IndigeNews: Mar. 8 – 13, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“E’pit”
(eeh-bit)

Meaning: Woman

In the News

  1. Update: Missing Mikmaw woman Marley Morris found safe – APTN News
  2. Process to apply for First Nations drinking water compensation now open – APTN News
  3. Mi’kmaw woman reported missing last month found safe, say Halifax police – CBC News
  4. Marches held in N.S. as concern grows for Mi’kmaw woman missing 2 weeks – CBC News
  5. Canada considers quota cut on commercial baby eel fishery to increase Mi’kmaw access – CBC News
  6. ‘Pick yourself up, dust yourself off’: Lennox Island woman returns to class after 22 years – SaltWire Network
  7. Federal funding supports organization aimed at improving health in Mi’kmaw communities – SaltWire Network

Politics & Law

  1. Alexander First Nation settles land claim – Two Row Times
  2. Ts’uubaa-asatx Nation settles land claim – Two Row Times
  3. Treaty 8 Nations of Alberta leaving AFN, treaty chiefs organization – APTN News
  4. Standing committee’s fourth moderate livelihood report criticized – SaltWire Network
  5. Enfranchisement litigation to come to an end: Indigenous Services Canada – Toronto Star
  6. Canada looking for resolution in First Nations enfranchisement charter challenge – APTN News
  7. BC Supreme Court about to hear precedent-setting Nuchatlaht Nation case – Windspeaker.com
  8. Canada and Ts’uubaa-asatx Nation settle specific claim related to loss of reserve land – Newswire
  9. Peguis First Nation launches lawsuit against Manitoba government over night hunting – CBC News
  10. Quebec’s special advisor on ‘ghost babies’ expects number of missing children to rise – APTN News
  11. 14 sudden death cases of Indigenous people in Thunder Bay, Ont., recommended for police reinvestigation – CBC News
  12. Federal Court, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal seal records related to hearings into complaint against RCMP – APTN News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. First Nations plan to buy stake in Coastal GasLink pipeline – CBC News
  2. Alberta’s Indigenous tourism industry gets $1.3M funding boost from feds – Global News
  3. Wendake Indigenous community will be able to enhance its tourism offering – NationTalk
  4. Indigenous groups still aim to buy Trans Mountain pipeline, even as costs soar – CBC News
  5. Fire truck donated to Pictou Landing First Nation Fire Department from We’koqma’q First Nation – SaltWire Network
  6. New Indigenous Community Infrastructure Initiative financing to support Kahkewistahaw Landing Infrastructure – Newswire
  7. Project Reconciliation one of the Indigenous groups aiming to buy Trans Mountain pipeline, even as costs soar – APTN News
  8. Premium Brands Holdings Corporation Reports Record Fourth Quarter And 2021 Results, Four New Acquisitions And A 10.2% Dividend Increase – NationTalk

Education, Health & Culture

  1. How an Eskasoni tutor uses Mi’kmaw 8-pointed stars to teach math – CBC News
  2. ‘Historic event’: Sask. First Nation sees first on-reserve birth in 50 years – CTV News
  3. Northern Ontario First Nations not on board with lifting COVID-19 restrictions – APTN News
  4. Mi’kmaw carver gives traditional wooden masks new life with giant snow sculptures – CBC News
  5. Cape Breton University workshops share Mi’kmaw culture with students, staff – SaltWire Network
  6. Muinji’j Asks Why: The Story of the Mi’kmaq and the Shubenacadie Residential School – Quill and Quire
  7. Sask. First Nation building its own welfare program to keep Indigenous kids out of foster care – CTV News
  8. Setting snares and building lean-tos: Elsipogtog youth get crash course in winter survival skills – CBC News
  9. Mixed reaction in Yukon as territorial government prepares to ditch all COVID-19 restrictions – APTN News
  10. Curator recognized with Governor General’s award for his long career in Indigenous art – Windspeaker.com
  11. ‘Better outcomes’: B.C. organization gets American award for championing Indigenous children – Global News
  12. Jordan’s Principle deal signed between SCO and Winnipeg School Division to benefit First Nation students – APTN News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Parks Canada renews MOU with national Indigenous tourism association – Windspeaker.com
  2. Alberta government to extend pause on Rocky Mountain coal mine development – APTN News
  3. ‘Dene K’éh Didī Nī́ʼ Sū́géhʼīn Mā’: Indigenous women are blazing a conservation trail – APTN News
  4. Ontario First Nations encouraged to fight invasive species with ‘eyes on the ground’ – Windspeaker.com
  5. Chief in Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation says unusual weather event linked to climate change – APTN News
  6. Two Alberta First Nations sign conservation agreement with Ottawa to protect boreal caribou – CTV News
  7. Ontario authorizes exploratory drilling by Noront in Ring of Fire despite Attawapiskat objections – APTN News
  8. ‘The land’s my counselor’: $1M Arctic Inspiration Prize to help fund land-based healing in Nunavik – APTN News
  9. Study highlights value of Indigenous knowledge in tracking decline of B.C.’s mountain goat population – CBC News
  10. Wildlife knowledge in law: BC introduces legislation to ensure First Nations input on wildlife management – Castanet

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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