IndigeNews: Mar. 8 – 14, 2021

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Sipu”
(see-boo)

Meaning: river

In the News

  1. EDITORIAL: Sir John A must go until solution is found – The Guardian
  2. More than $3B paid to 28,000 victims of residential school abuse: report – CBC News
  3. COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: What you need to know this week – CBC News
  4. 3 Islanders make list of top-25 powerful business women in Atlantic Canada – CBC News
  5. Listuguj fishers featured in TV documentary about their commercial fishery – APTN News
  6. ‘If you cannot forgive, you cannot grow’: Event honours P.E.I. Mi’kmaq history – CTV News
  7. City still considering John A. Macdonald statue options, Charlottetown mayor says – CBC News
  8. Feds submit arguments to overturn ‘unreasonable’ and ‘egregious’ CHRT rulings – APTN News
  9. Fisheries officers will enforce the rules if Mi’kmaq fish out of season, says minister – CBC Radio
  10. Government of Canada COVID-19 Update for Indigenous Peoples and communities – Indigenous Services Canada
  11. Cape Breton First Nation’s plan for early fishing forced DFO’s hand on new regulations: spokesperson – The Chronicle Herald
  12. Ottawa won’t set new deadline for lifting all remaining drinking water advisories in First Nations communities – The Globe and Mail

Politics & Law

  1. Federal committee hears mixed messages about proposed UNDRIP bill – APTN News
  2. Bringing more women into politics an ‘incredible force’, says Yukon AFN chief – CBC News
  3. Mi’kmaw MP says new DFO policy could employ hundreds of harvesters this year – APTN News
  4. Judge dismisses Ontario motion to be removed from Shoal Lake water taking lawsuit – CBC News
  5. Manitoba should remove deadline for pursuing Indigenous land claims in new bill: AMC – CBC News
  6. Manitoba’s proposed smoking ban ‘intrusion’ on jurisdiction of First Nations say chiefs – APTN News
  7. First Nation suing Yukon government for approving land subdivision near caribou habitat – Yukon News
  8. Indigenous Services tries to shift Canadians’ focus to progress made, not promises broken – APTN News
  9. Joyce Echaquan’s death prompts Manawan Atikamekw Council to turn to United Nations – Global News
  10. Show us the science: Chiefs ask Ottawa to see the evidence for limiting their fisheries – Welland Tribune
  11. Mi’kmaq fishery decision an ‘opportunity’ and ‘interim measure,’ says Liberal MP Battiste – The Hill Times
  12. Mi’kmaw lobster harvester says he’ll fight Canada’s reconciliation ‘death certificate’ in court – APTN News
  13. Tataskweyak suing federal government with class-action lawsuit over failure to provide clean water – Thompson Citizen

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Indigenous women entrepreneurs on the rise – APTN News
  2. Mi’kmaw tiny-home builders hope to solve big housing shortage – CBC News
  3. COVID collapsed ground gained for Indigenous women in business – Toronto Star
  4. Inuit organizations get $8 million from Ottawa to address food insecurity – Nunavut News
  5. New MOU aims to develop, promote Indigenous tourism sector in Edmonton – CBC News
  6. Ottawa funds development of First Nations-owned B.C. geothermal project – Toronto Star
  7. Montreal drop-in centre receives ‘historic’ funding from Quebec and Canada – APTN News
  8. New totem pole in Calgary ‘bringing people together’ to support Indigenous employment – Global News
  9. University of Toronto Mississauga launches Indigenous Entrepreneurship Program – University of Toronto
  10. Government of Canada Grants $3.6 Million to Resilience Montreal to Support Downtown Indigenous Population – Indigenous Services Canada

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Waltes connects First Nations people to their culture – SaltWire Network
  2. COVID-era school design takes lessons from Indigenous educators – CBC News
  3. B.C. ‘open’ to apologizing for birth alerts, says First Nations Summit – IndigiNews
  4. Women Indigenous Leaders Speak Out about Gender-Based Discrimination – The Tyee
  5. Fort Qu’Appelle students get a new space to practice Indigenous ceremonies – CTV News
  6. UNB Student Breana Andrews Releases Indigenous Learning Resource – The Brunswickian
  7. ‘Nobody likes having a toothache’: Still no dental in some N.W.T. communities – CBC News
  8. Atikamekw community of Manawan appeals to UN for help to push Joyce’s Principle – APTN News
  9. Canada signs Regional Education Agreement with Elsipogtog First Nation Education Authority – Mirage News
  10. It’s lit: Qaumajuq’s Winnipeg opening aims to illuminate through world’s largest Inuit art collection – CBC News
  11. Mi’kmaq runner hopes land acknowledgement will welcome more Indigenous people to the sport in Nova Scotia – The Chronicle Herald
  12. Progress update on the Government of Canada’s commitment to clean water in First Nations communities – Indigenous Services Canada

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Cardboard-to-pellet project receives $95,000 grant – Biomass Magazine
  2. Lobster landings data released by DFO show complex picture – CBC News
  3. Logging company clears Cree Nation ancestral trail without recourse – The Conversation
  4. Ottawa to launch new website to track progress on long-term drinking water advisories – CBC News
  5. SPOTLIGHT: Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall on environmentalism as a way of life – Cape Breton Post
  6. New mineral development strategy in the Yukon to replace colonialist mining legislation – APTN News
  7. First Nations say Alberta review of coal project inadequate, seek federal involvement – Kamloops This Week
  8. Learning to negotiate: online simulation exposes youth to the complex world of treaty negotiations – CBC News
  9. Indigenous-owned geothermal project expected to ‘revolutionize the North’ gets $40M from feds – APTN News
  10. The bison are back in town: For this Cree nation, cultural renewal comes thundering home – The Globe and Mail
  11. Ottawa launches website to detail progress on drinking-water advisories in First Nations communities – Humboldt Journal

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

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    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
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  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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    • L’nuey blanket
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    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on February 6, 2023.
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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.
  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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