IndigeNews: May 6 – 12, 2025

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is…

“Weli Siwk”
🗣 (well-ee see-uwk)

Meaning: happy spring 🌱

In the News

  1. Wagmatcook votes status quo on name – Saltwire
  2. Pope Leo XIV faces calls to return Indigenous artifacts – Global News
  3. MMIWG: Father says women are disappearing and it must stop – Saltwire
  4. P.E.I. annual art acquisition adds new pieces to province’s Art Banks – CTV News
  5. P.E.I. students share what they learned during Red Dress Day ceremony – CBC News
  6. Mi’kmaw youth’s dream comes true thanks to Make-A-Wish Foundation – APTN News
  7. Homes destroyed as large grass fire burns in Manitoba’s Peguis First Nation – CBC News
  8. Search for two young children missing in Canadian forest enters fourth day – The Guardian
  9. Chief Darlene Bernard not running in upcoming Lennox Island First Nation election – Saltwire
  10. Indigenous communities mark Red Dress Day honouring MMIWG, educating young girls – CBC News
  11. National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls – Nation Talk
  12. ‘They’re putting the First Nations history at risk,’ says northern Ontario archeologist about Bill 5 – CBC News
  13. Files documenting worst abuses at residential schools to be destroyed unless survivors ask otherwise – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Eskasoni men charged with illegally fishing baby eels – Saltwire
  2. 12 Indigenous candidates elected in 2025 federal election – CBC News
  3. Dispensary crackdowns reignite Mi’kmaq treaty rights fight – CBC News
  4. Legal group asks for judicial review of case against Judge Alain Bégin – CBC News
  5. Closing arguments heard in $5B First Nations housing class action lawsuit – CBC News
  6. ‘There is no path to separation’: Chiefs tell Alberta premier such talk is ‘insanity’ – APTN News
  7. Proposed Bill 54 Election Act changes won’t have any impact on First Nations: Smith  – CTV News
  8. Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation sues Canada for centuries of ‘systemic discrimination’ – APTN News
  9. Alberta premier promises separation referendum in 2026 if petition signatures warrant – The Canadian Press
  10. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Congratulates Incoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost – Assembly of First Nations

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Potlotek partnering in Valley solar energy project – Saltwire
  2. 17 Jordan’s Principle staff laid off in Manitoba – APTN News
  3. Funding for more disability support projects in Cape Breton – Saltwire
  4. ‘Tough times for salmon’: Indigenous plan calls for federal funding – CTV News
  5. Ottawa, Indigenous capital group sign first-of-its-kind 10-year agreement – CTV NewsLennox Island First Nation plans repairs to aging bridge to keep it going until replacement built– CBC News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Kehewin Cree Nation brings traditional birthing back to community – CBC News
  2. Alberta Indigenous students suffering from a lack of funding: officials – CTV News
  3. New Glasgow launches 150th anniversary celebration in grand fashion  – Saltwire
  4. U of O offering free tuition to students from some Algonquin First Nations – CBC News
  5. How friendship centres support, heal and connect urban Indigenous people – CBC News
  6. Elders to teach London newcomers Indigenous history in new workshop series – CBC News
  7. New N.S. program helps Grade 12 students with disabilities transition to adulthood – CTV News
  8. ‘A painting or an image speaks a thousand words’: NL government unveils Qalipu artwork – Saltwire
  9. Indigenous women take to the streets of downtown Winnipeg to help their community – APTN News
  10. Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Marks National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ Peoples, Demanding Action on MMIWG Calls For Justice– Assembly of First Nations

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. N.S. ‘modernizing’ environmental assessment process – Saltwire
  2. What Carney’s win means for environment and climate issues in Canada – The Narwhal
  3. Innu Nations in northern Quebec want better protection of the woodland caribou – APTN News
  4. Ontario’s Bill 5 sparks new concerns where a legacy of environmental damage remains – The Narwhal
  5. “Afraid of the water’? Life in a city that dumps billions of litres of raw sewage into lakes and rivers – The Narwhal
  6. PIKANGIKUM DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO CRITICAL STATE OF WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE – Newswire

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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