IndigeNews: July 31 – Aug. 7, 2023

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Mniku”
(mini-goo)

Meaning: Island

In the News

  1. Federal investigators in N.B. First Nation – Penticton Herald
  2. Police games in Winnipeg met with protests over landfill search – APTN News
  3. Mi’kmaw nation, lobster harvesters suing feds for treaty violations – APTN News
  4. Sipekne’katik First Nation sues federal government for seizing lobster traps – CBC News
  5. 29th annual Panmure Island powwow cancelled because of lingering Fiona damage – CBC News
  6. 14 First Nations receive $37 million after federal minister settles treaty salaries claims – Global News
  7. Rallies across Canada demand governments search landfill for slain First Nations women – Global News
  8. Tribunal approval of child welfare settlement one more step in fight against discrimination – Windspeaker
  9. National archives to digitize, transfer 6 million pages of Indian day school records, official says – CBC News
  10. Mohawk Mothers say McGill University trying to ‘control’ process of search for unmarked graves – APTN News
  11. Marcus Gosse, a Mi’kmaw artist from Stephenville, designed his own coin for the Royal Canadian Mint – CBC News
  12. Experts at finding Guatemala’s ‘disappeared’ offer to help with First Nations’ residential school searches – National Post

Politics & Law

  1. Sask. First Nation signs self-governance treaty – CTV News
  2. Looking at some of the political missteps of the week – APTN News
  3. First Nation group sues Canada for seizing traps – Undercurrent News
  4. Non-profit group established to support Indigenous veterans – Sask Today
  5. NDP calls for emergency preparedness funding for First Nation communities – APTN News
  6. Ontario judge rules indigenous peoples not exempt from Fisheries Act – Western Standard
  7. MKO, Sioux Valley call for government protection of residential school graves – Global News
  8. RCMP cited Standing Rock protests as ‘evidence’ to create controversial B.C. unit – CBC News
  9. Former Grand Council Chief for the Anishinabek Nation, Vernon Roote, dies – Timmins Today
  10. Manitoba’s political parties not doing enough to verify Indigenous identity: Métis lawyer – CBC News
  11. Ottawa gives $37M to Prairie First Nations for holding out historic ‘rightfully owed’ funds – CBC News
  12. VIDEO: Settlement agreement to help address treaty obligations Canada failed to honour – APTN News
  13. First Nation calls mining stakes ‘unlawful, invalid’ as it challenges Ontario’s free-entry system – CBC News
  14. Mandate letter directs more cross-ministry collaboration for Alberta Indigenous Relations minister – Windspeaker
  15. Environment Minister Kevin Klein’s claim to be Métis denounced by brother, Manitoba Métis Federation – CBC News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Exploring the rise of ‘economic reconciliation’ in Canada – CBC News
  2. Squamish Nation members to get 95 new affordable homes – Newswire
  3. New restaurant serving up First Nations menu in Ontario town – APTN News
  4. Manitoba Métis, Hydro reaffirm partnership with new 50-year, $120M deal – CBC News
  5. Menu and decor at Manitou Bistro ‘reprehensible’ some Kitigan Zibi members say – CBC News
  6. Cree-owned business recognized for creating specialized underwear for pregnant women – APTN News
  7. Rose Paul receives 2023 Indigenous Women in Leadership Award – Canada Council for Aboriginal Business
  8. Chief Dr. Robert Joseph is the recipient of the 2023 Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Relations – Canada Council for Aboriginal Business

Education, Health & Culture

  1. IN PHOTOS: Culture on display at Membertou Pow Wow – SaltWire
  2. ‘We invented hospitality’: Membertou welcomes world to powwow – SaltWire
  3. Montreal opening first-of-its-kind Indigenous emergency care clinic – CBC News
  4. Letters and diary from Métis leader Louis Riel on display in Calgary – APTN News
  5. Exhibit chronicling Indigenous life in Muskoka opens in Gravenhurst – Windspeaker
  6. Poundmaker Cree Nation celebrates exoneration with powwow festival – CBC News
  7. Buffy Sainte-Marie retires from live performances, cites health concerns – APTN News
  8. How Indigenous yogis and meditators are adapting and reclaiming ‘wellness’ – CBC Radio
  9. Rampart House, treasured site to the Vuntut Gwitchin, becomes official historic site – CBC News
  10. Taku River Tlingit First Nation in Atlin, B.C., puts traditional place names on the map – CBC News
  11. Métis artist ‘super excited’ to see his Indigenous Edmonton Elks logo design used on helmets – CTV News
  12. Remnants of First Nation village, including 1,000-year-old fish trap, discovered in Canada – The Art Newspaper

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. New plan hopes to address salmon decline – APTN News
  2. Canada’s history is facing a reckoning. Our national parks are, too – CBC Radio
  3. Researchers are visualizing climate change through virtual reality – APTN News
  4. Kanien’kehá:ka reclaims land lost to construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway – APTN News
  5. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation criticizes territorial government’s wildfire response – APTN News
  6. Old-growth blockaders return to Fairy Creek area; First Nation asks them to leave – Times Colonist
  7. UBC research blames bigger floods on clear-cutting, calls for more selective logging – Vancouver Sun
  8. Miawpukek Horizon Joins Forces With EverWind Fuels to Advance Atlantic Canadian Green Energy Hub – Fox 28

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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