IndigeNews: Sep. 16 – 22, 2025

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is…

“toqwa’k”
🗣 (dohk-gwahk)

Meaning: tall 🍁

In the News

  1. AFN Outlines Priorities as Parliament Returns – CPAC
  2. 7 Indigenous leaders honoured with Order of Canada – CBC News
  3. Respect our regalia: Why sacred clothing is off-limits at powwows – CBC News
  4. Mi’kmaw in Cape Breton set up camp to protect highlands from logging – APTN News
  5. Tiny wampum beads found in Ferryland a huge discovery, say archaeologists – CBC News
  6. AFN urges federal government to increase efforts at implementing UNDA – Penticton Herald
  7. The Cape Breton Highlands moose, the Mi’kmaq blockade and the return of spruce budworm – Saltwire
  8. Self-government and getting rid of the Indian Act has become an even more timely discussion – Wind Speaker

Politics & Law

  1. Why there’s an Indian Act chief and traditional grand chief – CBC News
  2. Manitoba First Nations want in on the Indigenous Advisory Council – Wind Speaker
  3. Indigenous Advisory Council on major projects just ‘smoke and mirrors’ – APTN News
  4. Winnipeg event shines light on treaties, looks to educate about their importance – CBC News
  5. Membertou chief calls for consultation, revenue sharing on nation-building projects – CBC News
  6. National Chief says AFN not consulted on make-up of new Indigenous Advisory Council – Wind Speaker
  7. Minister says he still hasn’t read environmental racism panel report, as meeting on issue looms – CBC News
  8. Eagle feet with talons, feathers and blood among items seized in illegal trafficking case in Alberta – APTN News
  9. First Nations leaders in Manitoba concerned over representation on major projects advisory council – CBC News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Federal audit into FSIN spending finds $34 million in oddities – CTV News
  2. Establishing the triangle of trust: Integrating Indigenous values – Canadian Mining
  3. Indigenous Vancouver Island woman a trailblazer in cannabis industry – Nation Talk
  4. U.S. outdoor group in rough water as B.C. camping application upsets First Nation – Nation Talk
  5. Confusion followed Ottawa’s crackdown on Jordan’s Principle as costs topped $2B – APTN News
  6. Turbine producing no power as Kluane First Nation celebrates wind project anniversary – CBC News
  7. What impact will LNG Canada’s Phase 2 project have on local First Nations communities? – CBC News
  8. Assembly of First Nations says it’s pushing infrastructure money for upcoming federal budget – APTN News
  9. Ontario opens applications for $5M RAISE program supporting racialized, Indigenous entrepreneurs – Northumberland Daily

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Before freezers, the mooz was shared – Anishinabek News
  2. Maine Museum to Return Funerary Objects to Wabanaki Nations – ART News
  3. First Nations and government representatives hold health forum – Nation Talk
  4. Counseling program for Indigenous women and children facing closure – CTV News
  5. Point Pelee unveils traditional learning circle with Caldwell First Nation – CBC News
  6. This First Nation helps keep tradition of sweetgrass harvest alive in Treaty 4 – CBC News
  7. Woodstock Art Gallery raising $30K to buy Indigenous artist’s work – London Free Press
  8. ‘This is a fight to save lives’: Fentanyl Awareness Walk calls for actions – Winnipeg Free Press
  9. Mi’kmaw land protector hopes that sharing his son’s story will help protect Hunter’s Mountain – APTN News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Fish tanner says the skill of fish tanning is experiencing a revival – APTN News
  2. Defending Liverpool Bay: Local communities vs. Industrial salmon farms – Ecojustice
  3. Innu Nation in Quebec establishes entire Moisie river as protected area – APTN News
  4. Kebaowek First Nation wants Quebec to ban out-of-province moose hunters – APTN News
  5. Bloodvein First Nation stands firm on non-Indigenous hunting ban as season nears – CBC News
  6. Yukon First Nation holds first cultural caribou hunt on traditional territory in over 3 decades – CBC News
  7. ‘Our water should never be that dirty’: the water crisis in First Nations is about staffing too – The Narwhal

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

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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.
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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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