IndigeNews: May 1 – 7, 2023

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Aklasie’w”
(ahg-la-see-aoh)

Meaning: English, Briton, english person

In The News

  1. Lawyers told to take ‘the truth’ back to Ottawa – APTN News
  2. Islanders come together to raise awareness about MMIWG – CBC News
  3. Whitecap Dakota First Nation signs historic treaty with Canada – CBC News
  4. Roddy Gould Jr. wins another term as Abegweit First Nation’s chief – CBC News
  5. Two Mi’kmaw fishers in court facing charges for harvesting baby eels – APTN News
  6. It’s time for ‘pretendians’ to return the grant funding and honorary degrees – CBC News
  7. First Nations communities evacuated or on notice as wildfires take hold in B.C., Alberta – APTN News
  8. ‘The violence pandemic continues’: MPs declare MMIWG2S a national emergency – National Observer
  9. On Red Dress Day, Indigenous voices urge timely introduction of proposed public alert system – CBC News
  10. National Indigenous leaders hope to renew relationship with Crown after meeting King Charles – CBC News
  11. IN PHOTOS: Red Dress Day in P.E.I. remembers missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls – SaltWire

Politics & Law

  1. Lawsuit alleges RCMP failures in shooting death of Rodney Levi – CBC News
  2. What will King Charles mean for the Crown-Indigenous relationship – CBC News
  3. Obed, Archibald and Caron meet with King Charles ahead of coronation – APTN News
  4. Relationship with RCMP sour before discrimination complaint: Survivors – APTN News
  5. Cape Breton MP says fight isn’t over on proposed electoral boundary changes – CBC News
  6. Mi’kmaw MP says legal challenges likely over commission boundary changes – APTN News
  7. Indigenous cannabis shop that was focus of Vernon raids sues the province of BC – Castanet
  8. ‘An existential threat:’ First Nations challenge Ontario Métis self-government deal – CBC News
  9. Human rights tribunal into complaint against RCMP underway in Burns Lake, B.C. – APTN News
  10. Whitecap Dakota First Nation signs self-government treaty with Canada – Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  11. Opposition from First Nations mounts over Métis Nation of Ontario self-government deal – CBC News
  12. Dozens of mineral claims made in First Nation territory as it fights to stop them in court – The Narwhal
  13. McLeod Lake Indian Band, BC Government sign agreements to protect treaty rights – My Prince George Now
  14. Métis National Council maps disputed transfer of veterans money to Manitoba Métis Federation – CBC News
  15. MPs call for national emergency declaration on violence against Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit people – CBC News
  16. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon reflects on the King’s coronation and whether Charles could apologize for colonialism – CTV News

Business, Economics & Finance

  1. First Nations Mean Business  – BC Business
  2. Indigenous-owned businesses celebrated during Tourism Week – APTN News
  3. Madawaska First Nation implements own tax law in response to N.B. cancelling agreements – CBC News
  4. New equity funding soon available for Indigenous ownership stake in infrastructure projects – Windspeaker
  5. ’60s Scoop survivor calls for point-of-sale tax exemption for all First Nations shoppers in Quebec – CBC News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Housing crisis in Canada demands a radical change – Windspeaker
  2. Ceremony held to honour N.B. river amid name controversy – CBC News
  3. Mi’kmaq women reflect on the importance of Red Dress Day – CBC News
  4. Cape Breton communities to celebrate 2023 NAIG Canoe Relay – SaltWire
  5. Downloaded from the spirit world: The dreamy art of Brian Francis – CBC News
  6. Elsipogtog First Nation looks to fund ballfield repairs with Jays Care grant – CBC News
  7. Ottawa announces $103M for new Indigenous shelters and transitional housing – APTN News
  8. Authenticity and authority over Indigenous storytelling key for imagineNATIVE’S new director – CBC News
  9. ‘Overdue’: B.C. First Nations welcome Pope’s hint that Vatican will return Indigenous artifacts – Global News
  10. Royal family to return Indigenous artifacts taken from B.C. during Crown visit in 1939: council member – City News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Alberta asks feds for help to battle wildfires – APTN News
  2. Chief expects his First Nation will hit 30 years under boil water advisory – APTN News
  3. B.C announces $30M to help First Nations transition away from diesel power – APTN News
  4. First Nations communities evacuated or on notice as wildfires take hold in B.C., Alberta – APTN News
  5. Canada opens formal investigation into Imperial’s oilsands tailings leak in northern Alberta – CBC News
  6. Environment Canada announces investigation into leak at Imperial Oil’s Kearl tarsands site – APTN News
  7. Climate change solutions becoming a ‘new way of colonizing’ Indigenous peoples, Inuit rep says – Windspeaker
  8. ‘We wanna be involved’: Indigenous groups collaborate with researchers to grow wildlife monitoring in N.W.T. – CBC News

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

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  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.

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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/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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