IndigeNews: Jan. 25 – 29, 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. Nova Scotia adjudicator writes small claims court decision in Mi’kmaw – CBC News
  2. First Nations groups upset with exclusion from health-care funding talks – CBC News
  3. First Nations leaders say they should be at health care meeting with PM – APTN News
  4. Number of potential unmarked graves at St. Joseph’s Mission rises to 159 – Windspeaker
  5. Province, Mi’kmaq to share governance of Kluskap Wilderness Area in Cape Breton – CBC News
  6. B.C. First Nations face complex, stressful choice: should school sites be excavated? – Toronto Star
  7. 66 more potential graves identified at former Williams Lake, B.C., residential school – Turtle Island News
  8. Chief would back excavating possible graves at B.C. residential school if elders, community want it – Global News
  9. Williams Lake First Nation says its located files showing additional deaths at former residential school – APTN News

Politics & Law

  1. Feds announce settlement agreement with Gottfriedson plaintiffs – Turtle Island News
  2. Indigenous identity fraud ‘the ultimate step in colonialism,’ Métis lawyer says – APTN News
  3. B.C. returns 200 square kilometres of traditional territory to Lake Babine Nation – CBC News
  4. Algonquin senator wants Ottawa to mandate warnings labels on alcohol products – APTN News
  5. Blueberry River First Nations beat B.C. in court. Now everything’s changing – Turtle Island News
  6. He founded the movement behind Qalipu First Nation — but he can’t be a member – CBC News
  7. Affordability top of mind at liberal retreat, but Indigenous MP has focus elsewhere – Turtle Island News
  8. Poilievre’s First Nations consultation pledge garners mixed reviews, call for ‘more substance’ – CBC News
  9. Nunatsiavut government looks to new federal funding to curb Inuit overrepresentation in prison – CBC News
  10. Removal of Cape Breton Mi’kmaq communities from federal riding will be fought: MP, chief resolve – SaltWire Network
  11. Secwepemc land defenders, arrested for opposing TMX, receive outpouring of support in Vancouver – Turtle Island News
  12. Feds fund cultural awareness teacher, community based services to tackle high rates of Inuit in justice system – Turtle Island News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. FedNor provides funding for Indigenous projects – Turtle Island News
  2. Cree artist launches shoe collection celebrating Indigenous language – APTN News
  3. FortisBC Holdings Inc. signs agreement with First Nation over B.C. LNG project – Vancouver Sun

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Music in a snowdome: Indigenous Songwriters Circle hits Fredericton – CBC News
  2.  Buried Truths: The survivors of Treaty 3 and the eighth fire prophecy – APTN News
  3. Report says residential school deaths in Alberta linked to unpasteurized milk – APTN News
  4. New grant for Indigenous filmmakers launched in honour of Jeff Barnaby – Turtle Island News
  5. Radical Remembrance exhibition featuring work of Inuvialuit artist on display at AGO – Windspeaker
  6. Report calls for ‘reparative education’ when it comes to sexual violence in Saskatchewan – APTN News
  7. Indigenous data sovereignty concerns raised as harm from residential schools continues – Windspeaker
  8. First Nations University of Canada receives more than $2-million for land-based learning centre – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. How Indigenous people are strengthening fur traditions in an anti-fur world – CBC Radio
  2. First Nations group in Alberta say program to clean up tarsands is ‘underfunded’ – APTN News
  3. Caribou summit asks a burning question: What’s the future of the Porcupine herd? – CBC News
  4. Indigenous youth from across Canada attend clean energy conference in Whitehorse – CBC News
  5. Indigenous data sovereignty concerns raised as harm from residential schools continues – Windspeaker

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.

‘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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