IndigeNews: Mar. 13 – 18, 2024

A Weekly Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Weliaq”
(well-ee-ahk)

Meaning: it is good, that’s good

In the News

  1. Higgs government signs another First Nation deal – Penticton Herald
  2. Some Islanders say the Confederation Bridge’s name should not change – CBC News
  3. Why these Mi’kmaw dancers are teaching others the traditional ko’jua dance – CBC News
  4. Indigenous animator from N.B. to release feature film in Wolastoqey language – Global News
  5. Cape Breton researchers work toward official recognition of Indigenous medicine – CBC News
  6. Wolastoqey Nation pushes back against closure of baby eel fishery in New Brunswick – APTN News
  7. UN reminds Canada, Manitoba they’re breaching international law by not searching landfill – APTN News
  8. Toronto researchers help uncover Ontario First Nations’ donations to Irish Famine relief fund – CBC News
  9. The untold story of the “Canadian Mayflower:” A family roots journey in Nova Scotia – Canadian Geographic
  10. FIRST READING: Judge warns of ‘tsunami’ of offenders faking Indigenous status to get lighter sentences – SaltWire
  11. National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation gets $5M toward permanent home, urges province for more funding – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. ‘Our Children are not for sale’: Treaty 8 chiefs – APTN News
  2. Vancouver Charter changes proposed to help First Nations build housing – City News
  3. Inuit leaders, MPs urge action on TB elimination as federal budget nears – CBC News
  4. Indigenous Services, Crown-Indigenous Relations table plans to cut spending – CBC News
  5. New report out on how government institutions fared during the pandemic – APTN News
  6. Chief of Vuntut Gwitchin hopes proposed law will improve health care delivery – APTN News
  7. Manitoba bail reform plan panned by First Nations leader, justice advocate – Penticton Herald
  8. ’Tsunami’ of Indigenous identity fraud cases heading to courts, warns B.C. judge – Vancouver Sun
  9. Wolastoqey Nation pushes back against closure of baby eel fishery in New Brunswick – APTN News
  10. N.B. lawsuit names over 100 alleged elver poachers and enablers, including Indigenous chief – SaltWire
  11. Chiefs, province publicly call out feds for taking back unspent oil and gas clean-up dollars – Windspeaker
  12. Access to Indigenous-led justice services important way to achieve systemic change: lawyer – APTN News
  13. VIDEO: Feds announce $2.1 million to address Indigenous issues with criminal justice system – Global News
  14. Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta implement adoption law to end private adoption of Treaty 8 children – Global News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Nisga’a Nation prepares to purchase natural gas pipeline project – CBC News
  2. Indigenous Screen Office gets permanent funding from federal government – APTN News
  3. B.C. First Nation and Western LNG partner to purchase natural gas pipeline project – Vancouver Sun
  4. Ottawa announces funding for Indigenous-led projects to tackle justice system overrepresentation – Canadian Lawyer

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Filmmaker is seen, awarded for her community commitment – Windspeaker
  2. VIDEO: Inside the hand games event at the Arctic Winter Games – CBC News
  3. Dene filmmaker releases first feature-length thriller, Cold Road – APTN News
  4. New project revisits wampum belts through a contemporary lens – CBC News
  5. Two-spirit celebrations align with the balance of Spring Equinox – Windspeaker
  6. First Nations University announces launch of Indigenous journalism program – APTN News
  7. Feds failing at health care reconciliation and nursing is at the heart of the issue: union – APTN News
  8. One of Canada’s 1st First Nations Olympic gold medallists named to North American hall of fame – CBC News
  9. Prestigious awards go to Indigenous artists whose work challenges and propels society forward – Windspeaker
  10. Flip-flop in regulating mental health counsellors will slow getting urgent services to Indigenous people – CTV News
  11. ‘This policy is not about policing Indigenous identity’: Memorial University holds Indigenous verification consultations – SaltWire

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. First flight: Breton Air/Kitpu Aviation aid Eskasoni search – SaltWire
  2. Unpaving paradise: Returning industrial spaces to nature on Vancouver Island – CBC News
  3. Fishers say closure of lucrative baby eel fishery won’t stop poaching in Maritimes – CTV News
  4. First Nations want federal government to class oilsands tailings component as toxin – Global News
  5. Conference panel discusses aspects of Indigenous participation in the mining sector – Windspeaker

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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