IndigeNews: June 6 – 12, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Mawi’omi”
(mah-wee-o-me)

Meaning: gathering

In the News

  1. Pope Francis postpones July trip to Africa, Canada still on the agenda – APTN News
  2. Abegweit First Nation shares traditions with future generations in powwow – CBC News
  3. ’60s Scoop survivors still waiting for final payment but no one will say why – APTN News
  4. Mi’kmaw tourism sector and Halifax university to develop new tourism program – CBC News
  5. Two Manitoba First Nations search former residential school sites, find anomalies – Toronto Star
  6. Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre opens unique community space in north end Halifax – CTV News
  7. Students reclaim culture through Mi’kmaw language class in Lennox Island, P.E.I. – SaltWire Network
  8. P.E.I.’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission report helps keep province focused, director says – CBC News
  9. ‘It’s very disappointing’: N.B. government criticized for changing Truth and Reconciliation Day motion – CTV News
  10. ‘It’s about us helping ourselves’: Mi’kmaw builders in P.E.I. construct tiny homes for Indigenous homeless in Halifax – SaltWire Network

Politics & Law

  1. Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report – Government of Prince Edward Island
  2. Quebec gives $6.2 million to Mohawk police force to stop firearms trafficking – APTN News
  3. Tahltan Nation, B.C. gov’t sign a historic agreement under the Declaration Act – APTN News
  4. Province falls short with Truth and Reconciliation Day motion, say Wolastoqey chiefs – CBC News
  5. Proposed legislation gives Indigenous groups more say in management of federal historic sites – APTN News
  6. Ottawa appoints special interlocutor to help with investigations of unmarked graves at former residential schools – APTN News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Business growth in Eskasoni not slowed by pandemic – CBC News
  2. Eskasoni café aims to serve community by dishing up healthier options – CBC News
  3. Kitigan Zibi school partners with Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger to push fashion design program – APTN News
  4. Indigenous tourism program coming to N.S. university as calls grow to showcase Mi’kmaw culture – Global News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Wabanaki art takes centre stage in Fredericton – CBC News
  2. Tyendinaga flight school takes to the skies after devastating hangar fire – APTN News
  3. Meet Angela Houle, the Indigenous strongwoman fighting for her pro card – CBC News
  4. Stolen skulls returning to Beothuk Lake, as N.L. plans for new cultural centre – CBC News
  5. Collection of Mi’kmaw artifacts coming home after being kept at U.S. museum for decades – CBC News
  6. Birth alerts have ended but nearly a baby a day still being apprehended in Manitoba: data – APTN News
  7. Sagkeeng First Nation’s search of former residential school site uncovers 190 radar anomalies – CBC News
  8. This Mi’kmaw educator is sharing his knowledge online during National Indigenous History Month – CTV News
  9. How do you bring home children’s remains from residential schools? Ask the youth who’ve done it – CBC News
  10. ‘Their spirits can be at peace’: Mi’kmaq chief reflects on long journey to repatriate Beothuk remains – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere shoot past key milestone – APTN News
  2. APTN Investigates joins team to tell stories of the climate crisis – APTN News
  3. Inuit energy company and Hydro-Québec partner to deliver renewable energy – APTN News
  4. Elsipogtog women learn skilled trades while building housing for their community – CBC News
  5. Living water: Northern Indigenous communities’ use and perceptions of drinking water – The Conversation
  6. Renowned carver adopts solar power as clean-energy alternative to diesel on not-so-sunny Haida Gwaii – CBC News

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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