IndigeNews: Dec. 7 – 13, 2020

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Wli Kesikewiku’s!”
(well-ee ges-sig-gay-we-goos)

Meaning: Happy December!

In the News

  1. Lennox Island students win virtual visit with Canadian astronaut – CBC News
  2. P.E.I. Mi’kmaq community excited new headquarters is almost complete – CBC News
  3. National chief pans systemic racism as AFN launches virtual general assembly – APTN News
  4. Mi’kmaq stay ashore as commercial lobster season opens in largest N.S. fishing area – CBC News
  5. Charlottetown’s Mi’kmaq Printing & Design website lets it reach wider audience – Journal Pioneer
  6. Sipekne’katik First Nation refuses to negotiate away treaties, calls off talks with Canada – APTN News
  7. FSIN calls on province to stop Crown land sales without First Nations consultation – Saskatoon Star Phoneix
  8. ‘We’re not tolerating this’: Kanesatake pushes back against any development on unceded land – APTN News
  9. Government of Canada COVID-19 Update for Indigenous Peoples and communities – Indigenous Services Canada

Politics & Law

  1. Indigenous Court opens in Williams Lake – The Williams Lake Tribune
  2. FSIN says sale of Crown land has negative impact on Treaty rights – CBC News
  3. Peepeekisis Cree Nation to vote on $150M federal settlement agreement – CBC News
  4. Mi’gmaq, Wolastoqiyik chiefs call for resignation of Aboriginal affairs minister – CBC News
  5. FNLC Statement on RCY Report “Illuminating First Nations Childhood Experiences” – BCAFN
  6. Lac Seul First Nation flooding compensation case heads to Supreme Court of Canada – CBC News
  7. Bill C-15 to affirm UNDRIP as human rights instrument applicable to Canadian law – Canadian Lawyer
  8. Trudeau says legislation to make First Nations policing an essential service coming soon – CBC News
  9. Many questions but few answers as chiefs grill Canada’s political elite during assembly – APTN News
  10. AFN resolution calling for probe into gender-based discrimination sparks heated debate – CBC News
  11. Sipekne’katik First Nation ceases discussions with DFO on moderate livelihood fishery – Global News
  12. Feds to fund first steps toward establishing First Nations policing as essential service – Welland Tribune
  13. RCMP ask for help identifying people who ransacked buildings storing Mi’kmaw lobster catch – CBC News
  14. Trudeau keen to move away from the Indian Act and put more power into Indigenous hands – APTN News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Minister Blair announces $1.5 million for Assembly of First Nations – Cision
  2. Indigenous businesses in Cape Breton offer products online – SaltWire Network
  3. Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre executive director talks affordable housing – Global News
  4. Group behind $40M Indigenous housing hub won’t build on Sault’s Gateway site – CTV News
  5. Quebec government to fund $600,000 for Montreal Indigenous shelter’s relocation – Global News
  6. Grassy Narrows First Nations chief applauds funding for mercury treatment centre – National Observer
  7. ‘SHE WALKS WITH ME’: Project supporting urban Indigenous pregnant women gets $1.2M – The Toronto Star
  8. Report highlights challenges, supports needed for Indigenous businesswomen in Atlantic Canada – Journal Pioneer
  9. Ontario announces $21-million in pre-apprenticeship programs for 2,000 women, Indigenous youth – Hamilton News
  10. The Bright Side of Business: Indigenous tourism operators ready to ride economic recovery – Ottawa Business Journal
  11. Indigenous tourism group paid CEO $25K bonus days after it was tasked to distribute COVID-19 relief funds – CBC News
  12. Federal government approves $1.9M for contractor that didn’t complete Neskantaga water project on time – APTN News
  13. IG Wealth Management Launches IG Empower Your Tomorrow Indigenous Commitment: A $5 Million Program to Support Indigenous Communities – IG Wealth Management

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Indigenized ECE program sees first grads in Nain – The Chronicle Herald
  2. Acadia and Glooscap First Nation launch Indigenous Speakers Series – Acadia University
  3. How one Indigenous artist is decolonizing the airwaves in Thunder Bay, Ont. – CTV News
  4. First Nations bring Indigenous languages into the world of digital learning – Anishinabek News
  5. ‘A gift to our people’: Kwanlin Dün First Nation’s new history book told in their words – CBC News
  6. Algonquin College program aims to provide pandemic job training to Indigenous youth – CTV News
  7. Knowledge Mobilizers: SFU researcher collaborates with Indigenous communities to disrupt traditional archaeology – Simon Fraser University
  8. The Yukon Strategy is a major milestone in the co-development of the National Action Plan for MMIWG and 2SLGBTQQIA people – Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Polar bears tranquilized, transported by air from Moose Cree First Nation – CBC News
  2. Montana First Nation builds the largest on-reserve solar farm in Canada – Ponoka News
  3. New study suggests indigenous practices can help revitalize pacific salmon fisheries – EurekAlert!
  4. Indigenous hunters to be allowed to harvest deer inside Killbear Provincial Park – Turtle Island News
  5. Ottawa under pressure from First Nations as fish farm consultations draw to a close – National Observer
  6. Yukon wetlands pushed to tipping point by placer mining, First Nation and conservationists say – The Toronto Star
  7. Vancouver Island First Nation chief tells mayors to butt out of Discovery Island fish farm consultations – The Toronto Star
  8. Whitefish River First Nation adapts to COVID-19 distancing using modern mobile app technology to communicate with members – Anishinabek News

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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