IndigeNews: Nov. 29 – Dec. 4, 2023

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Mijipjewey”
(me-jip-jeh-way)

Meaning: Food 🌯

In the News

  1. Memories of a Mi’kmaq girl on Prince Edward Island – CBC News
  2. EDITORIAL: DFO’s failure to act puts people and fish stocks at risk – SaltWire
  3. P.E.I. councillor suspended, fined $500 for posting controversial sign – CTV News
  4. 1st on-reserve women’s shelter in New Brunswick to open in the new year – CBC News
  5. Constitutional challenge in Mi’kmaq fishing case moving ahead this week – APTN News
  6. Assembly of First Nations to elect new national chief in Ottawa this week – APTN News
  7. Andrea Paul inspires tradition of female Mi’kmaw chiefs wearing headdresses – CBC News
  8. Murray Harbour councillor who triggered sign storm has been suspended and fined – CBC News
  9. After concerns, Ottawa pauses work on $2M contract for help on unmarked graves – APTN News
  10. This milestone of Mi’kmaw music has been out of print for decades — but not for much longer – CBC News
  11. National chief-hopefuls say feds must back down from controlling First Nations membership – Windspeaker
  12. As the Assembly of First Nations elects a new chief, who’s running and how does the election work? – CBC News
  13. Canada begins consultations on alert system for missing Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people – Global News
  14. Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Calls on the Government of Canada to Immediately Withdraw Bill C-53 – Assembly of First Nations

Politics & Law

  1. Manitoba introduces bill to make Orange Shirt Day a stat holiday – CBC News
  2. Chiefs of Ontario ask for judicial review of carbon price regime – APTN News
  3. AFN national chief candidates would back inquiry into Sixties Scoop – CBC News
  4. SON asking Supreme Court to weigh in on Bruce Peninsula claim – The Sun Times
  5. 100 years of the Williams Treaties in Ontario: Anishinaabeg perspectives – The Narwhal
  6. Ontario First Nations leaders say federal government’s carbon tax is discriminatory – CBC News
  7. Ottawa didn’t verify disputed Métis communities covered by federal bill: official – Times Colonist
  8. Opposition NDP, First Nation chief want public review of Alberta Energy Regulator – Global News
  9. Treaty 8 chiefs suing Alberta, Canada over stolen children’s special allowance benefit – APTN News
  10. Qalipu First Nation welcomes 1st female chief, as Jenny Brake takes role on acting basis – CBC News
  11. Leq’á:mel First Nation and Government of Canada reach agreement to right historic wrong – CIRNAC
  12. Inuit organizations ask the feds to establish Indigenous human rights tribunal, ombudsman – APTN News
  13. Multi-billion dollar Robinson Huron settlement likely to be distributed in new year says chief – APTN News
  14. Liberal minister to testify after heated testimony from Metis, First Nations groups – Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  15. FNLC Calls on BC to Defer Amendments to Bill 45; Urges a Human Rights Approach to Encampment Legislation – UBCIC
  16. Indigenous Rights and marine spaces: case comment on Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation – First Peoples Law
  17. Yukon First Nations leaders, Government of Yukon, and Government of Canada commemorate historic day at Intergovernmental Forum in Ottawa – Newswire

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. End of era for iconic trading post in northern Saskatchewan – CBC News
  2. Mi’kmaw high school students learn business at Cape Breton University – SaltWire
  3. Women and Indigenous Peoples left ‘out in the cold’ by Ottawa, say critics – Penticton Herald
  4. Millbrook First Nation, logistics firm partnering to build shipping terminal in central N.S. – CBC News
  5. Infrastructure Bank to provide loans for Indigenous equity investment in major projects – Windspeaker
  6. ‘Everybody should be able to eat’: Northern Peninsula Mi’kmaq Band’s food bank helping to feed people but running short on cash – SaltWire

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Shakespeare ploy garners playwright a Governor General’s award – Windspeaker
  2. Piapot First Nation chief says Buffy Sainte-Marie should take DNA test – APTN News
  3. Tantoo Cardinal celebrated at Canada’s Walk of Fame anniversary gala – APTN News
  4. It could happen, says creator of post-apocalyptic film Finality of Dusk – Windspeaker
  5. Cornwallis name gone from Lunenburg street, but new name draws criticism – CBC News
  6. Archeologist from Akwesasne says McGill site is not being properly excavated – APTN News
  7. Are Canada’s museums honouring their promises to Indigenize and decolonize? – CBC News
  8. Indigenous Chiropractic Caucus established to better serve Indigenous patients – APTN News
  9. Award-winning framework gives a voice to Indigenous youth transitioning out of care – Windspeaker
  10. ‘We need to start the healing’: 3 Indigenous women on how to move forward from Buffy Sainte-Marie revelations – CBC Radio
  11. Minister Anandasangaree announces funding for 31 Indigenous-led projects that will contribute to ending violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people – Newswire

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Balancing Indigenous perspectives and international policies at COP28 – APTN News
  2. Hard hit by climate change, Indigenous leaders want strong voice at COP28 – CBC News
  3. Overhaul it or tank it, Alberta Energy Regulator under fire after latest Kearl mine incident – Windspeaker
  4. First Nations group says environmental impacts of B.C. salmon fish farm industry overstated – APTN News
  5. Essipit First Nation in Quebec wants to double its protected area by 2030 in line with UN targets – CBC News
  6. Caribou numbers will decline as long as Nunavut goes without land use plan says former premier – APTN News

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.

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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/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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  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.

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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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