IndigeNews: July 4 – Aug. 1, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend, the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Nipk!”
(nibk)

Meaning: Summer!

In the News

  1. Mi’kmaw alert system expands to Lennox Island – CBC News
  2. Mi’kmaw officially recognized as Nova Scotia’s first language – CTV News
  3. ‘I am sorry’: Full text of the Pope’s residential school apology – APTN News
  4. The history of the P.E.I. harbour at the centre of a name-change push – CBC News
  5. Children, housing at centre of Abegweit First Nation 50th anniversary – CBC News
  6. Lennox Island farmers’ market run entirely by youth to launch in August – CBC News
  7. What the Pope left out of apology to residential school survivors – National Observer
  8. Pope’s apology ‘vague,’ lacks accountability, say Mi’kmaw chiefs on P.E.I. – CBC News
  9. First Look At The Proposed Pituamkek National Park Reserve – National Parks Traveler
  10. Mi’kmaw fisherman using 1752 treaty, ancestry in legal battle with DFO – Ku’ku’kwes News
  11. Where Mi’kmaq, Acadian, French And British Cultures Converged – National Parks Traveler
  12. Senate report would help remove ‘difficulties’ with treaty-based fishery, chief says – CBC News
  13. Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq in negotiations with Parks Canada to co-operatively manage P.E.I. National Park – CBC News
  14. Mi’kmaw Language Act proclamation takes centre stage at opening ceremony of NS Mi’kmaw Summer Games – Ku’ku’kwes News
  15. Pope’s apology leaves ‘deep hole’ by blaming individual Catholics for residential school abuses, says former TRC chair – APTN News

Politics & Law

  1. Canada requests extradition of French priest Joannes Rivoire – APTN News
  2. Consent, Indigenous Rights, and the Tahltan Agreement – First Peoples Law
  3. Maritimers respond with mixed reaction to papal visit on its last day – CTV News
  4. Oblates will ‘cooperate in legal investigation’ of French priest Joannes Rivoire – APTN News
  5. NS PC MLAs block adding child-care fund, Mi’kmaw consultation to pay raise bill – CBC News
  6. Senate report calls for full implementation of First Nation fishing rights – National Observer
  7. Remove DFO from First Nations fisheries negotiations, says Senate report – SaltWire Network
  8. Former HR director sues AFN for wrongful dismissal, ex-staff call workplace ‘toxic’ – APTN News
  9. ‘Keep our people safe’: Alberta First Nation wants to move ahead with police force – Toronto Star
  10. Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What is the assertion of Crown sovereignty? – First Peoples Law
  11. Senate report on fisheries finds federal government failing First Nations rights-holders – APTN News
  12. First Nations leaders to meet top Canadian bishop to discuss papal bulls, Church records – APTN News
  13. ‘Something I will remember for the rest of my life’: Mi’kmaw MP reflects on Pope’s apology – CTV News
  14. Canada’s new approach to Indigenous tax policy – Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
  15. Doctrine of Discovery is a ‘legal fiction,’ but revoking it won’t herald immediate changes, experts say – APTN News
  16. Director of Caring society says only public pressure can hold Church to account for role in residential school system – APTN News
  17. First Nations Communities Will No Longer Be Required to Give Up Federal Tax Exemption on Reserve Lands When Signing Modern Treaties – CFNR News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. On the land program in N.W.T. that help communities, tourists looking for money – APTN News
  2. Supporting Indigenous tourism destinations this summer can be a journey of discovery – Yahoo News
  3. First Nation and Western Forest Products take next step towards reconciliation and rights recognition – North Island Gazette

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Dene Nation leaders gather at Wiliideh for Dene assembly – CBC News
  2. Why are there so many nicknames in Mi’kmaw communities? – CBC News
  3. Sioux Valley Dakota Nation one step closer to its own CFS laws – APTN News
  4. ‘It was all backwards’: A survivor’s view from inside the basilica – APTN News
  5. Ottawa says it will support First Nations fighting Quebec’s new language law – CBC News
  6. NCTR digging into records of Oblate priests who staffed residential schools – APTN News
  7. Mi’kmaw language teacher shares what the Mi’kmaw Language Act means for him – The Coast
  8. First Nations from across N.S. converge in Cape Breton for Mi’kmaq Summer Games – CTV News
  9. Translator hopes Pope’s visit results in support for Indigenous language revitalization – APTN News
  10. Resiliency Centre a dream come true for Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association – Ku’ku’kwes News
  11. New agreement gives education ‘self-determination’ to First Nation communities in Quebec – APTN News
  12. Mi’kmaq artists invited to submit proposal for Acadia University’s Indigenous Centre, Welkaqnik – Newswire
  13. First-of-its-kind Mi’kmaw Centre for Healing and Resilience to be built in Millbrook First Nation – SaltWire Network

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. If Keji’s Ancient Rocks Could Talk – National Parks Traveler
  2. Grassy Narrows members demand compensation because of mercury poisoning – APTN News
  3. Federal government puts up $10M for clean energy projects for Sask. First Nations – CBC News
  4. How a conservative U.S. network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada – The Narwhal
  5. Sask. First Nations partner with federal government on clean and affordable energy projects – CTV News
  6. Indigenous people from Canada, U.S., meet in Saskatoon to sign treaty aiming to restore bison – CBC News
  7. Ottawa invests $4.4m to construct facility for Mi’kmaw reaserach and policy organization – 101.5 The Hawk
  8. Treaty fishery’s first season deemed a success for Lennox Island, young Indigenous fishers – SaltWire Network
  9. Canada’s first Indigenous-led virtual production filmmaking program launching this fall in Vancouver – APTN News

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

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    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
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  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.
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  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.
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  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
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    • 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.
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  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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