IndigeNews: Nov. 8 – 14, 2021

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Mikwite’lmanej”

Meaning: “Let Us Remember”

In the News

  1. The history and legacy of Indigenous Veterans Day – CTV News
  2. Lennox Island grieving after body discovered in wooded area – CBC News
  3. Ceremonies held across the country for Indigenous veterans – APTN News
  4. Mi’kmaw artist designs poppies to honour Mi’kmaw veterans – APTN News
  5. Abegweit First Nation marks National Indigenous Veterans Day – CBC News
  6. Mi’kmaq keptin preserving the memories of Lennox Island veterans – CBC News
  7. Mi’kmaw curator inspires cultural pride with new exhibit at Halifax museum – The Signal
  8. Cutting begins in Digby forest where Mi’kmaw chiefs asked for logging pause – CBC News
  9. New Mi’kmaq exhibit at Halifax museum to show ‘how unique we still are’ – SaltWire Network
  10. Murray Sinclair to chair negotiations on federal compensation for First Nations kids – APTN News
  11. Remembrance Day 2021: The story of Canada’s most decorated Indigenous soldier – Global News
  12. Stephen Toney: the Mi’kmaw sniper whose reputation during WW I made the papers back home – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Advance costs and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court – First Peoples Law
  2. Nunavut MP Lori Idlout to take oath in Inuktitut in virtual ceremony – CBC News
  3. First Nations leaders want consultation before Sask. sells Crown land – CTV News
  4. Action wanted from N.W.T. government on Indigenous procurement – CBC News
  5. Cowessess First Nation chief leads through reckoning to reach healing – Global News
  6. Canada’s ‘wilful and reckless’ treatment of Indigenous children continues – CBC News
  7. Indigenous leaders to have private meeting with Pope during Vatican visit – Global News
  8. Indigenous women leaders look for ways to support one another and others – CBC News
  9. Feds considering ‘realistic timeline’ to end boil water advisories, Hajdu says – Global News
  10. First Nations in Ontario could receive billions in back-rent after court ruling – The Guardian
  11. These Indigenous lawyers are vying to change the face of B.C.’s legal profession – CBC News
  12. Indigenous lawsuit seeks damages from B.C. for disproportionate birth alerts – Castlegar News
  13. Why Aren’t We Talking about the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples? – The Tyee
  14. First Nations say court testimony shows Manitoba didn’t fulfil obligation to consult – Winnipeg Sun
  15. First Nations in northern Ontario say new Robinson-Huron Treaty annuity payment long overdue – APTN News
  16. Entity’s Aboriginal character does not by itself overcome provincial jurisdiction presumption: court – Canadian Lawyer

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Eskasoni businesses ‘level up’ with high-speed fibre optic internet – CBC News
  2. Regina salon owner wins national Indigenous entrepreneurship award – Regina Leader-Post
  3. Indigenous businesses see surge in support from non-Indigenous customers – The Globe and Mail
  4. 8 young entrepreneurs named as winners of the annual B.C. Indigenous Business Awards – CBC News
  5. CCAB Releases Results of a Targeted Analysis of Phase II of COVID-19 Indigenous Business Survey – NationTalk
  6. Indigenous tourism experiences have an unexpected benefit – helping members of those communities reconnect to their cultures – The Globe and Mail

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Important reflections during Mi’kmaq history month – PEI RCMP
  2. Indigenous veterans say their service was marred by racism – CBC News
  3. Man behind Mi’kmaw dubbing hopes to build Eskasoni studio – CBC News
  4. COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: What you need to know – CBC News
  5. Ottawa park renamed after late Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook – APTN News
  6. Indigenous Veterans Day: Remembering D-Day veteran Philip Favel – CTV News
  7. Canada Post to honour Buffy Sainte-Marie with new stamp – Windspeaker.com
  8. Lee Maracle, revolutionary Indigenous author and poet, dead at 71 – CBC News
  9. Beaded poppies are a source of pride, resilience for this Indigenous designer – CBC News
  10. Search for unmarked graves begins at former Mohawk Institute site in Ontario – APTN News
  11. COVID-19 case numbers drop precipitously in First Nations communities – Turtle Island News
  12. This is Charles Henry Byce: The most decorated Indigenous soldier from the Second World War – CTV News
  13. Nova Scotia historian documents Mi’kmaq and Maliseet veterans of the First World War – SaltWire Network
  14. Manitoba man remembered for leading a battalion of mostly Indigenous soldiers during First World – APTN News
  15. Star Blanket Cree Nation begins ground-penetrating radar searches at site of former residential school – CBC News
  16. ‘Everybody deserves a marker’: Organization looking to identify more unmarked Indigenous veterans’ graves – CTV News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Mi’kmaw grandmothers hold feast after defeating Alton Gas – APTN News
  2. Listuguj students harvest their first moose through outdoor program – CBC News
  3. Indigenous Guardians are patrolling the front lines of climate change – Global News
  4. B.C. study shows sustainable management of salmon fishery before colonization – APTN News
  5. North Island First Nation blasts DFO for ignoring its herring fishery advice – Vancouver Island Free Daily
  6. Ontario forest fires burned record area of land this summer as they displaced First Nations in northwest – CBC News

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

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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 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.
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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.
  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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    • L’nuey blanket
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  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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