IndigeNews: Mar. 21 – 28, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Lamqamu’k ”

Meaning: under the earth

In the News

  1. THROUGH THE CRACKS: NCPEI demands equity – PEI Canada.com
  2. Non-status Mi’kmaq class action filed over Cape Breton moose hunt – SaltWire Network
  3. Police search 2 Lennox Island properties after receiving tips in Jamie Sark investigation – CBC News
  4. Supreme Court dismisses N.B. government’s attempt to appeal hunter’s Aboriginal rights – CBC News
  5. The over-representation of Indigenous people in prison: The Honourable Harry S. LaForme – First Peoples Law
  6. ‘Picking up the pieces’: Indigenous delegates go to Rome to press Pope for residential school apology – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. The Nuchatlaht Legal Fight Is a Big Deal. Here’s Why – The Tyee
  2. Liberal, NDP agreement includes promises to further reconciliation – APTN News
  3. Feds launch consultations on new First Nations police services legislation – TB News Watch
  4. Nunavut Legal Aid to intervene at Supreme Court of Canada for first time – New Market Today
  5. Dispute over Land Back Lane injunction in Caledonia heading back to Ontario court – CBC News
  6. Historic land title case is about reconciliation and justice, lawyer for First Nation says – CBC News
  7. Foxgate Developments re-applying for permanent injunction against 1492 Land Back Lane – APTN News
  8. Supreme Court hearing to put ‘mass’ Indigenous incarceration in the spotlight – The Peterborough Examiner
  9. Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation asks court to declare Sask. gov’t failed duties in Crown land sales – CBC News
  10. Federal Court, CHRT seal documents of case involving John Furlong, RCMP without notice to media – APTN News
  11. First Nations leaders step up calls for external oversight of troubled Thunder Bay, Ont., police service – CBC News
  12. Government of Canada launches engagement process for First Nations police services legislation – Public Safety Canada
  13. Supreme Court to rule if legislation that limits use of conditional sentences infringes on Indigenous rights – Toronto Star

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Nunavut bracing for higher prices as inflation rises – APTN News
  2. UBCIC says Trans Mountain pipeline project a bad investment – APTN News
  3. Saskatchewan budget sees more money for First Nation, Métis issues – APTN News
  4. First Nations ‘merely pawns’ in wrangling over Ring of Fire: Marten Falls chief – APTN News
  5. $10K for Dene beaded gauntlets? Indigenous couture becoming ‘luxury fashion,’ say designers – CBC News
  6. Some 15 years and $1.7M later, a First Nation mulls what to do with its potato chip machinery – CBC News
  7. Liberal-NDP deal could mean major money for Indigenous communities over next 4 budgets: MPs – APTN News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. A lesson in tea from an Eskasoni elder – CBC News
  2. COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: What you need to know – CBC News
  3. Mi’kmaw woman designs bingo game to help teach her language – APTN News
  4. Bald eagle has rare closeup encounter in Esgenoôpetitj First Nation – CBC News
  5. Mi’kmaw athlete says wheelchair basketball is a way to keep being herself – CBC News
  6. Once-taboo game of waltes enjoyed by new generation thanks to Eskasoni woman – CBC News
  7. Mi’kmaw group accuses Vautour family of cultural appropriation in claim to parkland – CBC News
  8. Why a 400-year relationship between Mi’kmaq and Catholic Church is under pressure – CBC News
  9. ‘It’s always an exciting time’: Membertou filling for Wallace Bernard memorial tournament – SaltWire Network

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Indigenous practices are the future and past of wildfire prevention – APTN News
  2. Two First Nations sign Boreal Protection Agreement with Feds – Turtle Island News
  3. Animal rights group in B.C. says wolf cull extended without proper evidence – APTN News
  4. Chief of B.C. First Nation struck by wildfires, floods says moving may be safest bet – CBC News
  5. Inside the Atikamekw Nation’s fight against the deforestation of its ancestral lands – APTN 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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