IndigeNews: Mar. 27 – Apr. 2, 2023

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

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

Meaning: Happy April (egg hatching time)!

In The News

  1. Amnesty International report pans Canada’s record on Indigenous rights – CBC News
  2. Mi’kmaw wigwam vandalized on elementary-school property in Liverpool – CBC News
  3. Federal government, B.C. and Indigenous nation sign care co-ordination deal – CTV News
  4. First Nations chiefs to debate Trudeau government’s draft UNDRIP action plan – CBC News
  5. Advocates say budget investment in Indigenous housing, MMIWG misses mark – APTN News
  6. Mi’kmaw elder and school to rebuild vandalized wikuom, turn ‘negative’ into ‘positive’ – Global News
  7. AFN national chief says budgetary cycle ensures First Nations remain in perpetual poverty – APTN News
  8. Indigenous experts, leaders say Vatican’s Doctrine of Discovery rejection marks step forward – CBC News
  9. Budget 2023 continues ‘repetitive injustice’ of underfunding First Nations, says national chief – CBC News
  10. Doctrine of Discovery doesn’t reflect ‘equal dignity and rights’ of Indigenous Peoples: Vatican – APTN News
  11. Indigenous leaders hope Vatican’s repudiation of oppressive colonial concepts leads to real change – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. N.W.T. introduces bill to implement UNDRIP – CBC News
  2. N.W.T. takes a step closer to implementing UNDRIP – APTN News
  3. Amnesty condemns RCMP ‘attack’ on Wet’suwet’en territory – APTN News
  4. AFN national chief delivers her ‘elevator pitch’ to U.S. president – Windspeaker
  5. First Nations’ leaders disrupt Ontario legislature in Ring of Fire protest – APTN News
  6. Ottawa appoints new official in charge of Indigenous corrections – Athabasca Advocate
  7. Saskatchewan to start development on future Indigenous police services – Global News
  8. First Nations lay claim to all critical minerals and rare earth elements in Saskatchewan – CBC News
  9. Budget 2023: Feds announce $2B for housing, $125M on MMIWG, $811M on health – APTN News
  10. First Nations leaders walk out of Queen’s Park after heated exchange over mining proposals – CBC News
  11. Protocol agreement between Métis settlements and Alberta cements a ‘perpetual’ relationship – Windspeaker
  12. Métis settlements, Fort McKay Métis separately seek judicial reviews of MNA agreement with feds – Windspeaker
  13. Métis Nation of Alberta just wants reasons why minister halted negotiations on consultation, court told – Windspeaker
  14. Indigenous self-government and taxation: Indigenous nations no longer required to phase out tax exemption under new federal policy – Lexology

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Federal budget makes little specific mention of the North – CBC News
  2. National Inuit organization seeking $1.6B for school food program – CBC News
  3. FSIN says 2023-24 Sask. budget doesn’t do enough for First Nations – CBC News
  4. First Nations Fiscal Management Act Amendments Proposed in Canada – Mirage News
  5. Ottawa commits consultation money for Indigenous resource sharing in Budget 2023 – CTV News
  6. Higgs pitches First Nations on up to $1.6B in revenue with possible shale gas expansion – CBC News
  7. Indigenous groups hope for infrastructure dollars and economic development in budget – CBC News
  8. Indigenous businesses in N.B. get help on how to bid for government, industry contracts – CBC News
  9. Budget 2023 commits $8.7M to Indigenous resource consultation, eyes housing strategy – Global News
  10. From battling TB to improving infrastructure, federal budget falls well short of Indigenous needs – Windspeaker

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Sixties Scoop adoptees wrap up 5-day gathering – APTN News
  2. Two-spirit alliance spearheading new housing project in Halifax – CBC News
  3. Federal committees looking at graduation rates of Indigenous students – APTN News
  4. 74% of youth in care in Alberta are Indigenous. Here’s what 2 of them had to say – CBC News
  5. ‘We’re asking to be heard’: Innu musicians lead call for Indigenous music quota – APTN News
  6. To stop pretendians, universities, Indigenous communities must work together – Windspeaker
  7. Jeremy Dutcher is joining forces with his mom to establish the first Wolastoqey immersion school – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Simpcw First Nation declares watershed as Indigenous conservation area – CBC News
  2. ‘Unreasonable, invalid and unlawful’: Fish farm company challenges feds – APTN News
  3. 200-MW Apuiat windfarm scores $3 million from Indigenous Services Canada – Electrical Business
  4. Ecologically diverse watershed declared Indigenous protected area by B.C. First Nation – Global News
  5. A global movement is granting rivers legal personhood. Could the Gatineau River be next? – CBC News
  6. Nunavut flips stance on caribou protection again, now supports development ban on calving grounds – CBC News
  7. Simpcw First Nation self-declares valley north of Clearwater an Indigenous protected area – Williams Lake Tribune

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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