IndigeNews: Nov. 21 – 27, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Atankuamk”

Meaning: selling crafts, fish, etc.

In the News

  1. How Idle No More transformed Canada – CBC Radio
  2. Mi’kmaw fisher hopes his treaty rights will prevail at trial – APTN News
  3. Mi’kmaw artists painting mural to honour Anna Mae Pictou Aquash – APTN News
  4. Proposed national park reserve offers a glimpse into Mi’kmaw history – CBC News
  5. Canada to seek judicial review of tribunal ruling on child welfare deal – APTN News
  6. Ottawa, AFN file court challenges on tribunal’s decision to reject $20B child-welfare deal – CBC News
  7. Unmarked graves progress report outlines major concerns about access to records, lands, funding – CBC News
  8. Feds, Assembly of First Nations move forward on reforming process to resolve historical grievances – CBC News
  9. B.C. passes 1st-in-Canada legislation giving Indigenous peoples jurisdiction over family services, child welfare – CTV News

Politics & Law

  1. B.C. announces $250M to add more RCMP to the ranks – APTN News
  2. B.C. Premier David Eby announces 10 new Indigenous justice centres – Global News
  3. ‘Stonewalled’: Trans Mountain hides dealings with private security and spy firms – CBC News
  4. Critics say Ottawa’s changes to mandatory minimum sentences don’t go far enough – APTN News
  5. New legislation gives B.C. Indigenous communities control of their own child welfare system – CBC News
  6. ISC minister says feds heading to court because lawyers ‘have questions’ around tribunal ruling – APTN News
  7. Human rights tribunal fines Indigenous child-care agency $150K for discriminating against mother – CBC News
  8. ‘Hostilities may be inevitable’: ATIP documents show RCMP’s concerns during Mary River standoff – APTN News
  9. Canada and the Assembly of First Nations launch the Specific Claims Reform Co-Development Process – Newswire
  10. A judge is out to ‘find the truth’ about land near Six Nations, part of Skyler Williams sentencing hearing – CBC News
  11. Canada province recognizes inherent indigenous right of self-government in new indigenous child welfare legislation – Jurist
  12. Regional Chief Woodhouse hopeful compensation will flow despite judicial review of child welfare ruling – Windspeaker.com
  13. On the battlefield or in the courts: Chief serves notice to multinational company, Saskatchewan government – Windspeaker.com

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Ottawa commits $39.4M to support Indigenous languages in the North – Moose Jaw Today
  2. Cree Nation looks to add jobs, address housing shortage with sawmill opening – APTN News
  3. Government of Canada makes historic contribution to support Indigenous languages in the North – Newswire
  4. $12 million in government funding announced to make Mi’kmaw homes more energy efficient – SaltWire Network
  5. Federal investments supporting First Nations-led health services and community safety in northern Manitoba – Newswire

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Cape Breton duo set to perform for United Nations – SaltWire Network
  2. Root Causes: The inside story of Indigenous street gangs in Winnipeg – APTN News
  3. Artist, activist Shirley Bear mourned, remembered as Indigenous trailblazer – CBC News
  4. Mi’kmaw hall of fame inductees recognized at Saint Mary’s sporting events – The Signal
  5. $5.4M in funding to conserve, repair B.C. First Nations heritage infrastructure – CBC News
  6. Mi’kmaw woman uses struggles with mental health to publish book of poetry – APTN News
  7. N.S. chef creates new cookbook that shares some Mi’kmaq-inspired dishes, recipes – CTV News
  8. Two Halifax universities provide Mi’kmaq ‘auntie-in-residence’ to Indigenous students – CBC News
  9. Canada’s museums urged to overhaul practices to empower Indigenous peoples – The Art Newspaper
  10. $23.7M in federal funding to go toward health-care reform in northern Manitoba First Nations – CBC News
  11. At least 22 Indigenous women underwent forced sterilization in Quebec from 1980-2019: report – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Cape Breton Highlands National Park Management Plan Tabled in Parliament – Newswire
  2. Giant trees still fall amid old-growth funding lag for B.C. First Nations – Moose Jaw Today
  3. Climate Changed: Adaptation strategy commits money to fight heat, floods, fires – APTN News
  4. Ottawa to share management of Cape Breton Highlands National Park with Mi’kmaq – CBC News
  5. B.C. scientists and First Nation create decomposing ‘biofoam’ packaging from wood waste – CBC News
  6. MP Hanley Announces New Yukon Indigenous Firefighting Pilot Project and Highlights Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy – 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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.

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  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.

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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/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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