IndigeNews: Oct. 24 – Nov. 6, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend, the Mi’kmaq words of the week are…

“Maw-Lukuti’kw”

Meaning: we work together

In the News

  1. Mi’kmaw leaders on P.E.I. chart course for self-governance – CBC News
  2. $20B child welfare deal on hold after CHRT rules against it – APTN News
  3. Mi’kmaq on P.E.I. look to ‘reset tone’ of renovated Province House – CBC News
  4. Halifax friendship centre gets $28.8M in federal funding for new home – CBC News
  5. Lennox Island, P.E.I. wharf may soon get much needed expansion – SaltWire Network
  6. Court finds conditional sentence curbs are constitutional in Indigenous case – APTN News
  7. ‘No kid should be left behind’: Pam Palmater talks about tribunal ruling on N2N – APTN News
  8. Wolastoqiyik, Mi’kmaq, Acadians call for Higgs’s resignation as legislature reopens – CBC News
  9. House of Commons unanimously agrees to describe residential schools as genocide – CTV News
  10. Hundreds of Mi’kmaq lobster traps seized as moderate livelihood fishery continues – APTN News
  11. ‘We tried it your way, it didn’t work’: First Nation calls on Ottawa to end fisheries dispute – CTV News
  12. Smudging ceremony held at Province House in Charlottetown as act of reconciliation – SaltWire Network
  13. Canadian Human Rights Tribunal says Ottawa’s $20B First Nations child welfare compensation still falls short – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Leader sheds light on fight for treaty rights – Timmins Today
  2. “It’s wild.” Sipekne’katik First Nation elects first female chief – Ku’ku’kwes News
  3. In its final public meeting, Vancouver council approves UNDRIP strategy – CBC News
  4. Canada’s prison system has changed little for Indigenous Peoples: Report – APTN News
  5. N.W.T. examining whether to implement Gladue reports into justice system – APTN News
  6. Throne speech ignored First Nation land rights, Sask. treaty commissioner says – CBC News
  7. Constitutional challenge brews following Indigenous dispensary raids in Nova Scotia – StratCann
  8. Poundmaker Cree Nation getting calls from other nations after leaving tribal council – APTN News
  9. First Nations leaders push back against ‘Saskatchewan First Act’ tabled by government – APTN News
  10. New bylaw prosecutor’s office on Siksika Nation believed to be first of its kind in Canada – CBC News
  11. Saskatchewan Office of the Treaty Commissioner says throne speech offends treaty rights – Global News
  12. Quebec judge grants interim injunction stopping McGill project over Mohawk concerns – Dawnson Creek Mirror
  13. B.C. proposes legislative changes to give Indigenous communities power over their own child welfare system – CBC News
  14. Criminalize ecocide: cross-party members of parliament join in talks to declare widespread environmental destruction an international crime – APTN News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Elsipogtog First Nation receives over $927k to enhance tourism – The Aquinian
  2. ‘It reaffirms that I’m on the right path’: Inuvialuit fashion designer wins $7,000 – CBC News
  3. Federal government’s economic update includes mining natural resources to fuel green economy – APTN News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. We’koqma’q First Nation welcomes healing forest – CBC News
  2. Enhanced child services on the way in Kanesatake – Penticton Herald
  3. Artist shows meaning of Mi’kmaw months with beaded calendar – CBC News
  4. With Pope Francis’ visit behind us, where do survivors go from here? – APTN News
  5. Mi’kmaw nursing cohort to be offered at NSCC Pictou next year – SaltWire Network
  6. Northern health leader says language test is a barrier to Indigenous nurses – CTV News
  7. ‘Proud to be Mi’kmaw’: Artist shares how beading reconnected her to culture – Global News
  8. Indigenous strongwoman makes history by becoming 1st in Canada to earn pro card – CBC News
  9. ‘Pandemic of suffering:’ Manitoba chiefs press governments to fund regional hospital – Toronto Star
  10. B.C.’s decision not to support 2030 Olympic bid is a blow to reconciliation, First Nations say – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Some BC Old-Growth Review Findings Blocked by Forestry Execs – The Tyee
  2. Industry Carbon-Capture Steamroller Could Crush BC First Nations – The Tyee
  3. An attack of Indigenous rights is an attack on nature conservation – National Post
  4. Ahousaht First Nation reopens Maquinna Park to draw back tourism – APTN News
  5. First Nations worry feds are flip-flopping on B.C. fish farms transition – Times Colonist
  6. Fight against coal mine expansion to be brought to UN climate change conference – CBC News
  7. Federal government moving closer to funding Ring of Fire mining roads: document – The Narwhal
  8. First Nations head to COP27 seeking global leaders’ attention for a ‘just transition’ to greener future – CBC News
  9. Nekaneet First Nation strikes deal with Ontario First Nation for internet, phone service in southwest Sask. – CBC News

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

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  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.
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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.

‘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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