IndigeNews: Jan. 24 – Feb. 7, 2024

A Weekly Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Apuknajit”
(ah-boog-nah-jeet)

Meaning: February; snow blinder 🌨

In the News

  1. Apuknajit: Honouring Mi’kmaw winter spirit at Cape Breton University – SaltWire
  2. Mi’kmaq from across PEI gather in Charlottetown to discuss nation-building – SaltWire
  3. Mi’kmaw communities on Cape Breton Island dig out from massive snowfall – CBC News
  4. NB Power forges another historic partnership with First Nations – The Hamilton Spectator
  5. Refinancing Clearwater loan worth millions in annual cash flow for Mi’kmaw owners – CBC News
  6. Mi’kmaq centre with huge waitlist for mental health services receives funding – Penticton Herald
  7. James Smith Cree Nation tragedy ‘could have been avoided’ says AFN national chief – APTN News
  8. This pristine Canadian river has legal personhood, a new approach to conserving nature – CBC Docs
  9. Calls for accountability, better Indigenous fire strategy after fatal house fire in Peawanuck – CBC News
  10. Band members in Annapolis Nation set up checkpoint to protest against chief and council – APTN News
  11. Snuneymuxw land agreement will see 80 hectares returned to Vancouver Island First Nation – Chek News
  12. First Nations leaders hold emergency meeting in Ottawa on mental-health crisis – Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  13. Judge overturns landmark $150K human rights award for mother who claimed discrimination – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Advocates Call for Police to Drop Charges Against Indigenous Reporter – The Tyee
  2. Manon Jeannotte sworn in as Quebec’s new lieutenant governor – Montreal Gazette
  3. Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke files lawsuit over Northvolt EV battery plant – City News
  4. Métis National Council president airs frustrations after Liberal ministers meeting – CBC News
  5. National chief calls on Ottawa to resume policing talks after mass stabbing inquest – CBC News
  6. RCMP collecting race-based data is a ‘double-edged sword,’ says Indigenous leader – Windspeaker
  7. First Nations mull legal action, plan protests over Ontario’s online mining claims system – CBC News
  8. Ontario permanently waiving fees for Indigenous people to access certain records – Durham Region
  9. Kebaowek First Nation calls on federal government to intervene in nuclear waste project – CBC News
  10. Manitoba First Nation chief questions why RCMP didn’t consult her on race-based data project – CBC News
  11. AFN national chief confident internal struggles are over, despite concerns about her Liberal ties – CBC News
  12. ‘We didn’t want it to feel like a political event’: Nunavut’s devolution ceremony was a celebration – CBC News
  13. Ontario First Nations want a year-long pause on mining claims. Will the Ford government listen? – The Narwhal
  14. BC Government Consulting on New Law to Give Indigenous Groups Control over Crown Land Decisions – McMillan
  15. Métis Nations, federal ministers sit for a bilateral mechanism meeting to hash out relationship, priorities – Windspeaker
  16. Attawapiskat member files UN human rights complaint over decades-long struggle for clean drinking water – IndigiNews
  17. Increased RCMP resources, community collaboration among James Smith Cree Nation inquest jury’s recommendations – CBC News
  18. Failure to respect the rights of First Nations: the AFNQL denounces the CNSC’s decision and calls for the cancellation of the Chalk River nuclear waste management project – Newswire

Business, Economics & Finance

  1. Deloitte launches new way to support Indigenous Nations – Windspeaker
  2. First Nations Finance Authority surpasses $2 billion milestone – Windspeaker
  3. Move beyond checking boxes when it comes to reconciliation – Windspeaker
  4. N.B. provides $480K for Natoanganeg First Nation community development centre expansion – SaltWire
  5. Regina-based Indigenous consultant praises Deloittes new ‘Nation Building’ initiative – Regina Leader-Post
  6. Wyloo Metals CEO gives update on Ring of Fire mining projects, though First Nations resistance continues – CBC News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Images from a Grandmother Moon ceremony – CBC News
  2. Honouring Mi’kmaw winter spirit at CBU – Penticton Herald
  3. Audible is back with its Indigenous Writers’ Circle – Windspeaker
  4. Joe B. Marshall, respected Mi’kmaw elder, dead at 83 – CBC News
  5. Anishinaabe community buys back birch bark scrolls at auction – CBC News
  6. Two Cape Breton Mi’kmaw youth win ‘Nikanus’ athletic ambassador award – SaltWire
  7. Mushkegowuk investing millions to respond to illegal drug, alcohol crisis – Timmins Today
  8. FSIN expresses concerns about impact of changes to harm reduction services – Northeast Now
  9. First Nations enhancing their response to illegal drug and alcohol crisis – The Timmins Daily Press
  10. CBC/Radio-Canada launches new effort to improve representation of Indigenous peoples – CBC News
  11. ‘Humour and horror go hand in hand’: Drew Hayden Taylor on representing Indigenous stories, past and present – CBC News
  12. ‘We belong in these spaces’: From the Arctic to Rome, Gwich’in Chef leading Indigenous foods program in B.C.  – APTN News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. AFN Releases Climate Strategy – Penticton Herald
  2. Kashechewan taking new path for evacuations – Timmins Today
  3. Counting sheep: saving a bighorn herd in the Rockies – The Narwhal
  4. Removing Roadblocks for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas – The Tyee
  5. B.C. First Nations upset after closure of Fraser Lake sawmill – Vancouver is Awesome
  6. First Nations communities push for all-season road in northern Manitoba – APTN News
  7. Great white shark sightings becoming more common, say Mi’kmaw fishermen – CBC News
  8. Summit to bring ‘pro-development’ chiefs together to pursue clean energy initiatives – Windspeaker
  9. Remote Manitoba First Nations declare state of emergency due to lack of winter road access – CBC News
  10. Prince Albert Grand Council sounds alarm on wildfire season, urges early mitigation measures – CBC News
  11. Funding for environmental project stokes more friction between Métis Nation Ontario and Ontario chiefs – Windspeaker
  12. Forty-two Indigenous-led conservation projects across Canada receive federal funding to protect more nature – Newswire
  13. How four Manitoba First Nations are protecting one of the world’s largest remaining wild watersheds – Canadian Geographic

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

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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/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.

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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/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.

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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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