IndigeNews: Mar. 29 – Apr. 5, 2021

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend, the Mi’kmaq words of the week are…

“Wli Pentamuiku’s”
(well-ee ben-a-dim-ooh-we-goos)

Meaning: Happy April!

In the News

  1. Mi’kmaw fishery study to be completed by mid-May: Battiste – CBC News
  2. Search suspended for missing fisher off coast of Nova Scotia – Halifax Today
  3. Sipekne’katik First Nation lobster harvesters sue feds, non-Indigenous fishers – APTN News
  4. Lennox Island Ice Walk gives chance to ‘chart a new course together,’ chief says – CBC News
  5. COVID-19 cases in Indigenous communities down by 80% with high vaccine uptake – Global News
  6. Mi’kmaw fishers say they were exercising treaty rights when arrested by fisheries officials – APTN News
  7. Sipekne’katik sues Canada’s attorney general, N.S. commercial fishermen over violence – The Chronicle Herald
  8. Sipekne’katik community members stand guard as Canada threatens to remove Treaty Truckhouse – APTN News
  9. Government of Canada COVID-19 Update for Indigenous Peoples and Communities – Indigenous Services Canada
  10. Colonizers Being Colonizers: Lobster Fishing & The Continued Oppression Of L’nu’k In Mi’kma’ki – Yellowhead Institute
  11. Coast guard ship to be renamed after two people who signed Friendship Treaty of 1752 between Mi’kmaq and N.S. – CTV News
  12. Progress update on the Government of Canada’s commitment to clean water in First Nations communities – Indigenous Services Canada

Politics & Law

  1. Bill 79: To ensure that justice is served for our children and families – AFNQL
  2. OPP spent more than $16M policing 1492 Land Back Lane: Records – APTN News
  3. Launch of Alberta rural policing initiative met with criticism from First Nations – CBC News
  4. Ottawa stopped in bid to block creation of detailed residential school statistics – CBC News
  5. Gladue services transition to BC First Nations Justice Council – Government of British Columbia
  6. ‘WE’RE A GOVERNMENT’: MMF signs landmark agreement with feds on self-government – Winnipeg Sun
  7. UNDRIP will be implemented in Canada no matter political party in power says economic analyst – APTN News
  8. Poundmaker chief ‘will do whatever it takes’ for the First Nation to get its own police force – Saskatoon Star Phoenix
  9. Bilingualism requirement for SCC justices creates ‘needless barrier’ for Indigenous candidates, critics say – CBC News
  10. Mining sector will have to adapt as B.C. looks to implement UN declaration on Indigenous rights – The Globe and Mail
  11. Ottawa blames retired senator, survivors for undermining trust in residential school compensation system – CBC News
  12. Federal court judge rules in favour of Acho Dene Koe First Nation member’s complaint about election delay – CBC News
  13. Qalipu band council dumbfounded by Ottawa’s decision to abandon former FNI members membership issues – The Telegram
  14. ‘Death by a thousand cuts’: The struggle to get racism under control at Indigenous Services and Crown -Indigenous Relations – APTN News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. A warrior’s way to Indigenous inclusion – Northern Ontario Business
  2. Mi’kmaq couple gets global attention from Nike partnership – The Telegram
  3. Mi’kmaw tiny-home builders hoping to tackle Indigenous housing crisis – CTV News
  4. New First Nations procurement policy stirring controversy in the Yukon – APTN News
  5. Ottawa’s proposed Indigenous-rights bill threatens resource development: experts – iPolitics
  6. Indigenous-owned businesses across Canada expanding with help of $25M fund – APTN News
  7. Indigenous entrepreneurs have a major role to play in COVID-19 recovery – The Globe and Mail
  8. Construction companies build new departments to better work with Indigenous communities – CBC News
  9. Indigenous virtual reality company looking for knowledge keepers, storytellers, artists to promote culture – APTN News
  10. Canada and US First Nations unite Against Hydro-Québec – Innu-Atikamekw- Anishnabek Coalition /Innu Nation/Penobscot Nation

Education, Health & Culture

  1. First Nation language library launched – Yukon News
  2. What to do with the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald? – CBC News
  3. The Beatles’ ‘Blackbird’ Sung in the Indigenous Mi’kmaq Language – Open Culture
  4. Cowessess First Nation marks start of authority over child care – Yorkton This Week
  5. Removing the colonial lens: The push to decolonize museums in Canada – APTN News
  6. Membertou teen keeping the Mi’kmaq language alive in his community – The Guardian
  7. Money to find information on ‘ghost babies’ makes it into Quebec budget – APTN News
  8. First Nations Health Authority reports 16,000 Indigenous peoples vaccinated – The Peak
  9. Mohawk, Mi’gmaq in Quebec join forces for ‘Inter-Nation Vaccination Clinic’ – APTN News
  10. Unique Indigenous mental-health program in Ontario secures last-minute funding – CBC News
  11. UBC’s Okanagan campus launches Canada’s 1st Indigenous language degree program – CBC News
  12. Good Friday tradition that goes back almost a century continues in Eskasoni – The Chronicle Herald
  13. Regina city council votes to remove John A. Macdonald statue from Victoria Park – Regina-Leader Post
  14. Government of Canada launches a call for proposals to support work of Indigenous communities towards exercising jurisdiction in relation to child and family services – Indigenous Services Canada

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. A toxic overlap of COVID-19 and environmental racism – The Narwhal
  2. Architect Douglas Cardinal on building in harmony with nature – CBC Radio
  3. Outdoor classroom in the N.W.T. perfect for language, culture – APTN News
  4. Farm Credit Canada sees opportunities for Indigenous agriculture – Yorkton This Week
  5. Members of Kaska Nation raising alarm over proposed mine in the Yukon – APTN News
  6. Lheidli T’enneh Nation in B.C. moves to push Enbridge pipeline off territory – APTN News
  7. As Labrador Inuit try to keep pace with climate change, adaptation takes a toll – CBC News
  8. Canada’s herring facing ‘biological decimation’, say First Nations and activists – The Guardian
  9. Scientists, First Nations team up in fresh attempt to revive struggling B.C. herring stocks – CBC News
  10. Kluane Adamek addresses ruling on carbon pricing, emphasizes Indigenous autonomy – Yukon News
  11. First Nation granted almost $500K for school solar-power project to reduce reliance on diesel – CBC News

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

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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 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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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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