IndigeNews: September 17 – 24, 2024

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is…

“Kina’masultinej”
🗣 (gihn-ahh-mah-sool-dee-nej)

Meaning: “Let’s learn together” 📚

In the News

  1. The Mi’kmaq fishery 25 years after R. vs. Marshall – SaltWire
  2. 16 First Nations join walk for Steve Dedam in Atlantic Canada – APTN News
  3. First Nations leaders call for clear path forward on rights-based fisheries – CBC News
  4. What lies beneath Canada’s former Indigenous school sites fuels a debate – SaltWire
  5. First Nations hold marches for Elsipogtog man killed in police shooting – NB Media Co-op
  6. Members of Caldwell First Nation move home following land claim settlement – APTN News
  7. Anishinabek Nation demands action on 2007 Ipperwash inquiry recommendations – APTN News
  8. PICTORIAL: Mi’kmaq beaders featured in CBU Art Gallery’s new exhibition, Kina’masultinej – SaltWire
  9. 6 deaths in 11 days prompt emergency debate on fatal police shootings of First Nations people – APTN News
  10. Indigenous people in Quebec want more than an apology from CMA. They want ‘concrete actions’ – CBC News
  11. ‘It’s pretty dang cool’: Mi’kmaq youth empowered by involvement in photo exhibit honouring Marshall Decision – SaltWire
  12. ‘A step in the right direction’: Canadian Medical Association issues apology to Indigenous Peoples across Canada – SaltWire
  13. Wolastoqey chiefs call Higgs’ position on treaty rights ‘deeply troublesome and offensive’ following pre-election survey – NB Media Co-op
  14. Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Calls for Full Implementation of Treaty Rights on the 25th Anniversary of the Marshall Decision – Assembly of First Nations

Politics & Law

  1. Métis Nation at a ‘crossroads’ says outgoing MNC president – APTN News
  2. Métis Nation-Saskatchewan cuts ties with Métis National Council – CBC News
  3. First Nations Clean Water Act study continues as Parliament resumes – APTN News
  4. DFO not returning N.S. fisheries minister’s calls as lobster crosses into U.S. – SaltWire
  5. Manitoba First Nation files lawsuit claiming The Forks is ‘unceded territory’ – CTV News
  6. Minister says end of Liberal-NDP alliance unlikely to impact Indigenous issues – CBC News
  7. Pre-election survey shows N.B. parties divided on Indigenous title, tax-sharing – CBC News
  8. NDP MP urges policy changes in emergency debate on First Nations deaths by police – CBC News
  9. New regulations, proposed changes to Quebec’s Mining Act target exploration sector – CBC News
  10. People rally at Yukon courthouse as judge hears case on Kudz ze Kayah mine project – APTN News
  11. Southern Chiefs ask courts to give Lake Winnipeg Charter rights to life, liberty, security – CBC News
  12. Nuchatlaht First Nation appeals decision recognizing title to only part of claim area – Times Colonist
  13. SCO seeking Charter Rights for Lake Winnipeg in suit against province, Manitoba Hydro – APTN News
  14. Clean water for First Nations needed before next elections, House committee hears – National Observer
  15. Ontario chiefs laud Sask. Métis leaders for leaving national organization over identity dispute – CBC News
  16. New accord on child well-being reached by First Nations Leadership Council, BC Government – My PG Now
  17. NWAC deals with fallout from expulsion of provincial associations ahead of annual gathering, vote – APTN News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Indigenous-led economic development projects get federal funding boost – CBC News
  2. Victoria Gold owes millions to First Nation of Na-Cho Nyӓk Dun businesses, report says – CBC News

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Mi’kmaw beading on display at a new exhibit in Cape Breton – CBC News
  2. 14 First Nations on Vancouver Island declare state of emergency – CBC News
  3. CMA apologizes for harms to First Nation, Inuit and Métis Peoples – CBC News
  4. Search begins for children lost at Sturgeon Landing residential school – APTN News
  5. Concordia University to waive tuition for Indigenous students in Quebec – CBC News
  6. Thousands attend NCTR’s annual youth empowerment gathering in Winnipeg – APTN News
  7. PETER McKENNA: Why are suicides so high in Indigenous communities in Canada? – SaltWIre
  8. UPEI Faculty of IKERAS celebrates another historic milestone – University of Prince Edward Island
  9. B.C. First Nations declare state of emergency due to toxic drug deaths in communities – Global News
  10. Potlotek’s Veronica Bernard featured by Canadian Blood Services for World Marrow Donor Day – SaltWire
  11. Nova Scotia family sues health authority over alleged negligence in Indigenous woman’s death – Global News
  12. Headbanging aunties and punk rock rez shows? An archive puts Indigenous punks in the spotlight – CBC Radio
  13. Health data collected from Indigenous Peoples in Canada has a dark history. One Indigenous company is turning that around – CTV News

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Piikani Nation Elders speak out against Crowsnest Pass coal mining project – Global News
  2. ‘There will be nobody … monitoring the land’: Grand chief urges Ontario to meet – Timmins Today
  3. N.W.T. board considering whether Tłı̨chǫ should be allowed to increase caribou harvest – CBC News
  4. First Nations leaders in Temagami region declare ban on herbicide spaying after glyphosate spill – CBC News
  5. Protectors, not protesters: We’koqma’q women stand for moose awareness on Hunters Mountain – SaltWire
  6. EV battery recycling venture to connect northern Ontario plant with southwestern Ontario First Nation – CBC News
  7. Thousands rally at Queen’s Park to demand action on mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows First Nation – 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.
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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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    • 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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