IndigeNews: Sep. 27 – Oct. 3, 2021

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend, the Mi’kmaq words of the week are…

“Wli Wikewiku’s”
(well-ee wih-geh-wee-goos)

Meaning: “Happy animal fattening moon!” – October

In the News

  1. ‘No reconciliation without truth’, P.E.I. MLAs hear – CBC News
  2. Art exhibit in Georgetown is a ‘call to action’ on Indigenous issues – CBC News
  3. Prince Edward Island celebrates Treaty Day – Government of Prince Edward Island
  4. Judge upholds human rights compensation order for First Nations kids – APTN News
  5. Cowessess First Nation says it has identified 300 of 751 unmarked graves – Global News
  6. Charlottetown Islanders announce plans to honour residential school survivors – SaltWire Network
  7. Islanders reflect on residential school legacy at Truth and Reconciliation Day ceremony – CBC News
  8. Thousands gather on Parliament Hill to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – APTN News
  9. Next steps What Mi’kmaq on Prince Edward ​Island want and need now to help them heal – CBC News
  10. Moment of silence, flags lowered in P.E.I. for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – SaltWire Network
  11. Treaty education agreement with P.E.I. government ‘essential’ says Lennox Island Chief – SaltWire Network
  12. City of Charlottetown raises Mi’kmaq flag in honour of first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – SaltWire Network
  13. Hidden history: Survivor stories from the Indian day school on Lennox Island, located just off P.E.I.’s north shore – CBC News
  14. Honour and respect: Treaty Day in P.E.I. renews bonds of peace and friendship between Mi’kmaq and British – SaltWire Network
  15. Days of reckoning: What’s happening now on P.E.I. with the Indian day school settlement and the push for an apology – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Made of Sterner Stuff —The Problem with Allies – First Peoples Law
  2. For the 1st time, Listuguj Mi’kmaq can legally sell fall lobster catch – CBC News
  3. Federal Court approves residential school day scholars settlement – CBC News
  4. Feds failed to consult Peguis on Hydro line project: court – Winnipeg Free Press
  5. Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw fishery symbolic of fight for Indigenous self-governance – CTV News
  6. First Nations group challenging MZO granted for massive Orbit proposal in Innisfil – Barrie Today
  7. Liberals need to get premiers around table on Indigenous issues, says AFN chief – SaltWire Network
  8. N.L. and federal governments, Innu Nation reach agreement, injunction will be dropped – CBC News
  9. Echaquan corner’s report calls on Quebec to ‘recognize and eliminate’ systemic racism – APTN News
  10. Treaty Day celebrates centuries old relationship between two nations in Mi’kma’ki – SaltWire Network
  11. B.C. minister and Blueberry River First Nation say progress being made after court ruling on treaty rights – CTV News
  12. Six Nations lawsuit ‘will result in a significant damage award’ against the Crown say government documents – APTN News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Digital skills and government support: How to empower Indigenous entrepreneurs – BNN Bloomberg
  2. Video: Seen ‘minimal investments’ in economic development, but need a national strategy: AFN National Chief – BNN Bloomberg
  3. Tim Hortons launching fundraising donut on Sept. 30 through Oct. 6 across Canada to support residential school survivors – Newswire
  4. Toronto’s first sovereign, Indigenous-owned cannabis shop aims to fight ‘economic genocide’ and is operating without provincial licensing – Toronto Star

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Truth and Reconciliation Day in Atlantic Canada – SaltWire Network
  2. Ontario announces new Indigenous curriculum for Grades 1-3 – CBC News
  3. Cape Breton University hires Mi’kmaw academic for advisory role – CBC News
  4. Day school survivor shares tradition of making Mi’kmaw baskets – APTN News
  5. First Nation, Métis leaders pushing past COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy – Global News
  6. Mi’kmaq hockey legacy helping re-claim pride, inspire reconciliation – Global News
  7. Indigenous archeology and finding the “children who never came home” – CBC News
  8. ‘A Woman of Many Firsts’: Bust of Mi’kmaw educator Elsie Basque unveiled – CBC News
  9. ‘An ongoing symbol of colonization’: How bad water affects First Nations’ health – Global News
  10. Cape Breton University names adviser in charge of academic decolonization – SaltWire Network
  11. New archive featuring interviews with Mi’kmaw elders launches online, aims to expand – CBC News
  12. Residential school survivor proposes Indigenous museum as part of reconciliation – Daily Commercial News
  13. Indigenous advocates skeptical of Catholic bishops’ $30M pledge to residential school survivors – CTV News
  14. Racism, prejudice contributed to Joyce Echaquan’s death in hospital, Quebec coroner’s inquiry concludes – CBC News
  15. ‘It’s like renewing our vow’: Murray Sinclair says it will take a while to figure out Sept. 30 but we shouldn’t give up – APTN News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Land-based education teaches White Bear First Nation kids survival skills – Global News
  2. Done waiting on B.C., Gitanyow declare new protected area: ‘this is all our land’ – The Narwhal
  3. Road blocks go up on Wet’suwet’en territory to stop Coastal GasLink from drilling – APTN News
  4. Environment minister restores federal assessment of Alberta coal mine – Lethbridge News Now
  5. What are Indigenous knowledge systems — and how can they help fight climate change? – TVO
  6. Conversation: A new Indigenous engineering firm is set to SOAR – Canadian Consulting Engineer
  7. First Nations challenge law after man charged for killing moose to honour dead uncle – Canada.com

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.
  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.
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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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    • 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.
  12. All decisions by L’nuey with regard to all aspects of this Contest are final.

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