IndigeNews: Sep. 21 – Oct. 3, 2022

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Kmu’jaqmikt”
(gim-ooj-ackh-a-mikt)

Meaning: woods

In the News

  1. Land back and the next stage of reconciliation – The Globe and Mail
  2. Prime minister admits road to reconciliation is moving slowly – APTN News
  3. Reflections after the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – APTN News
  4. MMIWG families bring demands for police accountability to Parliament Hill – CBC News
  5. P.E.I. teen Chailo Jadis killed in accident honoured by Abegweit First Nation – SaltWire Network
  6. A healer and activist, Sacheen Littlefeather was far more than her infamous Oscar moment – CBC Radio
  7. First Nations in P.E.I. recovering from structural and ecological damage, week long power failures – SaltWire Network
  8. Islanders can still learn history after P.E.I. events cancelled for Truth and Reconciliation, Treaty Days – SaltWire Network
  9. Royal Canadian Mint unveils keepsake to honour residential school survivors and victims, foster reconciliation – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. N.W.T. Supreme Court gets 1st Indigenous chief justice – CBC News
  2. Métis Nation of Alberta prepares for historic constitution vote – CBC News
  3. Minister signs deal to return land to Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory – CBC News
  4. Quebec’s language law poses challenge to new elder’s home in Listuguj – APTN News
  5. New Nahanni agreement signals historic step to Indigenous land governance – CBC News
  6. Reconciling the contradictions in Aboriginal and Indigenous law – The Canadian Bar Association
  7. Quebec election: Indigenous issues take back seat as campaign winds down – Cambridge Today 
  8. UNDRIP 15 years on: Genuine truth and reconciliation requires legislative reform – National Post
  9. B.C. Supreme Court hears closing arguments on Nuchatlaht First Nation’s land claim – CBC News
  10. Siksika Nation in southern Alberta to take over RCMP duties with own police service – APTN News
  11. Tŝilhqot’in title lands crux of two-day meeting with Indigenous leaders, premier, ministers – Trail Times
  12. Ontario court eyes Indian Act in matter of receiver’s seizure of on-reserve property – The Lawyer’s Daily
  13. Trial put on hold in residential school reparations class action after parties agree to negotiate – CBC News
  14. Broken promises, denial of systemic racism strain CAQ-Indigenous relations going into Oct. 3 vote – CBC News
  15. Feds warn Ontario falling short on Highway 413 consultations with Six Nations, Mississaugas of the Credit – The Narwhal
  16. Canada and Anishinabek First Nations commemorate historic milestone on self-government agreement – Anishinabek News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Catholic Church says it will take 4 more years to raise $30M for survivors – APTN News
  2. Manitoba announces $2.6M for healing lodges at correctional centres in Brandon, The Pas – CBC News
  3. No way to enforce building codes on First Nations, and new law would be costly: document – APTN News
  4. Clean-up of notorious Giant Mine in Yellowknife pegged at $1B, to take longer than expected – APTN News
  5. Pukatawagan residents celebrate opening of First Nation’s new community-owned grocery store – CBC News
  6. Reimagining office space, Indigenous investment key to downtown Winnipeg’s future, leaders say – CBC News
  7. “Mother lode” struck with equity partnership between Enbridge and 23 northern Alberta Indigenous communities – Windspeaker.com

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Signs marking Treaty 4 and 6 territories go up in Saskatchewan – APTN News
  2. National Day for Truth and Reconcilation: From coast to coast to coast – APTN News
  3. Front line workers, leaders meet with feds to discuss mental health supports – APTN News
  4. New four-stamp issue features work of First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists – Windspeaker.com
  5. How Kenneth Shirley is bringing traditional Indigenous dance forms around the world – CBC Listen
  6. ‘Nothing is being done’: Services desperately needed in Maskwacis says grieving father – APTN News
  7. Fruit and nut tree program aims to promote food sovereignty in Wabanaki communities – CBC News
  8. Less than half of the over $200M requested for burial searches at residential schools funded – CBC News
  9. Family wants answers after Mi’kmaw grandmother dies unexpectedly in Cape Breton hospital – APTN News
  10. ‘The bond is broken’: Data shows number of Indigenous kids in foster care is going up: StatCan – APTN News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Listuguj Mi’gmaq Rangers to oversee First Nation’s fall lobster fishery – Newswire
  2. First Nations climate conference urged to think DIY to create self-sufficiency – CBC News
  3. Wolastoqey youth learn about marine conservation research aboard science vessel – CBC News
  4. ‘Unique ecosystem’: N.W.T. First Nations sign benefit agreement with Parks Canada – CKPG Today
  5. Indigenous Islanders win UN climate case against Australia — opening the door for others – CBC Radio
  6. ‘The spirit of our Elders’: the inside story of how the Tahltan Nation saved their Sacred Headwaters – The Narwhal

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

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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/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.

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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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