IndigeNews: Nov. 4 – 10, 2025

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw word of the week is…

“muin”
🗣 (moo-in)

Meaning: bear 🐻

In the News

  1. The meaning of Indigenous Veterans Day – Government of Canada
  2. Sisters graduate together, contribute to Mi’kmaq health care – Saltwire
  3. Another step closer for Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre – Truro News
  4. Abegweit First Nation holds 8th annual Indigenous Veterans Day – CBC News
  5. Lifetime of service to the Indigenous community recognized – Moosejaw Today
  6. Chief from Maskwacis to head Indigenous Advisory Circle for Hockey Canada – CFWE
  7. Canada’s Indigenous veterans faced tough battles — abroad and at home – CBC News
  8. First Nations veterans gather in Winnipeg to reflect on service, reconciliation – CBC News
  9. Canadians honour Indigenous veterans with ceremonies across the country – Global News
  10. Indigenous women in P.E.I. come together to bead poppies to honour veterans – CBC News
  11. Ottawa’s new climate strategy being developed ‘behind closed doors,’ AFN says – CTV News
  12. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse-Nepinak speaks on the release of the federal budget – APTN News

Politics & Law

  1. Why Indigenous leaders say Carney’s budget falls short – APTN News
  2. Indigenous police forces struggling to keep up MPs told – APTN News
  3. Cape Breton First Nation has ‘strong claim’ for displacement restitution – Saltwire
  4. B.C. First Nation members vote in favour of treaty, moving toward self-governance – CTV News
  5. Mandy Gull-Masty calls Senate’s push to end the second-generation cutoff ‘racism’ – APTN News
  6. First Nations Leadership Council Call for the Immediate Resignation of MLA Dallas Brodie – UBCIC
  7. Kitigan Zibi files land claim over large swath of western Quebec, including Gatineau Park – CBC News
  8. First Nation and Canada begin legal battle over ‘grossly underfunded’ on-reserve schools – CBC News
  9. Ottawa police looks to increase Indigenous applicants with first dedicated recruitment forum – CBC News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Budget 2025 to invest in personal support workers – Nation Talk
  2. Canada’s Indigenous contracting program funnels billions to Ottawa-area firms – APTN News
  3. Indigenous programs face $2.3B in cuts, some new money in Carney’s 1st budget – CBC News
  4. Mi’kmaq ‘no longer mere spectators’ as Indigenous investment in energy projects grows – CBC News
  5. Federal budget ‘does not reflect the needs of First Nations’: Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs – CBC News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Senators to host Indigenous Culture Celebration on Sunday – NHL
  2. Mi’kmaw crafter helping to reclaim what was once thought lost – Saltwire
  3. Honouring Mi’kmaw Belonging Through the Life of Sam Glode – Nation Talk
  4. New Hockey Nova Scotia awards launched in honour Cape Breton’s Erin Denny – Saltwire
  5. Indigenous tourism helps me share Miyo-pimatisiwin — and other lessons my dad taught me – CBC News
  6. Cree rapper and entrepreneur Dakota Bear on exploring Indigenous identity through music – APTN News
  7. Island Health’s PLANT Medicines project wins provincial recognition for Indigenous health research – Island Health
  8. Award-Winning Indigenous Novelist to Discuss Story of Family, Loss and Identity in Virtual Library Event – Pasadena Now

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Assembly Demands Accountability on Highway 101 Project – Nation Talk
  2. Indigenous Leaders Denounce Plans to ‘Treat and Release’ Oil Tailings – CPAC
  3. Mi’kmaw chiefs say Avon River fish passage concerns being ignored – CBC News
  4. Indigenous fire keepers share knowledge across colonial borders – The Narwhal
  5. First Nation in Alberta calls for federal government proposal to be rejected – APTN News
  6. First Nation challenges Sask. government over environmental assessment of uranium mine – CBC News
  7. First Nations sign call-to-action for an immediate end to net-pen fish farms on the Pacific Ocean – Cheknews
  8. Canada concludes the 9th Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA9), strengthening global efforts to tackle climate change – CanTech Letter

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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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