IndigeNews: Nov. 15 – 21, 2021

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Wenmajita’sit”

Meaning: “s/he is mourning”

In the News

  1. N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 40 new cases, outbreaks grow in First Nations – CBC News
  2. First Nations leaders call on B.C. to declare indefinite state of emergency – Global news
  3. Source of pride: Construction of new Abegweit daycare nearing completion – CBC News
  4. New exhibit Ta’n Me’j Tel-Keknuo’ltiek opens at Maritime Museum in Halifax – APTN News
  5. How the legacy of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples lives on, 25 years later – CBC News
  6. Minister reaffirms DFO’s authority to regulate Mi’kmaw fishery during Atlantic Canada visit – CBC News
  7. Dalhousie’s nursing school expands prioritized seats for Mi’kmaw, African Nova Scotian students – Global News
  8. Land defenders arrested on Wet’suwet’en territory as RCMP enforces Coastal GasLink injunction – The Narwhal
  9. Ford government slammed for withholding vital air pollution data from Aamjiwnaang First Nation – Global News
  10. ‘Like living in a bad dream:’ Kelly Sark remembers brother, Jamie, while investigation into death continues in P.E.I. – SaltWire Network
  11. Acadia First Nation joining Bear River and Annapolis Valley First Nations in fishing in pursuit of a moderate livelihood – Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Politics & Law

  1. MMF sets up ‘new government’ for Red River Métis – APTN News
  2. Canada Puts Off UN Request for Indigenous Rights Update – The Tyee
  3. Nunavut Inuit organization plans to seek self-government – CBC News
  4. BC introduces legislation to uphold Indigenous rights – BC Government News
  5. Siksika Nation to vote on massive land claim reparations deal with feds – CTV News
  6. Grassy Narrows takes Ontario to court for issuing mining exploration permits – CBC News
  7. New BC bills welcomed, but UNDRIP implementation moving at a snail’s pace – Toronto Star
  8. Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation members re-elect Rosanne Casimir as chief – CBC News
  9. Grassy Narrows suing Ontario for handing out ‘exploratory permits’ on treaty territory – APTN News
  10. ‘Unprecedented’: 5 Indigenous lawyers elected to B.C. Law Society leadership in major victory – CBC News
  11. Descendants of dissolved Edmonton-area First Nations continue to struggle to regain treaty rights – CBC News
  12. RCMP leaders say system undermines their efforts to improve policing in Indigenous communities – Vancouver Sun
  13. First Nations woman in the Yukon taking residency requirement challenge to Supreme Court of Canada – APTN News
  14. 30 years after Aboriginal Justice Inquiry, too little done to protect Indigenous women and girls, critics say – CBC News
  15. Indigenous group launches legal action over Ford government’s use of MZO to fast-track development – Toronto Star
  16. As Saskatoon explores UNDRIP implementation, Indigenous voices want more from federal and provincial leaders – CBC News
  17. Assembly of First Nations finalizing preparations for delegation to visit with Pope Francis at the Vatican in December 2021 – Assembly of First

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Canada Post to pilot community hub in Membertou – SaltWire Network
  2. $2M for services to help Indigenous job seekers in Saskatchewan – Global News
  3. Youth mentoring program looking for Indigenous business mentors – SaltWire Network
  4. Windsor shop meets demand of ‘amazing resurgence’ in Indigenous beading – CBC News
  5. Indigenous-led Health Charity Celebrates Campaign Success on National Philanthropy Day – NationTalk
  6. First Nations Leadership Council calls for more government support amid compounding crises – Global News
  7. Funding available to preserve the diversity and richness of Indigenous heritage – Library and Archives Canada

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Justice denied – CBC News
  2. COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: What you need to know – CBC News
  3. Indigenous led project to house homeless people torched in London – APTN News
  4. Referendum process set to decide on Yukon First Nations school board – CBC News
  5. Is the bus alive? Depends where you are: A brief primer on the Mi’kmaw language – CBC News
  6. DANIEL N. PAUL: Media notorious for airing wild views on Indigenous issues – SaltWire Network
  7. Researcher developing online tool to help find missing Indigenous tuberculosis patients – CBC News
  8. Many Indigenous languages are endangered and it’s Ronald Ignace’s job to change that – APTN News
  9. First Nations University of Canada looking to hold national dialogue on Indigenous identity – CTV News
  10. Falsifying Indigenous identity a centuries-long issue, says First Nations University president – CBC News
  11. Beaded Tie campaign brings awareness of missing and murdered indigenous men and boys – Portage Online
  12. Indigenous teen speaks out after being forced to isolate ‘like a criminal’ at Batshaw youth centre – CBC News
  13. This is the most serious it’s ever been’: First Nations chiefs in Yukon concerned over COVID-19 spike – APTN News
  14. New advisor at Cape Breton University part of reconciliation and decolonization across Canada – SaltWire Network

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Gidimt’en evict Coastal GasLink from Wet’suwet’en territory – APTN News
  2. B.C. returns land parcel on Sunshine Coast to shíshálh First Nation – CTV News
  3. Extreme flooding causes evacuation orders for First Nations in B.C. – APTN News
  4. B.C. floods: Sumas First Nation remembers the injustice of its ‘lost lake’ – Global News
  5. Indigenous people ’embarrassingly’ absent from N.W.T. COP26 delegation – CBC News
  6. ‘The land is speaking to us, and we need to listen,’ says UBCIC grand chief – APTN News
  7. Training program offers Indigenous students a pathway to the tech sector – Times Colonist
  8. Sumas First Nation chief reflects on ‘disaster’ B.C. flooding where lake used to be – Global News
  9. B.C. indigenous group orders workers off site of disputed Coastal GasLink pipeline – Global News
  10. Government unable to answer for secrecy around First Nation air pollution documents – Global News
  11. Cancer-causing air pollution forecast at 44 times annual level in Ont. First Nation, docs show – Global News
  12. First Nations group says concerns over Cooke salmon farm expansion ‘pushed aside and ignored’ – IntraFish

Wela’lioq, Msit No’kmaq – Thank you, All My Relations

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  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.
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    • 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.
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  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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