IndigeNews: July 24 – 30, 2024

A Weekly Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaw word of the week is

“Epekwitnewaq”
🗣 (eh-buh-gwid-neh-wah)

Meaning: Islanders (people of Epekwitk)


In the News

  1. Mi’kmaw beaders repair damage on 100-year-old relics – CBC News
  2. How Lennox Island celebrates St. Anne’s Sunday in 2024 – CBC News
  3. 8 Mi’kmaw communities take N.B. to court over title claim – APTN News
  4. St. Anne’s celebration evolves beyond the Lennox Island church – CBC News
  5. Survivors need help accessing residential school records: Senate – APTN News
  6. Meet the 3 Mi’kmaw women competing to be Miss Indigenous Canada – CBC News
  7. Mi’kmaq lay claim to more than half of province in lawsuit – The Hamilton Spectator
  8. Ashley Callingbull becomes first Indigenous woman to win Miss Universe Canada – APTN News
  9. “Shaken but not shattered,”: Millbrook FN family loses five cabins on Mniku Island to fire – Saltwire
  10. Crown made a ‘mockery’ of 2 treaties with First Nations for 150 years, Supreme Court rules – CBC News
  11. Senate report calls for Canada to compel Catholic entities to release residential school records – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Treaty Land Sharing Network Launches In Alberta – St. Albert Gazette
  2. ‘Embarrassing’: Yukon premier blasts Bell over service issues – APTN News
  3. $147.6M settles B.C. First Nation’s 131-year-old water rights claim – The Free Press
  4. Prince Albert Grand Council studies benefits of Indigenous-led policing – SaskToday
  5. Can a lake become a person in law? A B.C. First Nation wants to find out – APTN News
  6. Court battle against Ottawa restarts over Indian Act gender discrimination – CBC News
  7. Manitoba moves to transfer 100 acres of historic land to Red River Métis – APTN News
  8. Restoring the honour of the Crown after a breach of treaties – The Canadian Bar Association
  9. Crown must settle with First Nations for breaching Robinson treaties: Supreme Court – APTN News
  10. Northern Manitoba community evacuated 20 years ago now fighting for First Nation status – CBC News
  11. Mi’gmaq communities file notice of action against New Brunswick to assert their land rights – APTN News
  12. ‘We never surrendered that’: Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation issues statement on duty to consult – CTV News
  13. Federal funding cut for residential school searches ‘disheartening’ and ‘disrespectful’: Manitoba chiefs – CBC News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. TC Energy nears sale of pipeline to Indigenous groups – Financial Post
  2. Métis artist finds copies of her designs on website based in China – APTN News
  3. Sask. First Nation breaks ground on $52M thermal spa near Saskatoon – CBC News
  4. After promise to end subsidies, feds loan Coastal GasLink up to $200 million – National Observer
  5. New federal funding to support affordable homes in two Yukon First Nations communities – CBC News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Truck delivery of B.C. salmon to Teslin, Yukon highlights cultural loss – CBC News
  2. Drinking water advisory on Star Blanket Cree Nation lifted after 17 years – CBC News
  3. Eskasoni breaks ground on new Headstart early childhood development building – SaltWire
  4. CBC Indigenous wins 3 awards at Indigenous Journalists Association conference – CBC News
  5. Protecting beneficiaries ahead of the Robinson-Huron Treaty annuities payments – CBC News
  6. Nursing shortage at Manitoba First Nations unacceptable, dangerous, leaders say – Global News
  7. Inquest explores challenges of remote health care after death of First Nations woman – APTN News
  8. Demonstrating unity, syilx Okanagan people and their kin cross the colonial border on horseback – Penticton Herald
  9. ‘Such a good opportunity’: NSCC Nautical Institute partnered with Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey to MED-certify Mi’kmaq youth – SaltWire

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. J.D. Irving wind farm worries some, company promises more consultation – CBC News
  2. Dying birch trees threaten Mi’kmaq canoe tradition in Nova Scotia – The Weather Network
  3. Federal government invests $19M in Nunavut renewable energy projects – ReNew Canada
  4. Feds says 22 First Nations are currently impacted by wildfires and 7 have evacuated – APTN News
  5. Indigenous firefighters share knowledge, training and compete during annual gathering – CBC News
  6. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation flies citizens out to freshwater fishing grounds amid salmon harvest ban – CBC News

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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