IndigeNews: Jan. 9 – 16, 2024

A Weekly Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Punamujuiku’s”
(boo-na-moo-jooey-goos)

Meaning: Tomcod-spawning or Frost Fish Moon, which is known as January in English.

Punamuj is our word for tomcod 🐟

In the News

  1. ‘Dealing with a lot’: Inquest into Saskatchewan mass killing begins – APTN News
  2. Human rights tribunal to be told Canada is still failing First Nations kids – CTV News
  3. Canada led efforts to weaken original UN Indigenous rights declaration – CBC News
  4. James Smith Cree Nation leaders bracing as inquest into mass stabbing nears – CBC News
  5. Construction workers find ‘ancient’ remains from Indigenous burial site in Toronto – APTN News
  6. Mi’kmaw artists looking to highlight voices of elders for project about centralization – CBC News
  7. Ancient remains found in Toronto neighbourhood likely from a Huron-Wendat burial – CBC News
  8. First Nations, advocates criticize approval of nuclear-waste site near Ottawa River – Montreal Gazette
  9. Algonquin leader pushes back after nuclear waste disposal site outside Ottawa approved – APTN News
  10. Jordan’s Principle claims not being processed in timely manner, says Child and Family Caring Society – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Innu Nation launches class-action suit over day school abuse – CBC News
  2. Robinson Huron Nations sign Treaty settlement agreement – Sudbury.com
  3. Yukon advisory council formed to look at territory’s security and defence – APTN News
  4. T’sou-ke woman cites Indigenous rights in challenging obstruction charges – Times Colonist
  5. The RCMP will start collecting race-based data as part of a new pilot project – National Post
  6. Court dates set for Canadian First Nation harvesters to argue treaty rights – Undercurrent News
  7. New Indigenous Justice Centres aim to lessen the harms of a ‘broken’ colonial system – Indiginews
  8. Wet’suwet’en leader and pipeline opponents found guilty of criminal contempt of court – CBC News
  9. First Nation ‘encouraged’ by Yukon court ruling on flawed consultations over mine project – CBC News
  10. 5 new Indigenous Justice Centres are expanding culturally safe support in B.C., premier says – CBC News
  11. Yukon judge sends Canada, Yukon and Kaska back to negotiating table over proposed mine – APTN News
  12. Quebec appeals ‘landmark’ decision recognizing Kanien’kehá:ka treaty right to trade tobacco – CBC News
  13. Manitoba lawsuit claims feds breached Treaty 2 by keeping annuity payments ‘frozen in time’ at $5 – CBC News
  14. Canada’s Impact Assessment Act must be both Constitutional and ensure a sustainable future – The Conversation
  15. B.C. Supreme Court convicts three Indigenous land defenders who opposed pipeline in Wet’suwet’en – Indiginews
  16. Commission decision a ‘gut-punch’, so years-long battle over radioactive waste mound will continue – Windspeaker

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Feds announce $27M for housing in Nunavut – APTN News
  2. Indigenous Leaders: No more missed opportunities – Northern Ontario Business
  3. First Nations Market Housing Fund: Providing pathways to homeownership – SN News Watch
  4. 3 years after getting reserve status, a ‘lost community’ is taking shape at Caldwell First Nation – CBC News
  5. First Nations, Métis settlements join forces for deal backed by Indigenous Opportunities Corporation – Windspeaker

Education, Health & Culture

  1. The journey of the ribbon skirt – CBC News
  2. Arctic Winter Games coming to Whitehorse in 2026 – APTN News
  3. Making earrings from porcupine quills and birchbark in Eskasoni – SaltWire
  4. Ktaqmkuk Mi’kmaw Fluency Project moving forward with federal funding – NTV
  5. Ojibway author dives into legends for newest horror mystery book – Windspeaker
  6. Yukon group prepares for Indigenous cultural exchange in New Zealand – CBC News
  7. Exhibit celebrating Nuu-chah-nulth renaissance man to open at Vancouver gallery – Windspeaker
  8. Indigenous faculty raise concerns about Dalhousie University’s proposed identification process – CBC News
  9. Cape Breton highway signs raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls – CTV News
  10. Coast Salish knowledge helps researchers deepen study of 160-year-old pelt from now extinct woolly dog – Windspeaker
  11. Advocate Sandra Delaronde says without change, Manitoba will continue to be ground zero for MMIWG2S crisis – APTN News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Improving the path to plant two billion trees – Penticton Herald
  2. First Nations are using artificial intelligence to help save salmon – The Narwhal
  3. Humans flirting with climate warming limit says European agency – APTN News
  4. Calgary researchers using high-tech drones to map Alberta First Nation – CBC News
  5. Algonquin chiefs disappointed but unsurprised by radioactive dump approval – CBC News
  6. Point Pelee deer cull sees Caldwell First Nation hunters team up with Parks Canada – CBC News
  7. Siksika First Nation declares state of emergency due to cold-induced power outage – City News
  8. First Nations communities in P.A. area fear forest management plan will destroy treaty territory – North East Now
  9. Making fire your friend: A prescribed burn saved lives and homes on this B.C. First Nation, offering a glimpse at firefighting’s future – The Globe and Mail

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.

‘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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