hereditary chiefs set up blockade to halt B.C. LNG pipeline work – CBC News
  4. Indigenous Child Welfare Conference coming to Edmonton in September – CTV News
  5. ‘I just started crying’: Appeal of Inuit language education lawsuit struck down – CBC News
  6. How local Indigenous longshoremen founded Vancouver’s first workers union – CTV News
  7. Cape Breton band councillor ‘shocked’ to become AFN Youth Council co-chair – CBC News
  8. First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun demanding public inquiry into gold mine spill – APTN News
  9. AFN national chief moves child welfare reform meeting to October or November – APTN News
  10. Quebec’s ‘refusal to cooperate’ forces First Nations to turn to Ottawa for help: Picard – APTN News
  11. Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in chief ‘frustrated’ at waiting for Yukon gov’t to move on land-use planning – CBC News
  12. Schulich Law Launches Style Guide for Writing About Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Legal Context – Dal News
  13. Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Responds to Investigation into Federal Indigenous Procurement Strategy – Assembly of First Nations

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Graphic recorder wins provincial Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award – Windspeaker
  2. Indigenous-Led Tourism Alliances Are Taking Back Recreation on Their Land – Sierra Club
  3. Federal, territorial governments invest $17.7 million to support Indigenous languages – Penticton Herald
  4. Northern business conference axed over opposition to NunatuKavut Community Council’s involvement – CBC News
  5. Îyârhe Nakoda First Nation reclaiming sacred sites in Banff, opening doors to Indigenous tourism – Rocky Mountain Outlook

Education, Health & Culture

  1. APTN launches new channel dedicated to Indigenous languages – APTN News
  2. PETER McKENNA: Indigenous women were once the real power-brokers – SaltWire
  3. Statue honouring well-respected chief unveiled in Dawson City, Yukon – APTN News
  4. ‘A bright and vibrant spirit’: Remembering Membertou’s Shaylene Johnson Paul – SaltWire
  5. Culinary program for Métis youth serves up job training and cultural immersion – APTN News
  6. Membertou woman competes at 2024 Mi’kmaw Summer Games as visually impaired archer – SaltWire
  7. FIELD TRIP: CBU students experience spiritual, cultural and emotional exchange in New Zealand – SaltWire
  8. MAKING HISTORY: Matthews-Cremo graduates CBU and becomes first male nurse from Membertou – SaltWire
  9. As the stepbrother of Myles Sanderson, his role in the James Smith Cree Nation tragedy haunts me – CBC News
  10. Tanya Talaga learned about how Indigenous women were erased by discovering her own family’s history – CBC Radio

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Southend Cree Nation orders evacuation ahead of wildfire – APTN News
  2. Pen-like creation aims to help people learn their languages – Windspeaker
  3. Yukon launches review to investigate gold mine landslide, chemical leak – APTN News
  4. Climate change, eroding shorelines and the race against time to save Indigenous history – CBC News
  5. Pimicikamak Cree Nation calls for cancellation of moose hunting licenses in its territory – APTN News
  6. COMMENTARY: Making the case for Indigenous management of natural resources in Atlantic Canada – SaltWire
  7. Wellugwet Technical Services: an Indigenous-led venture with Hatch to advance clean energy initiatives – Electrical Business

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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