L’nuey IndigeNews + Holiday News Summary – Dec. 13 , 2021 – Jan. 9, 2022
A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey
Kwe’ aq wli eksitpu’k, nitap!
Hello and good morning, friend!
Welcome back to IndigeNews – a weekly Indigenous news update provided by L’nuey.
In case you missed some of the headlines over the holidays, we’ve included a holiday news summary as well!
The Mi’kmaq words of the week are…
“Pusu’l Puna’ne!”
“Happy New Year”
IN THE NEWS
The 15 year fight to treat Indigenous children as equals – CBC Listen
Canada’s New $40-Billion Child Welfare Agreements Explained – The Tyee
Canadian Rangers in Bearskin Lake First Nation to help with COVID-19 outbreak – CBC News
COVID-19 new case numbers explode in Indigenous communities across Canada – CTV News
Implementation will be key to First Nation child welfare agreement, says advocate – CBC News
Residential school day scholars can now apply for compensation under settlement – CBC News
Prosecutors add charges for 25 in N.S. lobster pound riot, say ‘resolutions’ possible – Toronto Star
HOLIDAY SUMMARY: IN THE NEWS
Agreement reached on First Nations child welfare compensation – CBC News
Reconciliation named SaltWire’s P.E.I. News Story of the Year – SaltWire Network
Lennox Island man takes part in TikTok Indigenous accelerator program – CBC News
Ottawa releases early details of landmark $40B First Nations child welfare agreement – CBC News
Fans, colleagues pay tribute to Mi’kmaq lawyer, comedian and activist Candy Palmater – APTN News
Two years after B.C. passed its landmark Indigenous Rights act, has anything changed? – The Narwhal
Pictou Landing First Nation members suing researchers for ‘secret’ experiment says claim – APTN News
POLITICS & LAW
Indigenous Rights Year in Review – First Peoples Law
CGL pipeline protesters vacate site to evade arrest: Release – APTN News
Robinson Huron Treaty Annuity case headed to Supreme Court – CBC News
First Nation leaders say BC implementation of UNDRIP is too slow – Welland Tribune
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation – Yellowhead Institute
HOLIDAY SUMMARY: POLITICS & LAW
Special report rips feds’ record on reconciliation – APTN News
Siksika Nation to receive $1.3B in land claim settlement – CTV News
Trudeau calls for talks, not court fight, on Wolastoqey claim – CBC News
Atikameksheng Anishnawbek heads to court to claim lands set out in Treaty of 1850 – Sudbury.com
Courts approve $8B settlement between First Nations, feds in clean water class action – APTN News
Court cancels permanent injunction in Caledonia, grants land back spokesman’s appeal – APTN News
BUSINESS, FINANCE & ECONOMICS
Canada Post to pilot community hub in Membertou – SaltWire Network
Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund Emergency COVID-19 Application – NationTalk
Eskasoni Tim Hortons opening delayed due to rising COVID-19 numbers – SaltWire Network
HOLIDAY SUMMARY: BUSINESS, FINANCE & ECONOMICS
Indigenous learners, job seekers get boost from Google Canada – APTN News
19-year-old Elsipogtog man starts cosmetics and skin care business – CBC News
Critics accuse Liberals of failing to address Indigenous housing crisis – APTN News
Philanthropist from Temagami named an Officer of the Order of Canada – CBC News
Meet 3 Indigenous women entrepreneurs promoting wellness and culture – CBC News
Cree Nation reaches sky-high with ‘landmark’ $100M Montreal skyscraper – APTN News
Liberals extend COVID-19 benefits to help businesses, workers affected by Omicron – APTN News
EDUCATION, HEALTH & CULTURE
COVID crisis has Bearskin Lake at breaking point: Chief – APTN News
COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: What you need to know – CBC News
How Mi’kmaw artist Lorne Julien became the Warrior on the Hill – CBC News
Conne River sets a massive goal: Restoring the Mi’kmaw language – CBC News
Cases of COVID-19 continue to surge in Nunavut despite lockdown – APTN News
Yukon parents vote on proposal to create First Nations school board – Global News
Denesuline family challenges N.W.T. legislation to use traditional names – APTN News
‘Mandatory vaccination’ may be way out of pandemic: federal health minister – APTN News
First Nation says Alberta is preventing it from taking control of child welfare – Squamish Chief
HOLIDAY SUMMARY: EDUCATION, HEALTH & CULTURE
Northern Ont. First Nations taking back child welfare jurisdiction – CTV News
Indigenous women make up nearly 50% of prison population: Report – APTN News
Mi’kmaw contributions pushed for recognition in Hockey Hall of Fame – Two Row Times
Meet 1 of 20 young Yukoners helping preserve their language — by learning it – CBC News
Cowessess First Nation to receive federal cash to help identify 751 unmarked graves – APTN News
Indigenizing therapy: How Lyla Harman embraces culture in her counselling practice – APTN News
Poet asks for help from Mi’kmaq speakers to ease father’s move to long term care – SaltWire Network
ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
‘Birding on the Rez’: Kahnawake joins national bird count – APTN News
Siksika Nation invests in training to counter ‘digital divide’ – APTN News
Indigenous communities along Atlantic coast at risk from rising sea levels – CBC News
Pipeline work resumes after blockades in northern B.C., Coastal GasLink says – CBC News
HOLIDAY SUMMARY: ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
AltaGas files plan to decommission the Alton Gas site – Halifax Examiner
Sask. First Nation welcomes back buffalo herd after 150-year absence – CTV News
B.C. hears from 161 First Nations on plans for old-growth logging deferrals – Global News
New archeology exhibit shows what Island life was like hundreds of years ago – CBC News
How more than a million acres of Wolastoqey land ended up with the forest industry – CBC News
Wela’lioq, Msit No’kmaq
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