IndigeNews: Feb. 15 – 21, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Epekwitnewaq”

Meaning: Islanders

In the News

  1. Big crowd gathers for Montreal MMIW vigil – Toronto Star
  2. Indigenous ski jumper captures Olympic bronze medal – Windspeaker.com
  3. Lennox Island launches website to encourage hands-on tourism experiences – CBC News
  4. ‘We just get violence:’ Is there an inequality gap when it comes to protesting? – APTN News
  5. B.C. nation to search for children who didn’t come home from Alert Bay school – APTN News
  6. Partnership will digitize, preserve over 7,000 statements from residential school survivors – CBC News
  7. Keeseekoose First Nation says 54 potential graves at former Saskatchewan residential schools – APTN News
  8. What could Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act mean for the future of Indigenous direct action? – APTN News
  9. MMIWG national inquiry lacked federal support from the beginning says former chief commissioner – APTN News
  10. Orange jersey project for youth hockey players aims to keep educating people about residential schools – CBC News
  11. JOINT Statement – The Government of Canada, National Indigenous leaders and the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages mark the start of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages – Canadian Heritage

Politics & Law

  1. Court debates child and family laws – Toronto Star
  2. Long-time senator resigns citing issues at FSIN – APTN News
  3. Wet’suwet’en Call on the UN to Support Land Battle – The Tyee
  4. Onion Lake Cree Nation voices concerns about Sask. trespassing law – CBC News
  5. Onion Lake Cree Nation calls on province to repeal new trespassing laws – MBC Radio
  6. Blood Tribe to bring land dispute to Supreme Court of Canada – Lethbridge News Now
  7. No suspects yet in ‘violent confrontation’ at B.C. gas pipeline site: RCMP – Global News
  8. Indigenous groups condemn violent incident at Coastal GasLink work site – Vancouver Sun
  9. Manitoba justice minister to raise illegal guns, First Nations policing at national meeting – Global News
  10. Archibald, Cameron want more support from federal government on burial site locations, healing – Windspeaker.com

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Cost of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion soars 70 per cent to $21.4 billion – APTN News
  2. More major development open to Alberta Indigenous Opportunities backing – Windspeaker.com
  3. Ottawa’s $5.2B Muskrat bailout includes more borrowing, restructuring as project nears completion – CBC News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Canadian doctors decide whether Indigenous women are fit to be mothers – CTV News
  2. New Wordle clone contributes to revitalization of Gitxsan Nation’s language – CBC News
  3. University of Winnipeg set to launch guide to help find graves of tuberculosis patients – APTN News
  4. An Indigenous village lies buried under Mississauga. What the city is doing to commemorate it – CBC News
  5. Yukon First Nations school board officially established on 49th anniversary of ‘Together Today’ – CBC News
  6. First Nations parents face challenges registering baby’s traditional name under Manitoba’s rules – CBC News
  7. As Ontario lifts COVID-19 restrictions, northern First Nations are still grappling with Omicron surge – CBC News
  8. Strict protocols to stay in effect in many First Nations even as Ontario eases them, NAN grand chief says – CBC News
  9. ‘There’s got to be ways’ Indigenous language names can be registered in Manitoba, says SCO grand chief – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Remarkable Indigenous Scientists and Researchers – Canadian Encyclopedia
  2. Tlicho community of Edzo, NWT, waiting weeks for frozen water lines to thaw – APTN News
  3. Young people taking to the land to learn the finer points of trapping in Alberta – APTN News
  4. B.C. First Nations partner with coast guard to launch 2 new marine response vessels – CTV News
  5. Pacific Salmon Treaty failing to address harvest of struggling B.C. stocks: advocates – APTN News
  6. Nunavut community declares emergency after learning their fuel can’t run their snow clearing machines – APTN News
  7. Heiltsuk Nation Reacts to Unilateral Decision by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to Close Herring Spawn on Kelp (SOK) Fishery – Heiltsuk Nation

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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