IndigeNews: May 22 – 27, 2024

A Weekly Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Ku’ku’kwes”
🗣 (goo-goo-gwes)

Meaning: owl 🦉

In the News

  1. New recreation centre coming to P.E.I. Abegweit First Nation – SaltWire
  2. Pictou County, Liverpool react to Northern Pulp settlement deal – CBC News
  3. New $17M recreation centre being built at Abegweit First Nation – CBC News
  4. First Nations Begin Ground Search at the Lejac Residential School Site – The Tyee
  5. P.E.I. Abegweit First Nation opening new solar homes for Indigenous women – SaltWire
  6. Addition of ribbon skirts to RCMP ceremonial uniform draws mixed reaction – CBC News
  7. Archaeological excavation at Calgary park reveals ancient Blackfoot artifacts – CBC News
  8. These N.S. students are using Mi’kmaw concepts to learn environmental science – CBC News
  9. Yellowknives Dene scholar on the ‘critical history’ of community’s self-determination – CBC Radio
  10. Learn new Mi’kmaw words with a cup of tea and a hand of scat at this weekly meetup – CBC News
  11. A new recreation centre is coming to Abegweit First Nation – Government of Prince Edward Island
  12. B.C. First Nations leader says little change for women’s safety since Pickton murders – Vancouver Sun
  13. ‘It’s not dying, it’s slowly coming back’: Mi’kmaq language revitalization in Elsipogtog – NB Media Co-op

Politics & Law

  1. Métis National Council president not seeking re-election – CBC News
  2. Change to B.C. law allows First Nations to directly own land – CBC News
  3. Special Chiefs Assembly confers over landmark agreement – SB News Watch
  4. How an Indigenous MPP won the right to speak in his own voice – Toronto Star
  5. Sask. First Nation to receive almost 3,811 acres of Crown mineral rights – CTV News
  6. Ontario reaches land claim settlement with Matachewan First Nation – Global News
  7. B.C. legislation changes take effect for First Nations land ownership rights – Trail Times
  8. Cape Breton’s Membertou lights up with election signs ahead of June 13 vote – SaltWire
  9. Oil company seeks arrest of Woodland Cree First Nation chief – Town and Country Today
  10. Environmental racism bill on the verge of becoming law says Green Party leader – APTN News
  11. Parliamentary committee recommends reopening baby eel fishery on East Coast – APTN News
  12. Superior Court issues ruling regarding costs to be paid to Saugeen First Nation – Saugeen Times
  13. Matachewan First Nation Reaches Historic Settlement on Treaty Land Entitlement Claim – Newswire
  14. Otipemisiwak Métis Government accuses Manitoba Métis Federation of divisive politics – APTN News
  15. Police’s unsuccessful efforts to identify Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe detailed in Winnipeg serial killer trial – CBC News
  16. Discrimination claims by Sask. Indigenous CBC employee to be heard by human-rights tribunal – Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Tsawwassen First Nation business makes it to television show – Delta Optimist
  2. Feds earmark $31M to Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahhogn redevelopment project – APTN News
  3. First Nation develops ‘Innovation Plan’ for aquaculture in its traditional territory – SeaWest News
  4. Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn transformation of former Winnipeg Bay building gets another $31M from feds – CBC News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Granddaughter of Métis country legend to release debut EP – APTN News
  2. Alberta First Nations opioid death numbers ‘heartbreaking’ – Global News
  3. James Smith Cree Nation officially opens educational authority – CBC News
  4. Nunavut, Ottawa reach ‘interim’ deal on non-insured health benefits – Nunatsiaq News
  5. Nunatsiavut voices support for independent Indigenous verification at MUN – CBC News
  6. New statistics on opioid poisonings paint a grim picture for First Nations people in Alberta – APTN News
  7. MUN has to weed out false Indigenous claims, report says — but the path forward is unclear – CBC News
  8. Accessible Indigenous ceremonies in Winnipeg like winning the lottery, Torontonian elder says – CBC News
  9. Interim agreement reached for Non-Insured Health Benefits Program and $190 million in additional medical travel funding – Government of Nunavut

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Environmental groups critical of new B.C. government old-growth logging report – CBC News
  2. Land-based learning program students help stock Thunder Bay-area lake with fish – CBC News
  3. Film takes a new look at dam and flood control intervention on the Columbia River – Windspeaker
  4. Canada, B.C. support First Nations to power up new clean energy projects – Government of Canada
  5. ‘They’re in decline’: Kluane First Nation pushes Yukon to protect Dall sheep population – APTN News
  6. Moving nuclear waste through traditional territories could face opposition, Ontario First Nation says – CBC News
  7. Paper mill wastewater increasing mercury contamination near Grassy Narrows First Nation, study suggests – APTN News
  8. Mercury poisoning near Grassy Narrows First Nation worsened by ongoing industrial pollution, study suggests – CBC News

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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