IndigeNews: Augustr 26 – Sept. 1, 2025

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is…

“wikumkewiku’s”
🗣 (we-goom-geh-we-goos)

Meaning: animal fattening/mate calling moon 🫎🌕 

In the News

  1. Canadian actor Graham Greene dies at 73 – APTN News
  2. Comic convention at Elsipogtog First Nation wows large crowd – CBC News
  3. Lennox Island First Nation welcomes hundreds for 25th annual mawio’mi – CBC News
  4. ‘It’s our right’: This Sask. Cree community is fighting to become newest First Nation in Canada – CBC News
  5. Two years behind schedule, the new H.G.R. Mews Community Centre will finally open its doors – CBC News
  6. ‘Everyone can feel like they are welcome’: Mi’kmaw Summer Games host Special Olympics event – CBC News
  7. National Chief Calls for Accelerated Action on Implementing the UN Declaration Act – Assembly of First Nations
  8. ‘Celebrating beauty is our strength’: Barra Strait Mi’kmaq Friendship Festival brings cultures together – Saltwire

Politics & Law

  1. Time for ‘swift action’ on child welfare reform, CHRT tells Canada – APTN News
  2. Minister’s office reviewing tribunal order on First Nations child welfare – City News
  3. AFN chief says next week’s gathering will set stage for major projects talks – CTV News
  4. Uncertainty reigns in Kanesatake nearly one month after cancelled election – APTN News
  5. Woman being sued for more than $500K after calling four others ‘pretendians’ – CTV News
  6. How these 4 nations in B.C. advanced Indigenous rights and title through the courts – CBC News
  7. Bloodvein First Nation will bar non-Indigenous hunters from land amid overhunting issues – CBC News
  8. Carney’s Major Projects Office already under fire from First Nations, environmental groups – APTN News
  9. First Nations child welfare advocates say work on reform deal will continue with or without Canada – CBC News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Nova Scotia issues final approval to Goldboro gold mine project – CBC News
  2. Ford government hikes fund for First Nations energy projects – Toronto Star
  3. First Nations create structure to participate in powerline projects – Sootoday
  4. First Nations partner to buy B.C. port terminal that moves critical minerals – CBC News
  5. Westbank sells stake in massive Squamish Nation housing development in Vancouver – APTN News
  6. Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs cautious about proposed Crown-Indigenous Corporation – APTN News
  7. ‘It’s major’: Indigenous women-led modular home factory being built in northern Ontario – CBC News
  8. $500,000 Bursary to Support Indigenous Students at First Nations University of Canada – Nation Talk
  9. 2 Indigenous-led programs in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside face provincial funding cut – CBC News
  10. Mi’gmaq chiefs say big gas plant can’t proceed without Indigenous-led impact assessment – Wark Times

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Hockey Nova Scotia honours Eskasoni player – CBC News
  2. How Indigenous Wisdom Can Guide Our AI Future – Forbes
  3. Some might call artist Shirley Moorhouse a late bloomer – CBC News
  4. Honouring Mi’kmaw contributions to hockey through Lorne Julien’s art – Saltwire
  5. Catholic Division to enter new agreement around Jordan’s Principle – Penticton Herald
  6. Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation hosts 1st outdoor powwow in new arbour – CBC News
  7. Living traditions – Adventures with Indigenous & Celtic Canadians – National Geographic
  8. Grand Narrows festival will celebrate community connections in Unama’ki – Penticton Herald
  9. Inquiry into suicides of 4 Indigenous teens says fear of child welfare system barrier to care – CBC News
  10. Mi’kmaq experience promises unique meals and cultural immersion in Cape Breton – Penticton Herald
  11. Indigenous teachers are getting community-based training that keeps education close to home – CBC News
  12. New trail signs in Dundas Valley tell the ‘Basadinaa Experience’ from the Indigenous perspective – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Reconciliation takes a hike in a picturesque B.C. park – The Narwhal
  2. This long weekend, famous B.C. park Joffre Lakes is open. At what cost? – The Narwhal
  3. One in seven First Nations impacted as Canada battles raging wildfires – National Observer
  4. First Nation warns about consuming shellfish from Discovery Islands lagoon – Oak Bay News
  5. Groups conducting coastal restoration in N.S. say they face ‘astonishing’ red tape – CBC News
  6. Alberta is updating its Water Act. One group worries it could lower N.W.T. water levels – CBC News
  7. First Nations launch drug trial to combat mange in southeastern B.C.’s declining bighorn sheep population – CBC News
  8. Ontario pipeline corridor proposal faces pushback over lack of Indigenous consultation, environmental risks – CBC News

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

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  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.

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  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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