IndigeNews: Dec. 13, 2023 – Jan. 8, 2024

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq words of the week are…

“Pusu’l Puna’ne!”
(boo-sool boo-na-neh)

Meaning: Happy New Year! 🎉

In the News

  1. Report says ‘zero’ calls to action completed by feds in 2023 – APTN News
  2. Lennox Island begins new tradition with Christmas Mawi’omi – CBC News
  3. Mi’kmaw peacekeepers program launches in 7 N.B. communities – CBC News
  4. Lily Gladstone is the Golden Globes’ first Indigenous best actress winner – CTV News
  5. Fisheries and Oceans Canada seeks $133 million more for First Nations access – SaltWire
  6. How Scotchfort’s new Abegweit Connects building is bringing communities together – CBC News
  7. Many eyeing Charlottetown’s experimental farm land to develop amid housing crisis – CBC News
  8. Charlottetown police not negligent in Tyler Knockwood’s death, investigation reveals  – CBC News
  9. Mi’kmaw in Nova Scotia scratching their heads after suggestion for new street name – APTN News
  10. New animation tool helps super charge return of Mi’kmaw language to the community – Windspeaker
  11. Pay fine and write apology or resign by Sunday, P.E.I. minister tells Murray Harbour councillor – CBC News
  12. CN finally acknowledges “complex history of railways” after mass resignation of Indigenous advisory council – Windspeaker
  13. Amnesty International blasts Canada, B.C. and industry for human rights violations in Wet’suwet’en territory – Windspeaker
  14. “We can’t use our treaty rights to fish.” Mi’kmaw fishermen upset with fines following sentencing circle for fishery offences – Ku’ku’kwes News

Politics & Law

  1. Federal First Nations clean water bill gets mixed reaction in Sask. – CTV News
  2. Quebec, Inuit to reopen self-government negotiations in new year – APTN News
  3. Yukon advisory council formed to look at territory’s security and defence – APTN News
  4. Alberta chiefs demand treaty table to talk about safe drinking water action – Windspeaker
  5. Federal liabilities ‘likely’ owed to Indigenous people grow to $76B under Trudeau – CBC News
  6. Feds a billion dollars in on moderate livelihood rights and resolution remains elusive – SaltWire
  7. Supreme Court denies Canada’s appeal of class action certification against RCMP – APTN News
  8. Manitoba First Nation sues feds, alleges unchanged $5 annuity payments violate treaty – CBC News
  9. Federal Court cuts legal bill in half for class actions relating to First Nations child welfare – CBC News
  10. With belaboured bill recognizing Métis self government in limbo, here’s what to know  – APTN News
  11. Bill to ensure safe drinking water access for First Nations met with mixed reactions – Penticton Herald
  12. Woodhouse brings ‘bridge-builder’ experience to AFN, but some see Liberal ties as a liability – CBC News
  13. Supreme Court dismisses appeal application, pushes forward two lawsuits against RCMP – Windspeaker
  14. First Nations Chiefs Say They’ve Been Shut Out From Consultation On Clean Water Bill – Penticton Herald
  15. Chiefs say pan-Indigenous approach leaves Ottawa taking too much away from First Nations – Windspeaker
  16. ‘Anarchy will reign’ if Indigenous fishing rights in Maritimes aren’t settled, says former DFO official – CBC News
  17. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister says new Métis legislation does not include land, harvesting rights – APTN News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Authenticity at the Heart of Mi’kmaw Cultural Tourism – Wipo Magazine
  2. Clearwater Seafoods debt restructuring awards larger share to First Nations – SaltWire
  3. Kwanlin Dün First Nation buys tourism business near Whitehorse for $3.5M – CBC News
  4. Indigenous organizations can apply to lead new national housing centre in new year – CBC News
  5. High-speed internet, youth centres in Nunavik part of $2.6B Northern action plan – Nunatsiaq News
  6. Natural resource sector holds growth opportunities for Indigenous businesses: CEO – BNN Bloomberg
  7. Despite constant state of ‘survival mode,’ Indigenous entrepreneurs pursue their dreams – CBC News
  8. Federal government to invest in for Indigenous by Indigenous housing strategy – Comox Valley Record
  9. Hydro-Quebec plan for economic partnerships with Indigenous communities met with skepticism – APTN News
  10. The Government of Canada Announces Steps to Move Forward with an Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy – Newswire

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Mi’kmaw Friendship Centre hosts concert highlighting Inuit culture – CBC News
  2. IN PHOTO: Indigenous-made fashions walk the runway in Cape Breton – SaltWire
  3. Books and authors: A year of great reading in one Windspeaker list – Windspeaker
  4. Mi’kmaw women celebrate National Ribbon Skirt Day as a day of empowerment – CBC News
  5. More non-Indigenous and Indigenous people aware of residential schools: report – CTV News
  6. Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre Executive Director receives Human Rights award  – Global News
  7. Indigenous-led, informed Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine clinic open in Winnipeg – Global News
  8. Far from home, Indigenous students face challenges getting education but there’s hope – Toronto Star
  9. Colonialism contributed to extinction of woolly dogs valued by Indigenous people, study suggests – CBC News
  10. Indigenous people in remote communities may not see much benefit from national dental care plan – CBC News
  11. Justin Trudeau vowed to end boil water advisories in Indigenous communities. But a new plan to address that is under fire – Toronto Star

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. First Nations-owned CCR advances forest rehabilitation – Canadian Forest Industries
  2. How bison are revitalizing the Prairies and Indigenous culture and identity – CBC News
  3. First Nations Climate Initiative signs green shipping corridor agreement – Penticton Herald
  4. Documentary series to feature work of Canada’s only Indigenous coast guard – Windspeaker
  5. First Nations, federal government reach coastal erosion protection agreement – The Advocate
  6. Tataskweyak Cree Nation to get $40M water pipeline after 6 years under boil water advisory – CBC News
  7. Indigenous communities impacted by climate change first, contribute to it the least: report – APTN News
  8. Listuguj Mi’gmaq Government calls for moratorium on shrimp fishery in Gulf of St. Lawrence – CBC News
  9. Miawpukek First Nation improving water system to provide clean water to entire community – Newswire
  10. Five Indigenous Nations in Northwestern Alberta make $20.5 million investment in Greenhouse Gas emission-reducing cogeneration unit for Alberta gas plant – Newswire

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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