IndigeNews: Jan. 24 – 30, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Kisiku”

Meaning: elder; an older person

In the News

  1. Mi’kmaw Legal Support Network provides path to healing – Global News
  2. 93 potential burial sites found near former B.C. residential school – CBC News
  3. Mi’kmaq First Nations are developing their own health authorities – APTN News
  4. New Mi’kmaw health authority receives nearly $9M in federal funding – CBC News
  5. New federal, provincial funds to support Indigenous offenders on P.E.I. – CBC News
  6. B.C. First Nation discovers 93 potential graves at former residential school – CTV News
  7. Government establishes Indigenous Courtwork Services – Government of Prince Edward Island
  8. Mi’kmaw language instructor at Cape Breton University carrying on mother’s legacy – SaltWire Network
  9. Mi’kmaw community hopes to stop modern-day gold rush on their traditional hunting lands – APTN News
  10. Proposed open-pit mine in Nova Scotia threatens traditional hunting grounds says Mi’kmaw chief – APTN News

Politics & Law

  1. How Canada can give Land Back – The Breach
  2. Whose rule of law? Case comment on CN Rail v Doe – First Peoples Law
  3. Land acknowledgement added to Halifax Regional Council agendas – The Signal
  4. On the ground efforts begin “shifting” unjust justice systems in BC – Windspeaker.com
  5. Mi’kmaw, justice partnership helps prevent reoffending through healing – Global News
  6. Logging company granted injunction extension in Fairy Creek old-growth dispute – APTN News
  7. Picard re-elected as chief of Assembly of First Nations Quebec Labrador for 11th term – Global News
  8. Pine Creek First Nation sues Manitoba, logging company over Duck Mountain forest rights – Global News
  9. Liberals urged to ‘go beyond your promises’ to Indigenous people when Parliament resumes – APTN News
  10. Statement of Claim against former Métis National Council leadership alleges unlawful conduct – Windspeaker.com
  11. First Nations leaders demand equal partnership in Ottawa’s ‘broken’ regional assessment for Ring of Fire – CBC News
  12. Federal withdrawal of judicial review application respecting Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order – Assembly of First Nations
  13. Statement – Canada withdraws judicial review of CHRT order on capital assets funding under First Nations child and family services and Jordan’s Principle – Indigenous Services Canada

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. First Nations staking claim over mining in B.C.– Business in Vancouver
  2. Group seeks 100% Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline – Financial Post
  3. COVID-19 Targeted Analysis Survey Phase III – Canada Council for Aboriginal Business
  4. Four Treaty 6 First Nations form alliance to build economic sovereignty – Edmonton Journal
  5. British Columbia provides $3.7M to Indigenous tourism for pandemic recovery – APTN News
  6. Indigenous non-profit group seeks ownership stake in Trans Mountain Pipeline – Global News
  7. Canada’s Bishops Announce Indigenous Reconciliation Fund to Support Projects Across Canada – Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops 
  8. New reality show seeking Indigenous entrepreneurs to compete for prize money – Windspeaker.com
  9. New non-profit formed in anticipation of negotiations with Canada over TMX purchase – Windspeaker.com
  10. $10 million more per year from Ontario to build new Indigenous housing hailed by service groups – Windspeaker.com

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Yukon to set up First Nations school board after historic vote – CBC News
  2. COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: What you need to know – CBC News
  3. Elsipogtog youth group aims to develop future community leaders – CBC News
  4. Study: First Nations children’s health impacted by poor housing conditions – APTN News
  5. Mi’kmaw man makes videos to share day-to-day life with schizoaffective disorder – CBC News
  6. National Indigenous youth-led reconciliation project comes to Cape Breton – SaltWire Network
  7. Reaction to Yukon’s new substance use health emergency receiving mixed reviews – APTN News
  8. Language revitalization efforts continue as UN Decade of Indigenous Languages begins – CBC News
  9. How a Mi’kmaw man went from being ‘trapped’ to helping others with addiction struggles – Global News
  10. ‘It looks like me’: L’nu artist begins beaded portrait series with elders and traditional medicines – CBC News
  11. Jurisdictional void makes housing on reserve sub-standard, raises risk of fatal fires say experts – APTN News
  12. How the COVID-19 outbreak in Bearskin Lake shows Canada needs to boost crisis response in First Nations – CBC News
  13. Agreement reached for more affordable childcare in Nunavut; 238 new childcare spaces; higher wages for workers – NNSL Media

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Indigenous non-profit looks to buy Trans Mountain Pipeline – CBC News
  2. Cree and Innu leaders sign off on caribou hunt to protect herds – APTN News
  3. How AI and immersive technology are being used to revitalize Indigenous languages – CBC News
  4. Feds sign agreement with Mi’kmaq leaders to develop new national park in PEI – Western Prince Graphic
  5. Worldwide collaboration aims to curb biodiversity decline, improve Indigenous peoples’ health – CBC News
  6. Quebec First Nation says innovative technology will alleviate provincial concerns over gas extraction – Windspeaker.com
  7. ‘Blazing a trail’: Indigenous-led organization to operate water utility in Mi’kmaw communities this spring – SaltWire Network
  8. New Report Recommends First Nations In BC Take Immediate Control Of Mining In Their Territories – Union of BC Indian Chiefs

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.
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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
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    • $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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  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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