IndigeNews: Mar. 5 – 12, 2024

A Weekly Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Katew”
(gah-dow)

Meaning: Eel

In the News

  1. Marches and rallies across the country call for landfill search – APTN News
  2. For traditional Mi’kmaw adult eel fishers, it’s not about the money – CBC News
  3. Fly me to the moon: Alan Syliboy’s art included in lunar time capsule – SaltWire
  4. Documentary series profiles four Indigenous women of Atlantic Canada – CBC News
  5. Reaction from community members following Myles Sanderson inquest – APTN News
  6. For Keptin Jim Bernard, basket-making is a beautiful blend of art and tradition – CBC News
  7. Canada should provide Indigenous languages with constitutional protection – The Conversation
  8. Here’s what these Indigenous women have for advice on International Women’s Day – CBC News
  9. Final day to submit a claim for the First Nations Drinking Water Class Action Settlement – APTN News
  10. Rally and round dance calls for Manitoba government to search landfill for women’s remains – CTV News
  11. Knowledge event held to share lessons learned in search for unmarked graves at residential schools – Windspeaker
  12. ‘I wish this was there 11 years ago’: $2.5 million in federal support for Indigenous women, youth entrepreneurs – SaltWire
  13. Manitoba First Nation clears final hurdle in $200M ‘cows and plows’ settlement with feds to right century-old wrong – Winnipeg Sun

Politics & Law

  1. Eleven communities ask Canada to halt release of flawed stats – Sask Today
  2. AFN national chief meets with the prime minister – what could it mean? – APTN News
  3. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew responds after criticism on landfill search delay – YouTube
  4. Brian Mulroney’s complicated relationship with Indigenous peoples in Canada – CBC News
  5. First Nation sues Alberta Energy Regulator over tailings leaks from oilsands mine – CBC News
  6. Vancouver police, First Nation ties have ‘broken down’ since settlement: review – APTN News
  7. Indigenous lawyer stresses early engagement is key to success of major projects – Windspeaker
  8. As disasters mount, First Nations’ safety has never been more pressing: Woodhouse – CTV News
  9. Chief of largest First Nations police service in Canada under investigation for misconduct – CTV News
  10. Federal minister in Membertou touts funding for Indigenous women, youth entrepreneurs – CBC News
  11. Legal action launched by First Nation following three wastewater discharges by Kearl Oil – Windspeaker
  12. After 5 years, Oneida still has no clean water. Why a class action settlement could be a ‘relief’ – CBC News
  13. Indigenous mineral interests protected as province modernizes mineral tenure act – Comox Valley Record
  14. BC Supreme Court quashes First Nation’s appeal against opioid crisis settlement approval – Canadian Lawyer
  15. Cat Lake forced to take legal action when Ontario granted permit to build road through territory – Windspeaker
  16. West Moberly First Nation ‘disheartened and frustrated’ by reactions to Land Act amendments – Penticton Herald
  17. Protesters say they’re fed up with NDP government inaction after promise to search landfill for slain women – CBC News
  18. Day school settlement has paid out $5.7B in claims. A Supreme Court petition says survivors were shortchanged – CBC News
  19. First Nations Call for Protection of Bear Dens via Immediate Provincial Legislation and Support for First Nations Legal Orders – UBCIC

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Fort McKay First Nation announces proposed tarsands development – APTN News
  2. Treaty 6 creating a revenue sharing model for Alberta’s consideration – Windspeaker
  3. What sort of funding Indigenous priorities may receive in upcoming budget – APTN News
  4. Organization to help Indigenous businesses get more procurement contracts – Timmins Today
  5. Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous – Maclean’s
  6. New funding announced for federal programs that support Indigenous entrepreneurs – CTV News
  7. Fort McKay First Nation eyes payday with new lease for bitumen production on lands – Windspeaker
  8. A Canadian housing development shows how the value of indigenous land can be unlocked – The Post
  9. Infrastructure Bank, First Nations Bank join forces to support smaller scale Indigenous development – Windspeaker
  10. CIB and First Nations Bank of Canada announce $100 million loan participation agreement – Daily Commercial News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. 2024 Canadian Screen Awards Indigenous nominees – APTN News
  2. Indigenous films included at five-day GEMFest in Vancouver – Windspeaker
  3. Team Nunavut gears up for the 2024 Arctic Winter Games in Alaska – APTN News
  4. Meet the Indigenous performers reviving and re-imagining the art of dance – CBC News
  5. Afro-Métis Muay Thai fighter ‘frustrated’ that she’s not on Canada’s team – APTN News
  6. B.C. creates new provincial position to focus on Indigenous child welfare – Victoria News
  7. Wally Firth, N.W.T.’s first Indigenous MP, remembered as a humble trailblazer – CBC News
  8. Treaty 6 team takes second place at 2024 world 8 ball championship in Las Vegas – APTN News
  9. Indigenous public health advocates share strategies for dismantling colonial structures – Windspeaker
  10. ‘Box it up and we can repatriate it:’ First Nation in B.C. says it wants its totem pole returned  – APTN News
  11. Indigenous chef from Sask. First Nation captures national tourism entrepreneur award – Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  12. First Nations in northwestern Ontario taking ownership of child-family services on road to federal reform – CBC News
  13. Milestone achieved in Medicine Hat as the Windspeaker Radio Network powers up to one million watts – Windspeaker

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Tense community meeting with Alberta energy regulator – APTN News
  2. Local First Nations back Vancouver plan to eliminate park board – Global News
  3. Akwesasne residents have concerns about proposed hydrogen facility in N.Y. state – CBC News
  4. Federal support of First Nations ahead of fire season not enough says chief in B.C. – APTN News
  5. First Nation in northern Alberta signs oilsands lease development MOU with Suncor – CBC News
  6. The difference between Indigenous-led conservation and Indigenous sovereignty – The Narwhal
  7. Government of Canada, Indigenous communities partner on transit planning projects – Mass Transit
  8. Kahnawake gets guarantee from Quebec that community will get help cleaning up spill – APTN News
  9. First Nations want feds to let them use oil and gas cleanup funds not spent by Alberta government – Global News
  10. Varcoe: Alberta First Nation signs deal with Suncor to explore new oilsands mine on reserve lands – Calgary Herald
  11. First Nations, Métis and environmental groups request investigation of harmful tailings pond substance – Ecojustice

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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