IndigeNews: Nov. 29 – Dec. 5, 2021

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Wli Kesikewiku’s!”
(well-ee ges-sig-gay-we-goos)

Meaning: “Happy December!”

In the News

  1. Residential school survivors want concrete plan to result from Vatican visit – CBC News
  2. Expectations of apology high as Indigenous leaders prepare to visit Vatican – CTV News
  3. New Brunswick premier says Wolastoqey Nation’s title claim lacks ‘clarity’ – APTN News
  4. Gidimt’en Access Point vows to continue resistance after latest RCMP raid – APTN News
  5. Jaime Battiste named parliamentary secretary for Crown-Indigenous relations – APTN News
  6. New Brunswick premier says First Nations title claim is serious and far-reaching – CTV News
  7. Long Plain First Nation and Canada settle 100-year-old land sales dispute for $32M – CBC News
  8. Nearly $700 million predicted shortfall investment for First Nations’ water over 5 years – APTN News
  9. Mi’kmaw quill artist working to renew art form to share with future generations in P.E.I. – SaltWire Network
  10. Campaign launched to educate N.S. businesses about sales-tax exemption for First Nations people – CBC News
  11. Federal government falling short on funding to help First Nations operate water systems, PBO says – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. OPP commissioner receives rare Indigenous honour – CTV News
  2. Bills to uphold Indigenous rights given royal assent in BC – Toronto Star
  3. As Canada’s coat of arms turns 100, is it time for an overhaul? – CBC News
  4. Joanna Bernard becomes Assembly of First Nations regional chief – CBC News
  5. B.C. greenlit more Mounties on Wet’suwet’en territory before 3rd raid – APTN News
  6. ‘Extraordinary’ motion at chiefs gathering removes Poitras as regional chief – CTV News
  7. ‘This is long overdue’: Land acknowledgement recited in Manitoba legislature – CTV News
  8. Lawyer questions coverage of First Nations water settlement as deal to be ratified – Richmond News
  9. Industrial Corporations Named in New Wolastoqey Title Claim – Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick
  10. Neskantaga First Nation taking Ontario to court over ‘inadequate’ consultation on Ring of Fire – CBC News
  11. Plaintiff in Sixties Scoop class action wants to give Métis and non-status Indian survivors a ‘voice of pride’ – CBC News
  12. First Nations Leadership Council Says BC Needs to Take More Action on Declaration Act Two Years In – CFNR Network
  13. Niagara Centre MP Vance Badawey now parliamentary secretary to minister of Indigenous services – Welland Tribune
  14. Indigenous Services Canada receives the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s report on clean water for First Nations – Indigenous Services Canada

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Bank of Canada promises Indigenous economic reconciliation – iPolitics
  2. Recovery of Indigenous tourism in Ontario a couple of years away – Toronto Star
  3. Sask. First Nation ‘kicking up the dust’ with flare gas-to-power facility – CTV News
  4. Tribe Network And Emera Launch $375,000 Fellowship for BIPOC Entrepreneurs – Huddle
  5. Christmas comes early with funding for new homes in Wagmatcook First Nation – SaltWire Network
  6. There’s a story in every number as Indigenous people contribute to Alberta’s economy – Toronto Star
  7. Quebec First Nations want to be full partners in sustainable economic development – Turtle Island News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Indigenous creators get a boost from TikTok accelerator program – CBC News
  2. First Nations leaders in Saskatchewan grappling with opioid crisis – APTN News
  3. Forgotten First Nations art found in basement of Yukon Friendship Centre – CBC News
  4. Monument marking Inuit RCMP contribution in Nunavut unveiled in Iqaluit – APTN News
  5. NB Indigenous social work students hope to deliver culturally-sensitive services – CBC News
  6. The Yukon’s first ever creative and cultural industries strategy released – Government of Yukon
  7. COIVID 19 cases drop again in First Nations communities from coast to coast – Turtle Island News
  8. Quebec to include Indigenous perspectives in education review, add Indigenous content – Global News
  9. Universities across Canada addressing Indigenous identity fraud in wake of Carrie Bourassa investigation – CBC News
  10. 1 year after review of anti-Indigenous racism in B.C. health care, author says little progress has been made – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. First Nations gather to reframe land use as land relationships – Yukon News
  2. First Nations Want Overhaul of Emergency Planning and Response – The Tyee
  3. Six safety and survival tips from Mi’kmaw survival expert Sakej Ward – APTN News
  4. Canada’s First Nations Score Two Environmental Victories – Environmental News Service
  5. First Nations firefighters in the Yukon head to B.C. to help with flood recovery – APTN News
  6. Muskrat Falls: Poor communication led to missed deadline to limit contamination – APTN News
  7. ‘Our Mother Earth is crying’: First Nations urge new approach to B.C.’s old growth forests – CTV News
  8. Coastal First Nation declares protected area to preserve salmon and grizzly bear populations – CBC News
  9. Assembly of Mi’kmaw Chiefs Assess Future of Owls Head Provincial Park – Save Owl’s Head Provincial Park
  10. Vancouver Island First Nation approves 96 per cent of proposed old-growth deferrals on its land – CTV News
  11. Conservation group warns an area 4 times the size of Vancouver may be logged, despite planned deferrals – CTV News

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

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‘How We Say 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/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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