IndigeNews: June 8 – 13, 2021

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Mawio’mi”

Meaning: gathering, composition

In the News

  1. Mi’kmaw chief challenges those affected by Kamloops children to speak out – CBC News
  2. Calls for cancellation: Maritimers weigh in on a movement to drop Canada Day – CTV News
  3. ‘Pick a Sunday:’ Indigenous leaders ask Catholics to stay home, push for apology – CTV News
  4. Emotional vigil held in Charlottetown for victims, survivors of residential schools – CBC News
  5. National Indigenous leaders plan Vatican visit to call for long-awaited papal apology – CBC News
  6. More Sask. First Nations announce efforts to find graves of residential school students – CBC News
  7. Sioux Valley Dakota Nation working towards identifying children at Brandon residential school – APTN News
  8. Lennox Island chief says no reconciliation until all residential schools searched, bodies identified and returned – SaltWire Network
  9.  P.E.I.’s Mi’kmaq chiefs, residential school survivors honour the past and look to the future: ‘The time for real change is now’ – SaltWire Network

Politics & Law

  1. Cindy Blackstock: Stealing “Indian” human rights in 2021 – Policy Options
  2. Settlement reached with Indian Residential Schools Day Scholars – Anishinabek News
  3. First Nations communities speak about law enforcement on reserves – My Comox Valley Now
  4. New agreement between Potlotek and DFO off to rocky start for harvester – SaltWire Network
  5. Indigenous child-welfare battle heads to court despite calls for Ottawa to drop cases – CTV News
  6. Commons passes motion urging feds to drop court actions involving First Nations kids – CBC News
  7. A Group of Indigenous Fishermen Want to Take the Government of Canada to Court – Modern Farmer
  8. Dene Nation looks to a future of Indigenous self-governments as it rebuilds its constitution – CBC News
  9. Calls grow for Ottawa to review settlement decisions for residential school survivors – Kamloops This Week
  10. What to look for in Ottawa’s Canadian Human Rights Tribunal appeals: frequently asked questions – APTN News
  11. Respect, consent will govern next steps as Quebec mulls searching residential school sites for remains – CBC News
  12. Mi’kmaw fishers hope to get courts to block Ottawa’s interference in moderate livelihood fishery – SaltWire Network
  13. 40 years after Listuguj salmon raids, Mi’kmaw community is asserting control over ancestral fishing rights – CBC News
  14. Settlement reached with Indian Residential Schools Day Scholars – Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
  15. International Criminal Court will give ‘consideration’ to request to investigate Canada, Catholic church over residential schools – APTN News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. JP Gladu to lead transition at Indigenous Resource Network – Northern Ontario Business
  2. Better Business Bureau warns of scammers falsely claiming to support Indigenous causes – CBC News
  3. ‘Are you poor enough?’: First Nations face compounding financial hardship when defending rights in court – The Narwhal
  4. Saulteaux chemist launches consulting business to Indigenize science, technology, engineering and mathematics – APTN News
  5. Government of Canada launches call for applications for Own-Source Revenue in Indigenous Communities Initiative – Indigenous Services Canada
  6. Historic step made to transfer housing, capital and infrastructure services on Saskatchewan reserves to First Nations control – Indigenous Services Canada

Education, Health & Culture

  1. The Indigenous connection to the Underground Railroad – CBC News
  2. Life is what you make it: How I’m relearning Mi’kmaw culture – CBC News
  3. COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: What you need to know – CBC News
  4. Peace and Friendship Park officially replaces Cornwallis Park name – CBC News
  5. Mi’kmaw artist picks iconic fracking protest photo for newest stone carving – CBC News
  6. City of Victoria scraps Canada Day event in wake of residential school discovery – APTN News
  7. National Indigenous History Month 2021: A journey through historical moments – APTN News
  8. Kingston artist pushes for Indigenous art next to Sir John A. Macdonald statue in City Park – Global News
  9. How an overhaul of the child welfare system could keep more Mi’kmaw youth close to home – CBC News
  10. NL, Corner Brook Permanently Displaying Mi’kmaq Grand Council Flag at City Hall – VOCM Local News Now
  11. Shocked reaction to B.C. residential school discovery highlights lack of Indigenous education in Canada: experts – CTV News
  12. Government of Canada COVID-19 update for Indigenous Peoples and communities, week of June 9 – Indigenous Services Canada
  13. ‘I was living in fear’: Lennox Island woman shares her experience in the residential school system during recent ceremony – SaltWire Network

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. ‘Keystone XL is dead!’ – Indian Country Today
  2. Pituamkek – A Mi’kmaq Heritage Landscape – L’nuey PEI YouTube
  3. How a 1950s experiment brought foam igloos to Kinngait, Nunavut – CBC News
  4. Squamish Nation calls for old-growth logging moratorium in its territory – CBC News
  5. Fish farms, jobs, and wild salmon stocks in the Discovery Islands in B.C. – APTN News
  6. Survey Launched for Proposed Prince Edward Island Park Reserve – National Parks Traveler
  7. 13 year old bee keeper from Hiawatha First Nation heading to Russia for apiary competition – APTN News
  8. Clearwater River Dene Nation Blocks ‘businessd as usual’ access to uranium fields – Prince Albert Daily Herald
  9. Opinion: Why the first river in Canada to become a legal person signals a boon for Indigenous Rights – The Narwhal
  10. B.C. premier says province will respect First Nations’ decision to put logging in old growth forest on hold – APTN News
  11. ‘This is our land’: Cumberland House Cree Nation asserts Indigenous rights to Saskatchewan River Delta – Prince Albert Daily Herald

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

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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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    • 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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