IndigeNews: May 31 – June 5, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Wli Nipiku’s!”
(well-ee nib-nee-goos)

Meaning: Happy June (leaves are budding time)!

In the News

  1. Large collection of Mi’kmaw artifacts coming home – Mainstreet NS with Jeff Douglas
  2. 3 years after MMIWG report, everyone agrees there’s more work to do – APTN News
  3. Prime Minister signs historic land claim settlement with Siksika First Nation – CTV News
  4. Residential school survivors meet with archbishops to discuss the Pope’s visit – APTN News
  5. ‘I do see the tide turning’: Siksika First Nation signs $1.3B land claim with feds – APTN News
  6. ‘A national shame,’ say advocates about lack of progress on MMIWG action plan – CBC News
  7. First Nations leaders launch advocacy organization for children in remote communities – APTN News
  8. ‘Get the job done’: Manitoba First Nations call on government to fulfil 25-year-old land agreement – CTV News
  9. Quebec’s “meanness and narrow-mindedness” over language law will lead to “questionable future”— Picard – Windspeaker.com

Politics & Law

  1. Canada officially recognizes northern Ont. First Nation – CTV News
  2. Crown to charge 15 Coastal GasLink pipeline protesters with criminal contempt – CBC News
  3. OPP try and alter figures to manipulate $21M cost of policing occupation in Caledonia – APTN News
  4. Corrections Canada in the process of hiring Indigenous commish as rates surge and services falter – APTN News
  5. Court decision significant for Métis in Sask., says lawyer for men charged with illegal hunting, fishing – CBC News
  6. ‘After 25 years, they’re only halfway done,’ chief says on anniversary of Manitoba land entitlement deal – CBC News
  7. Report on racism in Thunder Bay Police Service to be considered a ‘thought’ piece not fact in hearing of TBPS officers – Windspeaker.com

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Kaska-Dena designer from Yukon headed to New York Fashion Week – APTN News
  2. Nations demand funding that meets unique needs of northern, remote communities – Windspeaker.com

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Lessons from the knowledge keepers – The Signal
  2. A conversation with Eskasoni’s Albert Marshall – CBC News
  3. Autumn Peltier hopes to meet the prime minister face to face again – APTN News
  4. NDP, Green Party call for end to for-profit in Ont. child welfare system – APTN News
  5. Mi’kmaq artists lead a cultural reawakening on Unama’ki (Cape Breton Island) – CBC News
  6. N.S. Mi’kmaw elder reflects on year since discovery of Kamloops unmarked graves – CBC News
  7. NFB streams films for free in celebration of National Indigenous History Month – Windspeaker.com
  8. B.C. First Nation calls on province to allocate part of $789M museum upgrade funds to repatriating artifacts – CBC News
  9. Desperate northern Manitoba Nations declare state of emergency on health services, leveling charges of racism – Windspeaker.com

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Mi’kmaki Water Walk underway around the Bay of Fundy – CBC News
  2. Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere shoot past key milestone – APTN News
  3. How ancient forest gardens could impact Nuchatlaht First Nation’s land claim – CBC News
  4. Surgical facility on Enoch Cree Nation could be first of its kind in Canada – Windspeaker.com
  5. Hereditary chiefs on Vancouver Island rally against potential fish farm renewals – APTN News
  6. First Nations chiefs pressure feds to not renew B.C. salmon farm licences – North Shore News
  7. B.C. First Nations to possess same authority as park rangers for first time ever – Coast Reporter
  8. Glyphosate spraying in N.B. akin to ‘eco-genocide,’ Indigenous communities say – National Observer
  9. ‘Our conservation backup plan’: new Indigenous seed collection program begins in Maritimes – 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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