IndigeNews: Sep. 28 – Oct. 4, 2020

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Wela’lioq!”
(we-la-lee-ohk)

Meaning: thank you!

In the News

  1. Islanders come together on Orange Shirt Day – The Guardian
  2. Ottawa opens door to First Nations fisheries authority – CBC News
  3. Islanders called to practise Mi’kmaq language on Treaty Day – CBC News
  4. Indigenous communities facing ‘alarming’ rise in COVID-19 cases – National Observer
  5. P.E.I. announces new rights education initiative for 2nd Treaty Day – CBC News
  6. ‘We are all treaty people’; Treaty Day recognized for second year in P.E.I. – Journal Pioneer
  7. Mi’kmaw senator says he has a ‘win-win’ solution to the N.S. fishing dispute – CBC News
  8. Lennox Island band member shares stories of her culture in new children’s book – Journal Pioneer
  9. Treatment of Indigenous woman in Quebec hospital puts focus on systemic racism – Global News
  10. Government of Canada COVID-19 Update for Indigenous Peoples and communities – Government of Canada
  11. Mi’kmaq fishers won at the Supreme Court but they’re still fighting for their livelihoods – MacLeans
  12. INDIGENOUS RIGHTS: Conservation important but who gets to regulate is key legal issue – The Chronicle Herald
  13. Potlotek First Nation celebrates Treaty Day by launching its own rights-based lobster fishery – CBC News
  14. Open Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier McNeil Re: Sipekne’katik Treaty-Based Fishery – First Peoples Law 
  15. Canada’s unions push for implementation of National Action Plan on Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People – canadianlabour.ca

Politics & Law

  1. More concerns raised over Bill 197 – wawataynews.ca
  2. Four First Nations sign historic agreement with Alberta – Cochrane Now
  3. Mi’kmaw First Nation ‘very positive’ about federal fishery talks – CBC News
  4. Feds strike working groups to tackle delayed MMIWG action plan – Hill Times
  5. B.C. Supreme Court hears petition for judicial review of Coastal GasLink certificate – CBC News
  6. Mi’kmaw parliamentarians call for new body to deal with conflict over lobster fishery – CBC News
  7. Ontario Provincial Police have warrant for arrest of 1492 Land Back Lane spokesperson – CBC News
  8. N.B. refusal to share carbon taxes collected at First Nation truck stops triggers court fight – CBC News
  9. BERNADETTE JORDAN: Honouring treaties begins with relearning the history behind them – The Telegram
  10. Indigenous leaders call for investigation following death of First Nations boy in B.C. group home – APTN News
  11. ‘An impossible choice’: Beaver Lake Cree Nation looks to Supreme Court in advanced legal cost case – CBC News
  12. Death of Youth in Care Sparks Calls by First Nations Leadership and Advocates for Immediate Action – Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
  13. Government of Canada Introduces Legislation to Establish National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – NewsWire
  14. CSIS withholds information on Wet’suwet’en demonstrations citing national security threat exemption – CBC News
  15. ‘Treat us the same way you would treat the others’ — First Nations police in the north seek fair funding – CBC News
  16. Federal Court weighed in on a jurisdictional dispute over First Nations’ childcare services – Temagami First Nation v. Presseault, 2020 FC 933

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. First Nation Business Education – aacsb.edu
  2. Resources for Indigenous Entrepreneurs – Start Up Canada
  3. TC Energy inks deal for Indigenous ownership stake in Keystone XL pipeline – Midland Today
  4. Indigenous business owners call on major retailers to pledge more shelf space – APTN News
  5. Jennifer Podemski launches Shine Network to help empower Indigenous women – Global News
  6. Indigenous business panel says lack of capital is a barrier for major project investments – CBC News
  7. Indigenous designers in B.C. outraged over claims of authenticity by non-Indigenous competitor – CBC News
  8. Canada: Williams Lake First Nation: First to Enter into Cannabis Agreement with BC Government – Mondaq
  9. Permanent funding needed to fulfil recommendations of First Nation student death inquest, lawyers say – CBC News
  10. Black Diamond and Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaq Communities, in Partnership, Receive Letter of Award for $720 Million Workforce Lodge – Global News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Mi’kmaq artist Jodie B releases her first album – The Discourse
  2. How Indigenous history is being taught in P.E.I. schools – CBC News
  3. Indigenous Heritage Action Plan Implementation Progress Report – Library and Archives Canada
  4. Nova Scotian teen creates virtual Afro-Indigenous youth book club – Halifax Today
  5. Young Indigenous adults say Land Back Camp connects them to culture – CBC News
  6. New head of CBC North wants more Indigenous staff, to promote languages – CBC News
  7. 5 years into agreement, what does treaty education look like in Nova Scotia? – CBC News
  8. How the vandalism of statues challenges our understanding of Canadian history – CBC News
  9. Dalhousie faculty association raises concerns over president’s letter on Mi’kmaq fishery – National Observer
  10. Upgraded partnership unveiled for First Nation’s students and Saskatoon Public Schools – ckom.com
  11. First Nations Health Authority chief medical officer concerned with rising COVID-19 cases – nsnews.com
  12. Permanent funding needed to fulfil recommendations of First Nation student death inquest, lawyers say – CBC News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. B.C. salmon farm opponents demand answers from DFO – vicnews.com
  2. Meet Nukumi, the great white ‘proper matriarch’ tagged off N.S. – CBC News
  3. Indigenous leaders call out provincial gov’t over moose hunt restrictions – Winnipeg Sun
  4. 61 Indigenous Communities in Canada Still Need to Boil Water for Safety – Global Citizen
  5. Yukon farm offers life skills, employment opportunities to First Nations youth – APTN News
  6. B.C. grizzlies facing starvation due to declining salmon stock, says First Nation – CTV News
  7. N.S. commercial fishermen stage peaceful protests over conservation concerns – CBC News
  8. ‘I’ve become cynical about DFO’ says Homalco chief over federal fish farm decision – APTN News
  9. Métis federation reopens some moose harvesting areas to Métis hunters after 9 years – CBC News
  10. Federal delay in defining fishing rights frustrates Mi’kmaq and commercial industry on P.E.I. – CBC News
  11. Two long-term water advisories lifted in Ontario First Nations as feds approach 2021 deadline – CBC News
  12. After interim licenses, First Nations group calls for long-term license to manage forest in traditional lands – 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.
  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.
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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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  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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  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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