IndigeNews: May 24 – 30, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Kejiatl”

Meaning: understands, is aware

In the News

  1. Calls grow for Indigenous-led inquiry into systemic racism – CBC News
  2. We’koqma’q gets federal approval for moderate livelihood fishery – CBC News
  3. Quebec’s Bill-96 goes against reconciliation say Indigenous leaders – APTN News
  4. Moderate livelihood fishery launched by First Nation in Cape Breton – Global News
  5. Murray Sinclair honoured with Order of Canada at Rideau Hall ceremony – APTN News
  6. Second Cape Breton First Nation establishes moderate livelihood fishery – SaltWire Network
  7. Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation gathers to mark detection of unmarked graves – APTN News
  8. Concerns raised by survivors, advocates as Indian day school settlement deadline approaches – CBC News
  9. Residential school survivors push for papal visit to Kamloops, B.C., want input on expected apology – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Kahnawà:ke youth protest against Bill 96 – Global News
  2. Business as usual: Thunder Bay police and the damage done – APTN News
  3. Indigenous calls for exemptions to Quebec’s Bill 96 get louder – CBC News
  4. $50M lawsuit alleges practice of birth alerts still continues in Ontario – APTN News
  5. Return of salmon part of Columbia River Treaty negotiations: First Nations – The Nelson Daily
  6. ‘We will not stand for it’: Quebec First Nations vow to fight Bill 96 in court – Montreal Gazette
  7. Quebec First Nations launch initiative to prepare self government measures – Turtle Island News
  8. Bill aims to guarantee inclusion of Indigenous names on B.C. government documents – CBC News
  9. Manitoba government takes initial steps to transform Indigenous Child Welfare System – Global News
  10. First Nation leaders raise their community issues with during meeting with Doug Ford – Turtle Island News
  11. ‘After 25 years, they’re only halfway done,’ chief says on anniversary of Manitoba land entitlement deal – CBC News
  12. Manitoba prepares to turn over child welfare to Indigenous governments with information-sharing legislation – CBC News
  13. Robinson Huron Treaty leadership calls on Ontario party leaders to commit to upholding Treaty responsibilities – Anishinabek News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. If you like wood, you’ll love West Coast First Nations architecture – Construct Connect Canada

Education, Health & Culture

  1. MMIWG music video filmed in Eskasoni First Nation – CBC News
  2. Truro middle school teaching Mi’kmaw language to students – APTN News
  3. Wolastoqey immersion school set to open this fall in Fredericton – CBC News
  4. Inside Ontario’s child welfare system where kids are ‘commodities’ – APTN News
  5. CBRM wants 266-year-old scalping proclamation removed from the books – CBC News
  6. Report highlights anti-Indigenous racism in Ottawa-area health care system – CBC News
  7. How archaeologists look for unmarked graves in Indigenous communities – The Globe and Mail
  8. Northern Manitoba First Nations declare state of emergency over nursing shortage – CBC News
  9. Titanic expedition a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for these Indigenous artists from N.L. – CBC News
  10. Report says Indigenous people experience racism in Ottawa’s healthcare system on regular basis – APTN News
  11. A new path: B.C. museums and historical attractions consulting with First Nations on how to honour Indigenous history – Vancouver Sun

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Sipnekne’katik First Nation to launch river cleanup next month – CBC News
  2. B.C. makes contentious change to moose, caribou hunt in northeast – CBC News
  3. How ancient forest gardens could impact Nuchatlaht First Nation’s land claim – CBC News
  4. B.C. wants First Nations to agree before old-growth logging deferred on shared lands – Toronto Star
  5. As ‘overwhelming’ cleanup begins in Peguis First Nation, extent of flood damage emerges – CBC News

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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