IndigeNews: Oct. 16 – 21, 2024

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is

“Wli Ankweyasi!”
🗣 (will-ee ahn-gweh-ya-see)

Meaning: take care of yourself!


In the News

  1. Inuit in Ottawa applaud Google’s latest addition to translation tool – CBC News
  2. Google adds first Indigenous language in Canada to its translation service – City News
  3. First Nations vote down resolution to endorse $47.8B child welfare reform offer – CBC News
  4.  Northern Ont. First Nation protests after ancestral remains found during excavation – CTV News
  5. N.B. election: Blaine Higgs says Indigenous people ceded land ‘many, many years ago’ – Global News
  6. AFN vote on $47.8B child welfare reform deal doesn’t pass after lengthy debate – The Canadian Press
  7. ‘He’s really a go-getter’: Potlotek 11-year-old youth to host Mi’kmaq language-learning game nights – SaltWire
  8. Amber Jadis, founder of STEAM P.E.I. and Bricks 4 Kidz, remembered for visionary and creative spirit – SaltWire
  9. ‘Great opportunity now to reset:’ says Cindy Blackstock after chiefs vote against AFN deal on child welfare – APTN News

Politics & Law

  1. Wolastoqey chiefs accuse PCs of fear-mongering – CBC News
  2. Heiltsuk chief blasts Canada’s Indian status policy in UN speech – CBC News
  3. AFN to discuss next steps after child welfare reform deal is defeated – CFWE
  4. Canada settles agriculture benefit claims with First Nations for $1.4B – City News
  5. Canada, First Nations agree on unmet agricultural claims – The Western Producer
  6. Manitoba Métis MP announces he won’t run in next federal election – APTN News
  7. Sitansisk First Nation hosts community forum with N.B. political candidates – CBC News
  8. AFN national chief encourages chiefs to vote in favour of child welfare deal – APTN News
  9. Chiefs in Calgary pass resolution to re-negotiate child welfare deal with Ottawa – APTN News
  10. Saskatchewan NDP candidate urges Indigenous voters to get to the polls – The Canadian Press
  11. Legislation to handle miscarriages of justice in Canada could be law by Christmas – APTN News
  12. How will Indigenous voters cast their ballots in upcoming provincial elections? – Regina Leader Post
  13. 2 First Nations chiefs in Alberta want more dialogue, collaboration on child welfare deal – CBC News
  14. First Nations leaders call for overhaul of negotiation process for child welfare reform deal – CBC News
  15. How a resolution at the B.C. Law Society became a debate about residential school denialism – CBC News
  16. AFN leader questions if Tories would top $47.8B child welfare reform offer, urges chiefs to back it – CBC News
  17. Renewed mandate gives First Nations bands ‘more significant voice’ related to mining activities – Castanet Kamloops
  18. Canada settles Agricultural Benefits specific claims with nine First Nations under Treaties 5, 6, and 10 – Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
  19. Renewal of interim understanding with Wasoqopa’q (Acadia), Annapolis Valley, Bear River and Glooscap First Nations to support moderate livelihood lobster fisheries – Newswire
  20. Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Concludes Special Chiefs Assembly on Long-Term Reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services (FNCFS) Program – Assembly of First Nations

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Canada’s first majority-Indigenous investment dealer to launch – Investment Executive
  2. MPs furious over fraud in indigenous business contracting program – Western Standard
  3. First Nations cannabis industry continues to grow after 6 years of legalization in Canada – CBC News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. In photos: Dalhousie’s 14th annual Mawio’mi – Dal News
  2. Six Nations of the Grand River to open hospice facility – CBC News
  3. Six Nations to build Canada’s first Indigenous-led hospice – Brant Beacon
  4. Indigenous composers give water a voice in Nestaweya concert – APTN News
  5. Highland Village hosting screening of Dorothy Moore documentary Thursday – SaltWire
  6. Participants in Indigenous cultural exchange program to New Zealand feel ‘scammed’ – CBC News
  7. Confederation College opens new Indigenous outdoor learning space in Thunder Bay, Ont. – CBC News
  8. CMA apology a first step toward healing medical harms against Indigenous people, advocates say – CBC Radio
  9. ‘Food is at the centre of everything’: Mi’kmawey Debert recognizes Mi’kmaq history month with annual poster – SaltWire

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Hunter wants to see elusive white moose protected across N.L. – CBC News
  2. Training, better equipment urged following wildland firefighter’s death – APTN News
  3. The artificial lake tearing apart a Nova Scotia community — and killing thousands of fish – The Narwhal
  4. Lake Pisiquid dispute leads to conflict over environmental rights in Nova Scotia – Environmental Health News
  5. First Nations say governments should give fewer subsidies to fossil fuels and far more to nature-based climate solutions – NOW Newswatch

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

‘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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