IndigeNews: Dec. 12, 2022 – Jan. 2, 2023

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend, the Mi’kmaq words of the week are…

“Pusu’l Pana’ne!”

Meaning: Happy New Year!

In the News

  1. 2022: a CBC Indigenous video year in review – CBC News
  2. National Ribbon Skirt Day bill passed, to be celebrated on Jan. 4 – CBC News
  3. Permanent rink in Scotchfort, P.E.I. adds to growing community hub – SaltWire Network
  4. Mi’kmaq drop civil lawsuit, shift legal tactics in moderate livelihood fishing battle – CBC News
  5. Cindy Blackstock explains CHRT decision on First Nations children compensation – APTN News
  6. 2023 will be a pivotal year for Indigenous child welfare on both sides of the border – CBC News
  7. Living with cancer, Mi’kmaq author talks last edition of ‘We were not the Savages’ – APTN News
  8. ‘She would be very humbled’: Nora Bernard’s daughter reacts to Cornwallis Street renaming – CTV News
  9. Cape Breton Highlands National Park Aims For Co-Management With The Mi’kmaq – National Parks Traveler
  10. Sharing the culture: Millbrook’s Lorne Julien paints hockey sticks for world junior championship in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick – SaltWire Network

Politics & Law

  1. ‘If all else fails, we will blockade’: Chiefs call for Sask. bill to be scrapped – APTN News
  2. First Nations police chief hopes federal bill will come with adequate funding – CTV News
  3. Ontario judge grants another permanent injunction in two-year land dispute – APTN News
  4. Quebec court finds province, Canada ‘dishonourable’ on Indigenous policing – APTN News
  5. N.W.T. says federal Indigenous child & families act infringes on authority – Eye on the Arctic
  6. Onion Lake Cree Nation suing Alberta government, premier over Sovereignty Act – CBC News
  7. Assembly of First Nations approves new regional chief position for Newfoundland – CBC News
  8. New bill to address lingering discrimination from Indian Act enfranchisement rules – CBC News
  9. Public safety minister hopes to table First Nations policing legislation in new year – APTN News
  10. First Nation files lawsuit alleging Alberta’s Sovereignty Act infringes on way of life – APTN News
  11. First Nation tax agreement negotiations with New Brunswick at a standstill: chief – Global News
  12. N.B. report on systemic racism omits recommendation for Indigenous-led public inquiry – The Record
  13. Why Indigenous leaders are speaking out against ‘sovereignty’ efforts in Alberta and Saskatchewan – Toronto Star
  14. Human rights tribunal says Indigenous Services minister, AFN misled public on $20B child welfare deal – CBC News
  15. ‘It raises suspicion’: Proposed move of Eskasoni from existing Cape Breton federal riding met with outrage – SaltWire Network
  16. ‘We are being led astray’: Kitigan Zibi chief blasts Canadian government over negotiation process for Aboriginal Title claim – City News
  17. Canada continues to support Indigenous groups across the country to advance self-determination and rebuild their nations – Government of Canada

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. All Nations Cannabis company is cashing in on B.C. bud – APTN News
  2. Mic Mac Mall could be renamed through M District development – CBC News
  3. TC Energy expects cost of Coastal GasLink pipeline project to rise – APTN News
  4. After 10 years, Muskrat Falls has left ‘deep wounds’ in Newfoundland and Labrador – APTN News
  5. Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design hosts first Mi’kmaq Christmas Craft Market – SaltWire Network
  6. Ottawa spent less than half the cash pledged to Indigenous communities for papal visit by journey’s end – CBC News
  7. Naawi-Oodena officially becomes largest urban reserve in Canada after repatriation of Winnipeg barracks – CBC News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Mi’kmaw youth from N.B. paves his own way, accepts job at Tesla – CBC News
  2. Respiratory illnesses surge beyond pre-pandemic numbers in Nunavut – APTN News
  3. How one First Nation aims to break the cycle of trauma with new child ‘well-being’ law – CBC News
  4. Interactive treaty education facility Agowiidiwinan Centre opens at The Forks in Winnipeg – CBC News
  5. Tlingit community celebrating return of 140-year-old robe. Too bad they had to pay for it. – APTN News
  6. National Art Gallery’s decolonization strategy questioned after staffers abruptly dismissed – APTN News
  7. Early Indigenous people hunted mammoth in Hamilton area, ‘unprecedented’ study suggests – CBC News
  8. First Nations University of Canada using Indigenous knowledge for new high school science lessons – CBC News
  9. First Nations, Mi’kmaq-led research leads to cultural safety curriculum for clinicians – Port Hawkesbury Reporter
  10. Muscowpetung Sask. man becomes first graduate of new journalism program at First Nations University of Canada – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Studies underway to protect Seal River Watershed as ‘gift to the world’ – APTN News
  2. ‘The world is running out of water,’ says water expert from Six Nations, Ont. – CBC News
  3. The promise and peril of Canada’s approach to Indigenous protected areas – The Narwhal
  4. Feds offer $800M in funding for Indigenous-led conservation efforts – Rocky Mountain Outlook
  5. From pollution to power: Canada’s first Indigenous-owned bioenergy facility opens – CBC News
  6. Feds, Northwest Territories to create Indigenous protected area for Great Bear Lake – CKPG Today
  7. First Nations, governments working to establish Indigenous protected area in Manitoba – Coast Reporter
  8. International plan to save biodiversity promises to respect Indigenous rights and knowledge – APTN News
  9. Many Indigenous communities lack internet infrastructure. Some are building it themselves – National Post
  10. Two First Nations say Ontario is ignoring their expertise on endangered Lake Superior caribou – The Narwhal
  11. COP15 delegates, celebrities call for 80% Amazon rainforest protection by 2025  COP15 delegates, celebrities call for 80% Amazon rainforest protection by 2025  – APTN News

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

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    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
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  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.
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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.

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  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.

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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/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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