IndigeNews: Oct. 4 – 10, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Wikewiku’s”
(wih-geh-wee-goos)

Meaning: October (animal fattening time)

In the News

  1. Elsipogtog celebrates new rink, Hockeyville title – CBC News
  2. First Indigenous woman launches into space aboard SpaceX – APTN News
  3. Tragic death of P.E.I. teen prompts calls to stop parties on rural road – CBC News
  4. Ottawa announces $4M to support First Nations during Fiona cleanup – APTN News
  5. New kitchen on Lennox Island serves up healthy meals and a sense of community – CBC News
  6. ‘Pushed to the back’: First Nations women under-represented as chiefs in Canada – CTV News
  7. Southwestern Manitoba First Nation denied access to search for unmarked graves – CBC News
  8. Mi’kmaw-led conservation trust takes over Mary Harper Nature Reserve in Cape Breton – CBC News
  9. Leaders trying to correct underrepresentation of female chiefs, says candidate for AMC grand chief – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. First Indigenous woman elected to Quebec’s National Assembly – APTN News
  2. Minister signs deal to return land to Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory – CBC News
  3. NDP questions Trudeau government on mental health funding shortfall – APTN News
  4. New Nahanni agreement signals historic step to Indigenous land governance – CBC News
  5. Tories question independence of proposed national council for reconciliation – CBC News
  6. Dehcho First Nations says it’s being punished for not signing on to devolution – CBC News
  7. Haudenosaunee treaty rights ignored in Chedoke Creek cleanup – The Hamilton Spectator
  8. Justice O’Bonsawin on the ‘evolution’ of and challenges facing Canada’s top court – CTV News
  9. Three First Nations have filed for legal action against Ontario over boreal forests – Toronto Star
  10. AMC sues Manitoba, Canada for $1B over damage caused by child welfare system – APTN News
  11. Patty Hajdu ‘open’ to legislating fire codes on First Nations, but notes high cost – National Observer
  12. Lawsuit targets largest Indigenous-led housing and retail development in B.C. history – Castlegar News
  13. No way to enforce fire codes on First Nations, and new law would be costly: document – National Post
  14. 3 northern First Nations take Ontario to court over environmental protection, treaty rights – CBC News
  15. ‘Backed into a corner’: Duncan’s First Nation sues Alberta for cumulative impacts of industry – The Narwhal

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Indigenous-owned businesses growing in Edmonton – Global News
  2. The Métis Nation of British Columbia announces $5M for new home buyers – APTN News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Alberta pledges $20M to fight human trafficking – APTN News
  2. Elsipogtog First Nation deeply touched by Hockeyville experience – NHL
  3. Ceremonial lodge for Indigenous federal workers start of ‘something greater’ – CBC News
  4. N.B. still lacks plan on Indigenous youth mental health, says child and youth advocate report – CBC News
  5. Yukon researchers bring Indigenous history home from museums in Ottawa and the Vatican – CBC News
  6. Correctional service investigating release of suspect in deadly James Smith Cree Nation rampage – APTN News
  7. How this woman says Manitoba’s child welfare system broke her connection to her First Nation community – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Multiple Sask. First Nations partner in carbon capture program – CTV News
  2. For the first time, Listuguj Mi’gmaq Rangers oversee fall lobster count – CBC News
  3. The complicated truth about pipelines crossing Wet’suwet’en territory – The Narwhal
  4. B.C. First Nations call for action following endangered sturgeon deaths – New Westminster Record
  5. Treaty 3 agreement with nuclear waste management group criticized by some leaders, elders – CBC News
  6. Preparing for disaster: Marine responders team up with First Nation in oil-spill training exercise – Times Colonist
  7. Canada issues new framework for inclusion of ‘Indigenous knowledge’ in impact assessments – Canadian Lawyer

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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