IndigeNews: May 15 – 22, 2023

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend!

In recognition of Indigenous Awareness Week, the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Kejiatl”
(geh-jee-attle)

Meaning: aware, know about, have knowledge of

In The News

  1. Four P.E.I. organizations receive Reconciliation Recognition Awards – SaltWire
  2. Sports, cultural organizations recognized for reconciliation efforts in P.E.I. – CBC News
  3. Alberta wildfires wreaking havoc on Métis and First Nations communities – APTN News
  4. Mi’kmaw woman first Indigenous person crowned Miss Canada United World – APTN News
  5. Ancient village site returned to Snuneymuxw First Nation in ‘historic’ land transfer – CBC News
  6. Deaths of Indigenous people in Atlantic Canadian jails spark calls for review, change – CTV News
  7. Mi’kmaq centre in Charlottetown helping youth with special needs connect with nature – SaltWire
  8. ‘A really very big deal for us’: 3 Mi’kmaw First Nations excited about moderate livelihood fisheries – CBC News
  9. Sask. Indigenous leaders call for inquiry following damning report on police conduct in baby’s death – CTV News
  10. Traditional Mi’kmaw canoe connects with Membertou athletes ahead of North American Indigenous Games – SaltWire

Politics & Law

  1. Metis self-government agreement concerns FN leaders – Bay Today
  2. Former judge questions feds’ wrongful conviction committee – APTN News
  3. Justice minister proposes new bail law targeting repeat violent offenders – APTN News
  4. Garden River First Nation launches new lawsuit against Ontario and Canada – CBC News
  5. Witnesses say process to create National Council for Reconciliation is flawed – APTN News
  6. ‘It needs to be a day of reckoning:’ Parliamentary committee studying land back   – APTN News
  7. Sask. First Nation land claim settlement vote falls short due to low vote turnout – Global News
  8. NDP takes feds to task over failing commitments on shelters, transitional housing – APTN News
  9. N.S. non-profit demands inquiry into death of Mi’kmaw woman while in custody – Global News
  10. Bigger Mi’kmaw lobster fishery possible because DFO redistributed unused licences – CBC News
  11. ‘On the inside’: Why some Indigenous officers stick with the RCMP despite struggles – CBC News
  12. ‘Why did my daughter die?’ Mi’kmaw mother demands inquiry into Nova Scotia jail – APTN News
  13. Northern Ontario First Nation gathers in Toronto to launch land theft case – The Chronicle Journal
  14. Workplace probe finds AFN employees faced harassment, reprisals from national chief – CBC News
  15. Editing the oath: Calls grow for Ontario to mention treaty rights in municipal oath of office – CBC News
  16. Court dispute between First Nations and Métis Nation of Ontario highlights longstanding issues – CBC News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Kahnawà:ke receives $11M from Quebec for new cultural and arts centre – CBC News
  2. Indigenous-led projects get $1.1M to grow food security – Vancouver Island Free Daily
  3. Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation in talks with Senators ownership bidder – CTV News
  4. Indigenous nation in US seeks to block billion-dollar port project in Canada – The Guardian
  5. Doug Cuthand: First Nations people struggled under farming treaties – Saskatoon Star Phoenix
  6. B.C. company denies misleading First Nation about rail terminal expansion plans – National Post
  7. First Nation’s potential stake in Sens purchase is ‘reconciliation in action,’ experts say – CBC News
  8. KOTUG Canada and Sc’ianew First Nation Sign Mutual Benefits Agreement – The Maritime Executive
  9. Indigenous women in Northern Canada creating sustainable livelihoods through tourism – The Conversation

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Lorne Julien Murals – Global News
  2. Preventing the pretendian problem – The Eastern Door
  3. Indigenous hockey players making impacts for their teams – APTN News
  4. Canada’s largest powwow shows off the power of youth, Two-Spirit – APTN News
  5. Parks Canada plans major rewrite of more than 200 historic site plaques – APTN News
  6. Amherst’s first Mi’kmaw valedictorian accepted to medical school at just 19 – SaltWire
  7. How this hide tanning camp brings good medicine to Fort William First Nation – CBC News
  8. Influential Mi’kmaw historian honoured with special Dal‑commissioned portrait – Dal News
  9. Quebec wants to exempt some Indigenous students from new French language law – CBC News
  10. Winnipeg is the epicentre for missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada – APTN News
  11. Liverpool students rebuild Mi’kmaw wigwam that was vandalized on school property – CBC News
  12. Tears and triumph: Dempsey Bob’s career retrospective lands at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts  – APTN News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Tracing the toxic impact of B.C. coal mining – CBC News
  2. Western’s new climate change course weaves in Indigenous knowledge – CBC News
  3. Wolastoqey students learn ‘two-eyed seeing’ approach to marine conservation – CBC News
  4. This First Nations fisheries discussion aims to cast a net around common ground – Resource Works
  5. Inaugural First Nations First Responders Gathering held in Ottawa, First Nations Fire Protection Strategy updated – Newswire

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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