IndigeNews: Sep. 18 – 24, 2023

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Nakuset”
(nah-goo-set)

Meaning: Sun

In the News

  1. Sto:lo Nation research finds 158 child deaths at four facilities – APTN News
  2. Ontario chiefs’ rally turns up the heat on Métis self-government legislation – Windspeaker
  3. First Nations in northern Ontario seek over $100B to honour treaty promise – APTN News
  4. Mi’kmaw medium Shawn Leonard trades knowledge with communities he visits – APTN News
  5. Assembly of First Nations endorses fight against Ontario Métis self-government bill – CBC News
  6. Manitoba could make history by electing first First Nations premier to lead province – Global News
  7. Cabot Trail Writers Festival to feature Indigenous writers in Wagmatcook First Nation – Penticton Herald
  8. Special Mi’kmaq garments reunited for the first time at the Canadian Museum of History – Canadian Museum of History
  9. Centre for Truth and Reconciliation still waiting for residential school records to be submitted, hears Senate – Windspeaker

Politics & Law

  1. Caldwell First Nation calls for resignation of provincial Indigenous minister – CBC News
  2. Nunavut RCMP charge Gill sisters, mother with fraud for claiming Inuit status – CBC News
  3. Former grand chief in Manitoba won’t be charged with sexual assault: lawyer – APTN News
  4. Indigenous Services should be spared from spending cuts, say New Democrat MPs – CBC News
  5. Aboriginal and Indigenous Law is complicated. A new website hopes to change that – CBC News
  6. Families of slain First Nations women disappointed by meeting with Anandasangaree – CTV News
  7. ‘Ajuinnata Ukraine’: Gov. Gen. Mary Simon inspires Zelenskyy with Inuktitut word – National Post
  8. Daughter of slain First Nations woman Morgan Harris walks out of meeting with minister – CBC News
  9. ‘HEART-WRENCHING’: Feds call for collaborative approach to potential landfill search – Winnipeg Sun
  10. Environmental groups, First Nations continue fight against $16B oil and gas project – Law360 Canada
  11. Chiefs From Treaties 6, 7 And 8 Territories Oppose Controversial Metis Nation Self-Governance Bill – Hamilton Spectator
  12. Barbara Kentner has been failed again, says family after Brayden Bushby gets day parole in trailer-hitch death – CBC News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Hire more Inuit and support them: NTI president – Nunatsiaq News
  2. Soar program aims to lift Indigenous entrepreneurs to new heights – CBC News
  3. Millions added to B.C. funding for rural, volunteer and First Nations firefighters – Global News
  4. More Indigenous people needed in sustainable development jobs conference hears – APTN News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Indigenous raw talent join forces in new music – CBC News
  2. Two-Spirit Archives a space for reclamation and pride – APTN News
  3. Family returns century-old birchbark canoe to Kahnawà:ke – CBC News
  4. Programming announced for Toronto’s imagineNATIVE film festival – Windspeaker
  5. Watch the Victoria Symphony’s making-of video about the Bones of Crows score – CBC Music
  6. Drag in Eskasoni: Embracing identity and overcoming discrimination in Cape Breton – SaltWire
  7. New Prince Albert FNUC campus ready for construction pending funding approval – Penticton Herald
  8. ‘Before colonization, tattoos were normal.’ Traditional Inuit tattoos were almost wiped out – CBC News
  9. New animated film gives Lorne Cardinal another chance to use his voice for Indigenous actors – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Tr’ondëk-Klondike named Yukon’s newest UNESCO heritage site – CBC News
  2. First Nation in Yukon applauds rejection of proposed agricultural land application – APTN News
  3. Nunavut communities look to future as Meliadine mine extension hearings wrap up – CBC News
  4. First Nations community in northern Alberta evacuates again due to wildfire – Edmonton Journal
  5. Grassroots speak out against tactics of governments, corporations in climate change fight – Windspeaker
  6. How growing sacred medicines and traditional foods helps these Indigenous youth feel more rooted to their culture – CBC News

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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