IndigeNews: June 25 – July 3, 2024

A Weekly Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaw word of the week is…

“Peskewiku’s”
🗣 (bes-gay-wee-goos)

Meaning: Fur shedding month (July)

In the News

  1. IN PHOTOS: Eskasoni celebrates 33rd annual powwow – SaltWire
  2. New tool puts access to old residential schools online – APTN News
  3. First Nation, Catholic Church agree on residential school truths – CBC News
  4. Meet Albert Stalk, the 1st Indigenous person to climb the Eiffel Tower – CBC News
  5. Sask. media outlet Eagle Feather News to return after 6-month hiatus – CBC News
  6. Canada Day celebrations in Charlottetown highlight Indigenous activities – SaltWire
  7. Grade 12 Mi’kmaw environmental science course to expand next year – Global News
  8. Ottawa launches residential school map to help in search for missing children – CBC News
  9. Reclaiming Culture: On the land, community and classroom in Sipekne’katik – APTN News
  10. More health supports needed as billions in child welfare compensation set to roll out: advocates – APTN News
  11. Mi’kmaq revival has begun, elder tells crowd at National Indigenous Peoples Day at Kejimkujik National Park – SaltWire

Politics & Law

  1. 3 regional chiefs voice frustration with AFN’s child welfare work – CBC News
  2. Federal justice minister quashes murder conviction of Saulteaux man – APTN News
  3. Black First Nation’s member wins racial discrimination case against N.S. band – CBC News
  4. First Nations leaders set to gather in Montreal for Assembly of First Nations AGM – APTN News
  5. Nunavut judge sentences Toronto woman to 3 years prison for Inuit identity fraud – APTN News
  6. Quebec failed to consult Innu communities on strategy to protect caribou, judge rules – CBC News
  7. Resolutions on child welfare barred from AFN assembly as chiefs raise concerns – The Canadian Press
  8. RCMP officer investigated after Mi’kmaw woman ‘struck in the face’ during wellness call – APTN News
  9. ‘Pivotal moment’: Trudeau and Tsilhqotʼin nation celebrate anniversary of land ruling – The Canadian Press
  10. ‘We hope to bring some closure’: Membertou begins preparing federal specific claim for Kings Road relocation reparations – SaltWire
  11. First Nations Leaders Gather in Montréal to Advance Priorities at the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly – Assembly of First Nations

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. 3 years and a record $239M in recovery funding later, Lytton still hasn’t rebuilt – CBC News
  2. Indigenous Services Canada provides $1.8 million for Membertou gas bar, office building – SaltWire
  3. Historic agreement with First Nations, MNS to bring wind farm to southern Saskatchewan – APTN News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Using traditional knowledge to reclaim a sense of belonging – SaltWire
  2. Cowichan Tribes now fully responsible for child welfare services – CBC News
  3. Florida Panthers defenceman from Six Nations wins Stanley Cup – APTN News
  4. University of Sask. signs historic agreement for process to verify Inuit identity – CBC News
  5. GRAD PROFILE: Eskasoni teen determined to create change for Indigenous people – SaltWire
  6. She lied to get her twin daughters Inuit status and is about to be sentenced for fraud. Again. – CBC News
  7. ‘Surreal’: northeastern Ontario artist Christi Belcourt receives postage stamp, Order of Canada – CBC News
  8. Art fraud investigation reveals fake Norval Morrisseau painting was on display at Winnipeg gallery – CBC News
  9. Screen Nova Scotia holding info session in Membertou: ‘Really good opportunity’ for emerging creatives’ – SaltWire
  10. Over 100 years after Louis Sockalexis, Indigenous players still breaking barriers on the baseball diamond – CBC News
  11. ‘Step in the right direction’: Eskasoni residents excited about new ultrasound unit at local health centre in Cape Breton – SaltWire

Environment, Science & Technology

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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