IndigeNews: Oct. 8 – 15, 2024

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is…

“Wikewiku’s”
🗣 (wig-gay-wee-goos)

Meaning: animal fattening moon 🐻 🌕

In the News

  1. Official Obituary of Amber Dawn (Clark) Jadis – Belvedere Funeral Home
  2. Marking National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on P.E.I. – CBC News
  3. Mi’kmaw Sen. Paul Prosper releases ‘listening tour’ report – APTN News
  4. MPs urged to support First Nations clean drinking water bill – Global News
  5. Why the future of B.C.’s forests has become a huge election issue – CBC News
  6. Lunenburg to move forward with Cornwallis Street name change – CBC News
  7. Meet the Mi’kmaw dancer who’s been performing more than half his life – CBC News
  8. ‘Quite an honour’; Eskasoni elder Albert Marshall Sr. receives Order of Canada – SaltWire
  9. Why acclaimed writer Amanda Peters calls her new book her ‘training wheels’ – CBC News
  10. Chiefs of Ontario to vote in favour of $47.8B child welfare agreement with Canada – Toronto Star
  11. Indigenous ceremony, release held for ‘critically endangered’ species in New Brunswick – CTV News
  12. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak and the fate of the $47.8B child welfare package – APTN News
  13. At least 55 children died or disappeared at residential school near Williams Lake, B.C.: Report – Global News
  14. ‘Very concerning’: Residential school documents committee suspends work citing federal funding – APTN News
  15. Indigenous tourism is on the rise in Atlantic Canada, and a summit on P.E.I. is aimed at more growth – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Meet Saskatchewan’s new treaty commissioner – CBC News
  2. Thunder Bay’s police service to go under the microscope – again – APTN News
  3. First Nations at odds over who gives input on Big White expansion – CBC News
  4. First Nations transborder claims ‘risks opening a Pandora’s box’ – Times Chronicle
  5. Thessalon First Nation election breach does not result in re-election – The Sault Star
  6. BC Conservative candidate under fire for comments about First Nations – CTV News
  7. NDP promise a new effort to give B.C. First Nations powers over lands – Vancouver Sun
  8. British Columbia’s election may shift climate and Indigenous policies – The Daily Climate
  9. Ontario First Nations accept $47.8B child welfare deal after intense debate – Timmins Today
  10. Indigenous population of incarcerated women still growing despite calls to action – IndigiNews
  11. Self-identifying Indigenous group got $74M in federal cash, Inuit leader wants change – CBC News
  12. Canada stresses ‘political’ nature of commitment to providing First Nations clean water – CBC News
  13. Chair, 8 members suspend roles in committee examining residential school documents – CBC News
  14. Manitoba apologizes for clawing back money for kids in care as part of $530M settlement – CBC News
  15. 14-year fight for disability services settled in favour of First Nations children in Manitoba – APTN News
  16. AFN national chief urges all parties to support First Nations clean drinking water legislation – CBC News
  17. ‘We have to call it out’: Glenn Joyal on wrongful convictions, racism and the justice system – APTN News
  18. Missanabie Cree First Nation suing for increase in annuities payments for Treaty 9 members – Soo Today
  19. Certification hearing for lawsuit involving off reserve Indigenous children in care begins in B.C. – APTN News
  20. Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Bulletin – Amendments to Draft Agreement on Long-Term Reform of First Nations Child and Family Services – Assembly of First Nations

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Funding for Indigenous Guardians is now Indigenous-led – The Narwhal
  2. Indigenous Natural Resource Partnerships Program – Government of Canada
  3. Nova East Wind signs MoU with Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs – Energy Global
  4. Developers sign pact for indigenous role in Canadian offshore wind farm – Wind Power Monthly

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Cape Breton Mi’kmaq schools celebrate Nitap Day – SaltWire
  2. Recording studio in Cape Breton works to preserve Mi’kmaw language – CBC News
  3. Munsee-Delaware First Nation to visit Wampum belt tied to their history – APTN News
  4. Canadian Museum of History returns artifacts to northern Ont. First Nation – CTV News
  5. B.C.’s Indigenous child welfare system ‘underfunded, broken beyond measure’ – Vancouver Sun
  6. ‘Long time coming’: Human remains, artifacts reclaimed by Mississauga First Nation – Soo Today
  7. ‘We need to honour the moose’: Feast in the Highlands looking a bit different this year – SaltWire
  8. We’koqma’q First Nation among 2024 John Bragg Award for Atlantic Canada recipients – SaltWire
  9. ‘It’s very stressful’: Clients of Indigenous health authority react to ransomware attack – APTN News
  10. Statue, painting commemorating Beothuk people is ‘incredible moment,’ says Mi’sel Joe – CBC News
  11. Indigenous children ‘at risk’ for delay in government approval process for services – North Bay Nugget
  12. Manitoba amends Child and Family Services Act to support parents, keep children with kin – APTN News
  13. This archeologist is testing a soil recipe from Indigenous people in the Amazon in northern Ontario – CBC News
  14. New language centre in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory to bring adult and children’s classes under one roof – CBC News
  15. Government of Canada renews historic funding for Indigenous health research from coast to coast to coast – Government of Canada
  16. ‘We are seeing reconciliation in action’: New artwork honouring Indigenous peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador at Confederation Building – SaltWire

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Kanesatake grand chief linked to dumping allegations – Eastern Door
  2. First Nations animal services project gets a boost – The Hamilton Spectator
  3. New documentary explores Indigenous-led farming in northern B.C. – CBC News
  4. ‘In order to have clean energy, we need good energy’ Indigenous youth say – The Narwhal
  5. Annual Mi’kmaq feast held in Cape Breton despite moose hunting moratorium – CTV News
  6. First Nations call for fossil fuel subsidy cuts in favor of nature-based solutions – Canadian Forest Industries
  7. DP Energy JV Partners with Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs for Floating Offshore Wind Project – Offshore WIND
  8. Despite challenges, fishing on Lake Winnipeg ‘just a way of life’ for many in this northern First Nation – 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.
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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.
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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 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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