IndigeNews: June 26 – July 3, 2023

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Peskewiku’s”
(bes-gay-wee-goos)

Meaning: fur-shedding month (July)

In the News

  1. Mi’kmaw elder and author Daniel Paul has died at age 84 – CBC News
  2. Annual Eskasoni First Nation powwow honours Indigenous history – CTV News
  3. RoseAnne Archibald ousted as Assembly of First Nations national chief – CBC News
  4. AFN online meeting votes to remove RoseAnne Archibald from top job – APTN News
  5. Mi’kmaq Elder who set the Nova Scotia history books straight, dies at 84 – APTN News
  6. N.B. deal offers $22M for housing, roads projects in Neqotkuk First Nation – CBC News
  7. Reconciliation sparks a reckoning for Canada Day fireworks displays – Turtle Island News
  8. New Indigenous art store in Charlottetown opens doors to ‘all the conversations’ – CBC News
  9. Meet the Listuguj Rangers, protecting Mi’kmaw fishing rights on the Restigouche – CBC News
  10. Mi’kmaw mother’s death in Nova Scotia jail to be investigated by new committee – APTN News
  11. Search suggests 88 potential graves at residential school in northern Alberta – Turtle Island News
  12. New advisory committee to transfer millions of unreleased residential school documents announced – APTN News

Politics & Law

  1. Walpole Island closing in on $46M land claim settlement – Chatham Daily News
  2. In major ruling, feds to extend funding for Indigenous police services – CBC News
  3. Experts call on Alberta government to strengthen treaty relationships – CBC News
  4. Firing of RoseAnne Archibald shows sign of ‘weak organization’ says chief – APTN News
  5. RoseAnne Archibald to make first public statement since firing in coming days – APTN News
  6. RoseAnne Archibald calls for reinstatement after removal as AFN national chief – Turtle Island News
  7. Why some female leaders dropped support for RoseAnne Archibald as AFN national chief – CBC News
  8. BCAFN and AFNQL Applaud Federal Court Ruling in IPCO Motion on First Nations Policing Funding – Newswire
  9. Canada and Whitecap Dakota Nation mark Royal Assent of legislation for Self-Government Treaty – NationTalk
  10. Decision in Qalipu First Nation membership court challenge ‘a long time coming,’ says former member – CBC News
  11. Ontario is still appealing the Robinson Treaties case to the Supreme Court, despite proposed settlement – CBC News
  12. Judge rules a Métis community in Maniwaki region doesn’t exist, orders defendants to pay costs for experts – Windspeaker
  13. Canada’s Delays in Implementing Calls for Justice Costing Lives – UBCIC Advocates for Federal MMIWG2S+ Legislation – NationTalk
  14. AFN ‘broken beyond repair,’ but Archibald’s ouster won’t deter other women from seeking top position, says researcher – Windspeaker
  15. Robinson Huron Treaty First Nations once again urge Premier Ford to focus on negotiations by suspending Ontario’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada – Anishinabek News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. The YKDFN member helping to steer a huge Canadian rail project – Cabin Radio
  2. Niagara Health first hospital in the world to purchase Indigenous-supplied, branded medical gloves – NationTalk
  3. First Nations Bank new CEO is bringing his knowledge back to Canada after over 20 years on Wall Street – CBC News
  4. Fleet Modernization – Air Inuit Ratifies an Agreement to Acquire Three Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 Aircraft to Better Serve the People of Nunavik and Beyond  – NationTalk

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Manitoba unveils new school treaty education plan – Turtle Island News
  2. ‘It’s really important to celebrate’: Bilijk to host first Pride event – CBC News
  3. Travelling exhibit tells the story of Metis and the buffalo – Turtle Island News
  4. Youth voices, concerns reflected in new report on reconciliation – Windspeaker
  5. Carley Gloade on the lifelong benefits of sport for Indigenous youth – CBC News
  6. June is National Indigenous History Month but how did it come to be? – CBC News
  7. Better dental care means dealing with historical issues, says Indigenous dentist – CBC News
  8. National forum on reconciliation in higher educations stirs hope, optimisim – Turtle Island News
  9. ‘Our children won’t call it the St. John River’: An Indigenous family trip to the Wolastoq – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Nunavut one step closer to realizing land use plan – APTN News
  2. Questions swirl in Quebec over wildfire compensation for evacuees – APTN News
  3. Tradition, technology come together for winter jacket lit by body heat – Windspeaker
  4. ‘Vision of Inuit’: Nunavut’s historic land use plan submitted after 16 years – Turtle Island News
  5. Cree evacuees in Quebec wildfire crisis face particular cultural, health challenges – APTN News
  6. Communities hope new panel will help shed light on historical environmental racism – CBC News
  7. Climate action means ‘reconnection,’ say participants in Yukon First Nations fellowship – CBC News
  8. Burial grounds, wild animals, and food for elders: What’s burning inside B.C.’s largest wildfire – CBC News
  9. Canada needs to use the Indigenous practice of prescribed burning for wildfire prevention, experts say – Insider
  10. When the smoke clears: Indigenous communities worry about connections to the land after wildfires – CBC News
  11. The depths of Canada’s chronic Indigenous community water problems start at the top, say experts – Timmins Today
  12. First Nation calls on B.C. to restore shellfish harvesting sites closed for decades due to poor water quality – 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.

‘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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