IndigeNews: Jan. 10 – 16, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Penamujuiku’s”

Meaning: “Frost fish runs” – January

In the News

  1. Day scholars now eligible for Gottfriedson settlement compensation – APTN News
  2. Here’s the latest COVID-19 update for Indigenous Peoples across the country – APTN News
  3. COVID crisis needs to serve as catalyst for systemic changes on reserves – Windspeaker.com
  4. Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre packing its bags for move to temporary home – APTN News
  5. Indigenous archaeologist argues humans may have arrived here 130,000 years ago – CBC News
  6. Artwork by Eskasoni man en route to California set of critically-acclaimed sitcom – SaltWire Network
  7. Canada’s ‘history of dishonesty’ continues as Bearskin Lake Nation battles COVID – Windspeaker.com
  8. Care providers say Ottawa takes far too long to pay for health services for First Nations kids – CBC News
  9. Canada announces funding for families of murdered and missing Indigenous women, girls – Global News

Politics & Law

  1. Indigenous Services working to streamline pandemic aid process, says minister – CBC News
  2. Race for Quebec-Labrador Assembly of First Nations regional chief begins – Turtle Island News
  3. Human Rights Watch report criticizes Canada on Indigenous, climate issues – Turtle Island News
  4. Indigenous inmates testing positive for COVID-19 at higher rates in federal prisons – Global News
  5. Mississauga First Nation intervenes in Cameco application for license renewal – Anishinabek News
  6. What comes next for the child welfare compensation deal? Here are some of the answers – APTN News
  7. B.C. court says First Nations may be entitled to ‘substantial compensation’ for lost fishing rights – APTN News
  8. ‘Why has it taken 134 years?’: First Nations in Manitoba, Ontario move closer to flood compensation – CBC News
  9. Late Chief Delgamuukw helped transform Canada’s legal system and recognition of Indigenous rights – CBC News
  10. Six Nations man in Brantford, Ont., golf course occupation faces charges related to land-claim protest – CBC News
  11. Unity, collaboration only ways to make a difference for Treaty 6 confederacy nations, say chiefs – Windspeaker.com
  12. Court finds Métis Nation of Alberta not the lone voice for off-settlement Métis, sides with province – Windspeaker.com

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Indigenous sole proprietors now qualify for tourism funding relief – Timmins Today
  2. Where to look for progress in Indigenous reconciliation during 2022 – Business in Vancouver
  3. Indigenous tourism officials now predicting quicker recovery from pandemic – Windspeaker.com
  4. Cuthand: Sask. future well-being depends on growing Indigenous population – Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  5. New corporation gives Métis settlements ‘bigger bang for the buck’ in pursuit of economic opportunities – Windspeaker.com

Education, Health & Culture

  1. First Nations and their allies tackle Quebec’s Omicron wave – CBC News
  2. Minister St-Onge Meets with Atlantic Region Sport Partners – Canadian Heritage
  3. Several First Nations in B.C. set to take full control over education on their lands – CBC News
  4. Winnipeg names river trails ‘Nestawaya’ in honour of The Forks Indigenous history – APTN News
  5. Mark Indigenous languages decade by making Inuktitut official in Canada: Inuit UN rep – CBC News
  6. Indigenous Services Canada COVID-19 update – Week of January 13, 2022 – Indigenous Services Canada
  7. Yukon Chiefs Committee members slam Education Department’s slow progress on system shortcomings – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. The ‘new’ face of environmental racism in Quebec – The Narwhal
  2. The Indigenous grandmothers who stopped a pipeline – Maclean’s
  3. B.C. First Nation ‘outraged’ over Alaskan salmon interceptions – Delta Optimist
  4. Vancouver Park Board chair proposes co-management of parks with First Nations – CBC News
  5. Indigenous clean-energy projects funded on Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands – BC Government News
  6. Ottawa must work with Indigenous communities to mitigate climate disasters, experts say – CBC News
  7. Report on Alaskan fisheries’ impacts on B.C. salmon alarms First Nation, conservation groups – CBC News

Wela’lioq, Msit No’kmaq – Thank you, All My Relations

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    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
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  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.
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  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.

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  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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