IndigeNews: Dec. 10 – 16, 2024

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is…

“Etawey Wli Nipi Alasutman aq Pusu’l Pana’ne”
🗣 (eh-dah-way will-ee nihb-ee ala-sood-mahn aqh boo-sool boo-na-ney)

Meaning: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

In the News

  1. Memorial service honours victims of Montreal Massacre – Saltwire
  2. Self-government treaty challenged, Indigenous identity fraud – APTN News
  3. Jordan’s Principle backlog ‘code word’ for inaction: Blackstock – APTN News
  4. AFN accused of second guessing chiefs with outside legal opinion – CBC News
  5. Officer receives suspension after Mi’kmaw elver fishers left without boots – CBC News
  6. Canada blocks First Nations leaders in B.C. from Jordan’s Principle consultations – CBC News
  7. Deal between Ottawa and N.S. First Nation over contested fishery nearly done – Halifax City News
  8. ‘Significant failures’ in addressing Indigenous youth mental health in New Brunswick – Global News
  9. AMC supports the Jordan’s Principle Technical Advisory Group (TAG) in amplifying the alarm on the escalating crisis – Manitoba Chiefs
  10. The Government of Canada invests in support and services for at-risk Indigenous youth in Paqtnkek First Nation, Nova Scotia – Government of Canada

Politics & Law

  1. First Nations in Ontario mull next steps on child welfare – APTN News
  2. Report says Indigenous human rights commission needed – APTN News
  3. Intimidation in the lobster industry now all too common – The Daily Courier
  4. DFO officer receives suspension after 2 Mi’kmaq elver fishers left without boots – APTN News
  5. Dakota First Nations say Manitoba Métis Federation treaty infringes on their rights – CBC News
  6. The Senate passes a bill that would change the rules on solitary confinement in federal prisons – APTN News
  7. Cree doctor from Alberta says nurse who cut Pasqua First Nation man’s braids should be charged – APTN News
  8. Call on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Include First Nations in National Dialogues on Arctic Sovereignty – AFN

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Calls for Resolution to Canada Post Strike – AFN
  2. Membertou First Nation building 32 new homes with federal funding– MSN News
  3. Indigenous procurement, online harms and Russian disinformation on the agenda – Ipolitics
  4. Law firm warns $47.8B First Nations child welfare reforms could be lost with election – CTV News
  5. NICHI announces Québec recipients of funding to advance critical Indigenous housing projects – Nation Talk
  6. MPs — with exception of Conservatives — approve $21.6B in additional government spending – National Post
  7. Federal investment to support Indigenous-led wind projects in New Brunswick – Government of New Brunswick
  8. Auditor says an agency used a Moose Factory woman to tap into the federal Indigenous procurement program – CBC News
  9. First Claims Period for First Nations Child and Family Services and Jordan’s Principle Settlement to Open on March 10, 2025 – AFN

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Winter market celebrates work of Indigenous artists – CBC News
  2. Five Indigenous people inducted into Order of Canada – APTN News
  3. YWCA Canada apologizes to Indigenous communities – Cabin Radio
  4. Indigenous filmmaker mentoring the next generation – Global News
  5. Why are Indigenous Women Disappearing Across Canada? – Nation Talk
  6. AFN says it’s not prepared to implement chiefs’ child welfare direction – CTV News
  7. Family of Indigenous man who had braids cut off in Alberta hospital calls for change – Global News
  8. Indigenous human rights body needed to fill gaps in Canada’s human rights institutions – Nation Talk
  9. Canada can’t say when 140,000 backlogged cases will be cleared at First Nations children’s program – CBC News
  10. CMA and Canadian Journalism Foundation partner on multi-year Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship – Canadian Medical Association

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Reform of the  forest regime– Newswire
  2. AFN urges Parliamentarians to pass First Nations water law – APTN News
  3. Local Indigenous communities key to Arctic security, experts say – CBC News
  4. Northern Quebec Cree announce first national park in their territory – CBC News
  5. Indigenous Mayans want their sacred cenotes to have personhood status – APN News
  6. Eskasoni elders make declaration against proposed mining in Coxheath Hills – Saltwire
  7. National chief urges MPs to send water bill to Senate before holiday break – Toronto Star
  8. Labrador Inuit are taking the fight against climate change into their own hands – PressReader
  9. N.S. First Nation to build third lodge along traditional canoe route to Kejimkujik – MSN News
  10. Province invests in emergency response projects for rural communities – Prince Edward Island
  11. First Nations want courts to force Trudeau government to pay them a half billion in promised carbon cash – Toronto Star

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.

‘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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