IndigeNews: Feb. 13 – 20, 2023

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend, the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Kikmaq”

Meaning: family

In the News

  1. Eskasoni storyteller wants children to seek out knowledge – CBC News
  2. Mi’kmaw poet Rita Joe honoured on Heritage Day in Nova Scotia – CBC News
  3. Mi’kmaw chiefs look for mediator help to solve wind energy conflict – CBC News
  4. First Nations in Yukon looking for information on unidentified object – APTN News
  5. Experiencing the Canada Winter Games as an apprentice coach – West Prince Graphic
  6. Mi’kmaw First Nations expand Aboriginal title claim to include almost all of N.B. – CBC News
  7. Feds will manage group providing options on residential school unmarked burials – CBC News
  8. Mi’kmaw regalia to return home after more than a century at Australian museum – CBC News
  9. International organization says Indigenous families will lead unmarked graves report – CTV News
  10. Wife of P.E.I. man found dead at Province House says police, health system failed him – CBC News
  11. Every Child Matters rug exhibit hopes to hook and hold attention on residential schools – CBC News
  12.  First Nations child-welfare talks yield ‘substantial progress’ toward amended settlement – CBC News
  13. Summerside police reviewing Charlottetown officers’ conduct after death at Province House – SaltWire Network

Politics & Law

  1. Next commissioner of RCMP should be First Nations: FSIN – APTN News
  2. Two neighboring B.C. First Nations involved in dispute over land – APTN News
  3. Innu elders testify at inquiry about loss of culture ‘when the priests came’ – APTN News
  4. Senator says Conservatives’ bail reform bill will work against Indigenous women – APTN News
  5. Okanese First Nation woman will represent Canada at international summit in Tokyo – CBC News
  6. Liberals introduce ‘Milgaard’s Law’ to create review process for wrongful convictions – APTN News
  7. ‘We can no longer sit back’: Mi’gmaq First Nations look to claim more of New Brunswick – CTV News
  8. B.C. First Nation orders Trans Mountain to stop work on their land – Parksville Qualicum Beach News
  9. In the Courts: First Nation takes B.C. government to court over Brucejack mine – Business in Vancouver
  10. Head of BC First Nations Justice Council says RCMP ‘covered up’ Prince George allegations – APTN News
  11. Ex-national chief who helped create Assembly of First Nations says organization now ‘in limbo’ – CBC News
  12. NDP slams Liberals for failing to close funding gap for northern Indigenous communities – National Observer
  13. RCMP investigating historical sex abuse allegations against Prince George Mounties: Commissioner – APTN News
  14. Proposed federal legislation on drinking water and wastewater: the AFNQL denounces the paternalistic attitude and the slowness of the Trudeau government – Newswire

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Energy companies sign up with First Nations LNG Alliance – The Northern View
  2. National group holding public engagement sessions for feds on Indigenous housing – Turtle Island News
  3. Liberals on pace to miss First Nations housing targets by ‘between 58 and 141 years,’ NDP says – CBC News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Miꞌkmaw poet Rita Joe honoured at Eskasoni Eagles Game – CTV News
  2. Arctic Winter Games wrap up competition in Wood Buffalo – APTN News
  3. Innu inquiry runs through timeline of history, impacts of colonialism – APTN News
  4. A Manitoba First Nation’s outside-the-box solution to its housing crisis – CTV News
  5. Swiss museum returns 2 artifacts to the Haudenosaunee confederacy – Global News
  6. Royal Ontario Museum repatriates 200 year old headdress in northern B.C. – APTN News
  7. Senator says more awareness needed of ‘invisible crime’ of Indigenous identity theft – CTV News
  8. On the right path: Lennox Island teacher among recipients of Jubilee Medal – West Prince Graphic
  9. Winnie the Pooh, Wednesday Addams and a can of spam reinterpreted through an Indigenous lens – CBC News
  10. Winnipeg display honours life and service of highly-decorated Indigenous war hero Tommy Prince – Penticton Herald
  11. The Nuxalk Nation’s totem pole was stolen and sold to a museum. After waiting 110 years, they finally have it back – CTV News
  12. Ministers responsible for sport, physical activity and recreation collaborate to make a safe, inclusive sport environment and to support physical activity – Newswire

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Ottawa rejects science, betrays First Nations with aquaculture decision – SeaWest News
  2. Keepers of the Water concerned tailings pond leak will end up in Athabasca River – APTN News
  3. B.C. Indigenous coalition opposes Ottawa’s decision to shut down 15 salmon farms – Global News
  4. Surrey, B.C. votes to support inclusion of farmland to ALR, First Nations lay land claim – Global News
  5. B.C. introducing measures for old growth, forest stewardship with Indigenous collaboration – Global 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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