IndigeNews: Feb. 21 – 26, 2023

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Newek”

Meaning: drafty, slightly cold outside

In The News

  1. Yukon’s Gavin McKenna breaks Canada Games scoring record – CBC News
  2. B.C. First Nation reclaims narrative around former residential school – Global News
  3.  Knockwood on Mi’gmaq title claim: ‘It’s about time we asserted our rights’ – CHMA
  4. Crown Indigenous Relations signs self-government with three Métis Nations – APTN News
  5. Mi’kmaw regalia to return home after more than a century at Australian museum – Global News
  6. Wolastoqiyik, Mi’kmaq say they’re allies in land rights despite overlapping title claims – CBC News
  7. New registry shows Indigenous Peoples largely shut out of wrongful conviction cases – APTN News
  8. ‘I sang the facts,’ says Jully Black about 1-word change to O Canada at NBA All-Star game – CBC News
  9. NCTR says hiring of foreign organization for unmarked graves search typical for Canada – APTN News
  10. Elsipogtog First Nation mourns Warrior Chief John Levi, who fought shale gas exploration – CBC News
  11. Missing persons organization to present Indigenous communities with options: director-general – APTN News
  12. Tseshaht First Nations investigates suspected grave sites, children’s deaths at former residential school – APTN News
  13. Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw health organization receives provincial funding to recruit Indigenous health-care workers – SaltWire Network

Politics & Law

  1. Implementation of Red Dress Alert will save lives says MP Leah Gazan – APTN News
  2. Saskatchewan judge to release decision on Quewezance sisters in late March – APTN News
  3. Father glad to see outside agency handling 20-year Prince George allegations – APTN News
  4. Métis Nation of Ontario’s future at stake as members vote on fate of thousands – CBC News
  5. Class-action suit filed for Indigenous women subjected to coerced sterilization – Vancouver Sun
  6. Northern Alberta First Nation welcomes ruling declaring election laws discriminatory – CBC News
  7. 5 Vancouver Island First Nations may see land returned after negotiations with B.C., feds – CTV News
  8. Métis Nation of Alberta mounts court challenge to Manitoba Métis self-government deal – CBC News
  9. First Nations leaders in B.C. call for Indigenous-led review of historic sex abuse allegations – APTN News
  10. B.C. First Nations cabinet minister blasts ‘nastiness from white men’ in legislature as she resigns – National Post
  11. Michelle O’Bonsawin, Canada’s 1st Indigenous Supreme Court justice, on demystifying the top court – CBC News
  12. Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation and AFNQL come out against Quebec appeal to Supreme Court – Penticton Herald
  13. Cadmus Delorme to chair federal committee identifying and sharing historic residential school documents – CBC News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. First Nation says it’s the end of the line for Island railway – Times Colonist
  2. Tłı̨chǫ government receives funding for new apprenticeship program – CBC News
  3. Northern Indigenous tourism operators among country’s best – Northern Ontario Business
  4. Canada invests $13 million in Indigenous initiatives across Manitoba – Journal of Commerce
  5. ‘We can be competitive just like anybody’: Sask. sees first Indigenous brewery open – CTV News
  6. $6-billion ask: Housing support needed for Indigenous people living away from community – Global News
  7. Indigenous economy makes progress despite systemic barriers and obstacles faced in Canada – APTN News
  8. New Indigenous Business Navigator service available at Indigenous Services Canada – Government of Canada
  9. Alberta minister confident in controls over ec-dev funds, promises good news budget for Indigenous Relations – APTN News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. New report reveals Indigenous language learning is on the rise – CBC News
  2. Nuxalk Nation celebrates return of totem pole after more than a century – CBC News
  3. Royal Ontario Museum returns Chief Poundmaker’s pipe and saddle bag to family – CBC News
  4. N.S. announces $28,000 in funding to help recruit Indigenous health-care workers – CTV News
  5. First CFL official from a treaty territory inducted into the Indigenous sports hall of fame – APTN News
  6. In a first, Indigenous designers from Canada showcase their creations at Milan Fashion Week – CBC News
  7. Microfilm containing historical record of Tsimshian First Nations found at farm in northwest B.C. – CBC News
  8. How Shared Stewardship Is Bringing to Light One of the World’s Most Significant Holdings of Mi’kmaw Cultural Items – Smithsonian Magazine

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. There’s still something in the water – Ash Center
  2. Manitoba First Nation turning sea cans into mould-proof houses – CTV News
  3. How to bring Black and Indigenous voices into the climate discussion – CBC News
  4. ‘Anything can happen’: First-ever First Nations Expedition takes off in Quebec – APTN News
  5. Meeting Canada’s clean energy targets must include Indigenous partnerships – Toronto Star

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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