IndigeNews: Nov. 19 – 25, 2024

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is…

” Ke piskwa’! ”
🗣 (geh biskwah)

Meaning: please come in!

In the News

  1. Discovery of 5,000 year old jawbone – CBC Mainstreet PEI
  2. New Mi’kmaw video game set in Cape Breton (Unama’ki) – CBC News
  3. These are the stories behind Greater Sudbury’s ‘Tree of Hope’  – CBC News
  4. Two-Spirit pride flag unveiled in Winnipeg to mark anniversary – APTN News
  5. Social services and those who depend on them impacted by mail strike – CBC News
  6. 5,000-year-old bone, thought to be from Mi’kmaw woman living on P.E.I. – CBC News
  7. Boissonnault out of cabinet after shifting claims about Indigenous heritage – CBC News
  8. Tribunal orders Canada to address Jordan’s Principle backlog immediately – CBC News
  9. Membertou regalia lending library established in Shaylene Johnson’s honour – Saltwire
  10. New Brunswick First Nations can claim title over privately owned land: court – CTV News
  11. Alternative, community-led crisis response services emerging across Canada – APTN News
  12. Podcast focuses on what matters to the Island’s Mi’kmaw community – CBC Island Morning
  13. Earliest Islander: 5,000-year-old jawbone fragment discovered near Stanhope, P.E.I. – Saltwire
  14. Color of Hockey: Bear, Nesbitt among 6 Indigenous players to watch for 2025 NHL Draft – NHL
  15. Hydro-Québec appoints retired judge to address unpaid bills in Indigenous communities – CBC News
  16. Yale Peabody Museum to Repatriate Native American Remains and Artifacts to Maine Tribes – ART News

Politics & Law

  1. Attorney general asks First Nations to pause legal fight – Telegraph-Journal
  2. Nova Scotia senator wants to help Nunavut as Senate vacancy lingers – Nunatsiaq News
  3. Ontario First Nation declares state of emergency over gang and addiction crises – Global News
  4. National chief says ICC should probe disappearances of children from residential schools – CBC News
  5. The N.W.T. justice system doesn’t use Gladue reports. Some say that should change – Eye on the Arctic
  6. Wolastoqey leaders call for changes to policing, including enforcement of banishment orders – CBC News
  7. Ottawa to reinstate Arctic ambassador as it faces challenges from U.S., Russia and China in region – CBC News
  8. FNLC Shocked by Horrendous Treatment of 16-Year-Old First Nations Girl at Guildford Town Centre – Nation Talk
  9. Cree lawyer calls for police to investigate false claims of Indigenous identity at the heart of the government’ – APTN News
  10. Ashley Morris appointed Victoria Legal Aid’s inaugural executive director of First Nations services – National Indigenous Times

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Halifax announces more street names for Cogswell District – CBC News
  2. Report highlights Indigenous economic impact across Atlantic Canada – CTV News
  3. Minister Patty Hajdu highlights the government’s tax break – Government of Canada
  4. When building Indigenous infrastructure, build relationally, like beavers – The Conversation
  5. Can the new B.C. government bring real change for Indigenous communities? – The Narwhal
  6. Federal minister reveals 1,100 businesses were removed from Indigenous directory in 2022 – APTN News
  7. Trudeau gov’t tripled spending on Indigenous issues to $32B annually in decade, report says – Toronto Sun
  8. North Star Air celebrates milestone partnership with Eabamatoong First Nation – Northern Ontario Business

Education, Health & Environment

  1. Watch ‘Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae’ – ABC News
  2. Exhibition honours decades of Atlantic Canadian hip-hop – The Signal
  3. How Mattmac became an award winning indigenous artist – CBC News
  4. How his mother’s resolve helped Koady Sock regain his sight – CBC News
  5. First Nation’s stories rediscovered in 50-year-old tapes – Regina Leader Post
  6. Gambo teacher gets Governor General’s award for student project – CBC News
  7. Shaking up the system: 20 questions with St. John’s Mi’kmaq playwright – Saltwire
  8. Government of Canada launches Youth Mental Health Fund – Government of Canada
  9. Manitoba Museum workshop explores Indigenous dentalium adornment – Global News
  10. Mount Saint Vincent University celebrates launch of Indigenous tourism program – CBC News
  11. Quebec slammed for no plan to improve Indigenous education in nearly 20 years – CBC News
  12. Talking Circles and public presentations by candidates for IKERAS tenure-track positions – UPEI
  13. ‘Social media blew up’ when these women planned 1st Indigenous women’s deer hunt – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Indigenous Leadership Circle in Research – Nation Talk
  2. N.S. residents rally against possible development – Press Reader
  3. Environmental, Indigenous groups challenge Bay du Nord in Court – Ecojustice
  4. Forestry companies appeal Indigenous title ruling they appeared to win – Telegraph–Journal
  5. Northern Ontario First Nation says yes in referendum on possible nuclear waste site – The Globe and Mail
  6. The Atlantic First Nations Water Authority: an Indigenous water utility guided by Etuaptmumk or Two-Eyed Seeing – Facets
  7. ‘Industry doesn’t understand what our people know’: WSÁNEĆ chiefs call for halt to commercial herring fisheries – The Discourse
  8. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation remains steadfast in its commitment to secure permanent protection for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge – Nation Talk
  9. Minister Wilkinson Welcomes the Indigenous Council’s ‘Kinship and Prosperity’ Report to Power More Indigenous, Rural and Remote Communities with Clean Energy – Government of Canada

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

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    • L’nuey blanket
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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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  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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