IndigeNews: Jan. 28 – Feb. 3, 2025

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is

“Ku’ku’kwes”
🗣 (goo-goo-gwes)

Meaning: Owl 🦉


In the News

  1. MP Jaime Battiste drops out of Liberal Party leadership race – CBC News
  2. Trump’s ICE raids are reportedly ensnaring Indigenous people, too, – MSN
  3. Why Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste dropped out of the Liberal leadership race – St Albert Gazette
  4. Reconciliation can’t become second-tier issue in Grit leadership race, says Battiste – The Hill Times
  5. Trump’s attempt to overturn birthright citizenship uses century-old Native American case – CBC News
  6. Marc-André Fleury’s Native American Heritage night hockey mask now on display at history center – MPR News
  7. ‘Stand up with us’: Family of its namesake demands emergency meeting on state of Jordan’s Principle – Global News

Politics & Law

  1. Wolastoqey Nations v. New Brunswick And Canada – First Peoples Law
  2. Canada’s AG asks Winnipeg court to dismiss Dakota injunction – The Brandon Sun
  3. Arsons, Shootings and Sabotage: Inside Canada’s Fight Over Lobster – The New York Times
  4. Kyra Wilson wins vote to become new leader of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs – Global News
  5. Canada seeks to dismiss St. Anne’s residential school survivors’ fight for accountability – CBC News
  6. Mi’kmaw rights group, Membertou chief at odds over alleged proposed cannabis law – Cape Breton Post
  7. Government of Canada announces Chief Advisor to Combat Human Trafficking and expands mandate – Newswire
  8. Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs Work to Protect Treaty Rights by Rejecting Framework Proposed by DFO – Nation Talk

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. First Nation in Ontario signs $20M Ring of Fire deal – APTN News
  2. Tories, Liberals tussle over lucrative baby eel fight – Telegraph Journal
  3. Here’s the latest as Canada braces for Trump tariffs Tuesday – The Star
  4. Liberal leadership hopeful Carney talks child welfare, economic reconciliation – APTN News
  5. North Shore Mi’kmaq Tribal Council announces Sovereign Wealth Fund, Nikutik LP – Nation Talk
  6. New Deloitte Canada Report Spotlights Indigenous Sovereignty as Key to Shared Prosperity – Nation Talk
  7. Nearly half of First Nations people off-reserve say rising prices impact ability to meet expenses – CBC News
  8. New report focuses on how to achieve Indigenous sovereignty and shared prosperity – Alberta Native News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. MacDonald’s vision wasn’t kind to Indigenous – Columbia Valley Pioneer
  2. Unravelling the church through beadwork: How one Indigenous artist is healing – CBC News
  3. Radical Stitch, a comprehensive exhibition of beadwork, stops in Atlantic Canada – APTN News
  4. Indigenous gamers group aims to show how to make a living while uplifting culture – CBC News
  5. New study highlights challenges for Indigenous students embarking on post-secondary journeys – APTN News
  6. Government of Canada invests more than $2.8 million in cultural infrastructure in New Brunswick – Newswire

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Neskantaga marks 3 decades under boil-water advisory – APTN News
  2. Nova Scotia Pursues 80% Renewable Power By 2030 – The Pinnacle Gazette
  3. Indigenous leaders say lack of oversight on tailings spills a danger to water rights – CBC News
  4. Nova Scotia cleanup plan further delays the removal of toxic sludge from First Nation – CTV News
  5. Eagle Lake says community will be impacted by underground nuclear waste repository – APTN News
  6. France rejects bid to move two killer whales to proposed refuge in Nova Scotia – Winnipeg Free Press
  7. The Great Bear Rainforest is protected. So why is an abandoned industrial site leaching heavy metals? – The Narwhal
  8. Government of Canada Announces Intent to significantly expand Rouge National Urban Park – Government of Canada

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

‘How We Say 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/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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