IndigeNews: Jan. 18 – 24, 2021

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Wokwisewey Sipu”
(woah-gwis-eh-wey see-bu)

Meaning: Fox River

In the News

  1. L’nuey rolling out educational videos on Indigenous rights – CBC News
  2. Peacemaker files bleak assessment of N.S. lobster tensions – CBC News
  3. Ottawa advocating to prioritize vaccines for Indigenous people: Miller – CTV News
  4. COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: Over 5,000 active cases in First Nations – CBC News
  5. Mi’kmaq fear new Peggy’s Cove boardwalk could endanger sacred medicine – Global News
  6. Feds alarmed over skyrocketing COVID infections in First Nations communities – APTN News
  7. 26 Indigenous governing bodies are actively reclaiming authority over child welfare – APTN News
  8. Treaty 6 Chiefs are concerned: Alberta’s vaccine rollout is failing First Nations – Turtle Island News
  9. Failed policies, decisions on the fly: How the moderate livelihood fishery file blew up – Cape Breton Post
  10. Government of Canada COVID-19 Update for Indigenous Peoples and communities – Government of Canada
  11. Jurisdictional issues challenging COVID-19 vaccine distribution to priority Indigenous populations – Toronto Star
  12. Appointing First Nations person as next Governor General would help advance reconciliation, grand chief says – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Indigenous Law & Canadian Courts – First Peoples Law
  2. Treaty 8 boundary conflict resolved following Supreme Court ruling – Energetic City
  3. Cindy Blackstock: A relentless champion for Indigenous children’s rights – Maclean’s
  4. Two major B.C. cities reject Indigenous land acknowledgements – Business in Vancouver
  5. First Nations Seek To Intervene In Court Challenge Of Coal Policy Removal – Toronto Star
  6. Kawartha Nisnawbe send message to Parks Canada: No consultation, no work – APTN News
  7. Supreme Court grants hearing for Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s advance cost case – CBC News
  8. Ontario chief RoseAnne Archibald hopes a woman is the next AFN national chief – APTN News
  9. Southern chiefs say Pallister’s comments on Indigenous leadership are ‘dangerous’ – CTV News
  10. Saskatchewan First Nation awarded nearly $127M in decades-long land claim settlement – Global News
  11. Authority of governments over Indigenous hunting and fishing questioned at North Bay trial – CBC News
  12. Certification hearing set to begin for excessive force class action against RCMP in the North – APTN News
  13. Liard First Nation preparing to enter self-governance negotiations with Yukon, federal governments – Yukon News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Nova Scotia First Nation wants to get into tax collection business – CBC News
  2. Indigenous makeup entrepreneur grows sustainable revolution brand – Daily Hive
  3. Keystone XL denial will hurt communities: Indigenous business coalition leader – Global News
  4. Podcast: Why N.B. Business Leaders Are Learning About Racism Faced by Indigenous People – Huddle
  5. Queen’s Park moving too fast for Matawa chiefs on Far North Act repeal – Northern Ontario Business
  6. Indigenous owned businesses say cancellation of Keystone XL pipeline means more job losses – APTN News
  7. Ontario business camp is helping to scale up Indigenous women-led businesses – Thunder Bay News Watch

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Fontaine’s book details stories of former Indigenous leaders – Anishinabek News
  2. Federal government to cover $2.8M drug for eastern Ontario toddler – CBC News
  3. Pandemic response offers lessons for fighting racism: ITK president – Nunatsiaq News
  4. Indigenous women, families in Vancouver rally for national Ribbon Skirt Day – City News
  5. 26 Indigenous governing bodies are reclaiming authority over child welfare – Toronto Star
  6. Indigenous org urges Hajdu to boost inmate protections amid COVID-19 – Canadian Lawyer
  7. Consent at heart of Ontario’s vaccination plan for remote First Nations communities – CBC News
  8. Indigenous filmmaker is calling for fines and jail time for those falsely claiming to be Indigenous – Global News
  9. The show must go on: world’s first Indigenous fringe festival comes to Peterborough this summer – Kawartha Now
  10. Some northern Ontario First Nations going back into lockdown, while others have kept borders closed – CBC News
  11. Alberta pauses scheduling of first doses of COVID-19 vaccine, pushes back rollout to First Nations and seniors as supply runs out – Edmonton Journal

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. STEM education must be reformed to engage Indigenous youth – iPolitics
  2. Unusually warm: Temperatures hovering near freezing in Iqaluit – APTN News
  3. Tech company sets sights on training northern Indigenous youth – Nunatsiaq News
  4. Rebuilding salmon stocks in British Columbia in the face of a climate crisis – APTN News
  5. US Arctic refuge drilling rights auction a ‘complete failure:’ Gwitchin chief – Inuvik Drum
  6. ‘It’s a dead forest’: northern bush pilot, First Nations decry herbicide spraying – CTV News
  7. First Nations Leadership Council denounces attempt to overturn salmon farm ban – Saanich News
  8. App designed for Indigenous language education expected to launch in late January – Meadowlake Now
  9. Chief says push for fish farm judicial review a challenge to reconciliation, Aboriginal Rights – Saanich News
  10. Panel recommends Yukon bring mining into the 21st century. Here’s what you need to know – The Narwhal
  11. Mowi, Cermaq head to court to quash Ottawa’s plan to phase out Discovery Islands fish farms – National Observer
  12. Alberta just cancelled 11 controversial coal leases but open-pit mining could still happen. Here’s why – The Narwhal
  13. Indigenous-Led Solar Energy Project Wins Prize Funding to Implement a Community Clean Energy Project in NWT – Nation Talk

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

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  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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  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
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    • 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.

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  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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