IndigeNews: Jan. 30 – Feb. 5, 2023

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Wli Apuknajit!”
(well-ee ah-boo-ga-na-jit)

Meaning: Happy February (snow blinding month)!

In The News

  1. Assembly of First Nations CEO Janice Ciavaglia resigns – CBC News
  2. Canada’s first Mi’kmaw senator retires from Red Chamber – CBC News
  3. Countdown is on to North American Indigenous Games in Nova Scotia – CBC News
  4. Assembly of First Nations to campaign for national monument – Turtle Island News
  5. Canada’s first Mi’kmaw senator Dan Christmas retires from Senate – SaltWire Network
  6. Feds unable to list Indigenous communities consulted on reconciliation council bill – CBC News
  7. Mi’kmaw facing charges of illegally selling cannabis are within treaty right to do so – APTN News
  8. Finding the way Forward exhibit unveiled at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre – Ku’ku’kwes News
  9. Ontario says it doesn’t owe First Nations seeking compensation for broken treaty – The Globe and Mail
  10. Mi’kmaw MP argues against proposed electoral boundary changes at Parliamentary committee – APTN News
  11. Supreme Court to hear arguments on whether Charter of Rights applies to Indigenous law makers – APTN News
  12. Children’s book brings Mi’kmaw elder and Anishinaabe artist together to reconnect children with nature – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Manitoba to recognize Metis identification – Turtle Island News
  2. Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme not seeking another term – CTV News
  3. Time for more Indigenous N.B. senators, says former lieutenant-governor – CBC News
  4. Ontario says cost of ‘colonization’ infrastructure relevant in treaty annuity trial – CBC News
  5. Liberals back down from gun law amendments that ‘infringe on Indigenous rights’ – APTN News
  6. Dollar value of resources to be debated as final stage of treaty annuities trial begins – CBC News
  7. Peguis First Nation signs child welfare agreement that chief says marks break in cycle – CBC News
  8. Gull Island ‘dead’ without fix to billion-dollar Muskrat Falls dispute, says Innu negotiator – CBC News
  9. Small group of Alberta lawyers challenge mandatory Indigenous training course – Turtle Island News
  10. 2 provincial parks in B.C. being considered as part of treaty settlement with First Nations – CBC News
  11. Supreme Court rules Blood Tribe can argue at highest court its reserve size ‘Big Claim’ – Windspeaker
  12. Final arguments in Qalipu First Nation membership trial focus on oppression, transparency – CBC News
  13. Louis Bull Nation signs agreement with federal government to begin delivering child services – APTN News
  14. AFN national chief calls outside probe of her workplace conduct ‘colonial’ and ‘confrontational’ – CBC News
  15. Southern Chiefs’ Organization Grand Chief opposed Manitoba Crown lands auction proceeding – Turtle Island News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Feds plan to spend ‘every dollar’ after billions returned to the treasury – APTN News
  2. Indigenous services, CIRNAC fail to spend $5.6B from last year’s budget – APTN News
  3. Regina’s Indigenous procurement policy takes shape as step toward economic reconciliation – APTN News
  4. Regina policy proposes 20 per cent of city contracts go to Indigenous-owned businesses – Regina Leader-Post

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Brushing Up on Cool Indigenous People – The Independent
  2. ‘He was a protector’: Kitigan Zibi remembers Gino Odjick – APTN News
  3.  Arctic Winter Games head into final weekend of competition – APTN News
  4. ‘ISC needs to come to the table’, says Angus after fatal fire – Timmins Today
  5. British vintage clothing company searching for origin of ‘native jacket’– APTN News
  6. Federal agencies in Nunavut not following the rules, says languages commissioner – CBC News
  7. Girl dies in First Nation fire, NAN says action needed to prevent future tragedies – Global News
  8. ‘It’s about time’: Donny Parenteau founds Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Association – Turtle Island News
  9. Saskatoon pharmacy fined for overcharging Indigenous Services Canada thousands of dollars – Global News
  10. Some searches are done, but other residential school sites in the northeast won’t be checked for several years – CBC News
  11. Treaty peoples should speak for themselves on health reforms at upcoming First Ministers meeting, say First Nations leaders – Windspeaker
  12. Healing lodges, designed for Indigenous inmates, are failing the people they’re meant to rehabilitate, say prison reform advocates – Penticton Herald

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Drivers in southern Yukon encouraged to slow down to protect caribou herd – APTN News
  2. Ontario First Nation hires outside firm to investigate 28-year boil water advisory – CBC News
  3. Pacific Coast Indigenous nations see a glimmer of hope for the future of salmon – CBC Radio
  4. First Nations leaders, federal officials create marine refuge on B.C. Central Coast – CBC News
  5. Where trapping is still a way of life, Quebec lithium projects spark fears for future – CBC News
  6. Quebec holds consultations on James Bay lithium mine with Cree of Eeyou Istchee – APTN News
  7. Governments, B.C. coastal First Nations endorse marine protection action plan – Turtle Island News
  8. AFN calls for urgent and transformative climate action led by Indigenous Peoples following COP27: UN Climate Change Conference 2022 – Assembly of First Nations

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

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‘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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