IndigeNews: Mar. 15 – 21, 2021

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

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

“Waspu”

Meaning: seal 🦭

In the News

  1. Reserves on Prince Edward Island – The Canadian Encyclopedia
  2. Opinion: Federal fisheries minister should resign following DFO decision – West Prince Graphic
  3. Show us the science: Chiefs ask Ottawa to see the evidence for limiting their fisheries – The Star
  4. Tahltan government says it wants gold, copper and silver mines out of the territory – APTN News
  5. Lennox Island to mark lives lost in ‘treacherous’ walk across ice before causeway built – CBC News
  6. P.E.I. hip-hop artist opens up about mental health, Indigenous issues with new album – Journal Pioneer
  7. JOHN JOE SARK: Mi’kmaq understood conservation thousands of years before Europeans – The Guardian
  8. Honour of the Crown at stake as Yukon fails to consult on mining application, says Nation – Windspeaker
  9. Government of Canada COVID-19 Update for Indigenous Peoples and communities – Indigenous Services Canada
  10. Dalhousie’s new Aboriginal and Indigenous law certificate equips Mi’kmaq students to bring change – The Charlatan

Politics & Law

  1. Tŝilhqot’in Nation voices Indigenous law at B.C. appeal hearing – APTN News
  2. Justice advocates await Ottawa’s promised national Indigenous justice strategy – CBC News
  3. First Nations lawsuits highlight planning and consultation tensions, experts say – Yukon News
  4. National human rights group calls for changes to how Manitoba screens law students – CBC News
  5. Feds ask for independent review of documents for St. Anne’s residential school claims – CBC News
  6. Systemic racism still a contentious issue at Quebec-First Nations political roundtable – Global News
  7. Judge rejects North Island First Nation’s herring fishery injunction request – Nanaimo News Bulletin
  8. Tsilhqot’in Nation calls on B.C., Canada to recognize Indigenous jurisdiction amid COVID-19 – CBC News
  9. ‘Consultation utterly failed’: Na-Cho Nyäk Dun sues Yukon for approving mineral exploration – CBC News
  10. ‘Open and frank’ meeting takes place between Indigenous leaders and Quebec government – APTN News
  11. Reconciling Interests, Upholding Indigenous Land Rights: Aboriginal Title Cases to Watch – First Peoples Law
  12. ‘Strategic alliance’ as FSIN, Sask. Human Right Commission sign agreement: Chief Bobby Cameron – CBC News
  13. B.C. Supreme Court sets trial date set for Nuchatlaht First Nation’s historic land title case – Campbell River Mirror
  14. Métis Nation in B.C. votes to declare self-government, with plans to forge new relationship with province – CBC News
  15. Commissioner Brenda Lucki says the RCMP has enforced racist and discriminatory policies in the past – The Globe and Mail
  16. RCMP racially discriminated against mother, mishandled witnesses, evidence in Colten Boushie case: watchdog – CBC News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Facebook phishing scams target Indigenous artists’ business pages – CBC News
  2. Ottawa set to launch $1B initiative for Indigenous community projects – CBC News
  3. Indigenous input missing from Canada’s ESG investment standards – Business in Vancouver
  4. Infrastructure bank launches Indigenous initiative, advocates say money not enough – Orillia Matters
  5. No more excuses: Money would fix Nunavut’s housing crisis but Ottawa doesn’t want to pay – APTN News
  6. Alberta entrepreneurs make subscription box filled with Indigenous teachings, self-care goods – CBC News
  7. After 230-year fight, Caldwell First Nation has reserve status; begins to build a new community – CBC News
  8. Dhillon School of Business first business school in Canada to require Indigenous course as part of core degree – University of Lethbridge
  9. Canada and Ontario invest in 37 clean water, wastewater and storm water infrastructure improvement projects for First Nation communities across the province – Infrastructure Canada
  10. The Canada Infrastructure Bank launches its Indigenous Community Infrastructure Initiative to accelerate new investment and reduce the infrastructure gap – Canada Infrastructure Bank

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Mi’kmaw couple bring their language to hit TV show Vikings – CBC News
  2. U of M institute leads ‘momentous’ vaccine rollout to First Nations – Winnipeg Sun
  3. Yoga instructor Shayla Stonechild uses yoga for health and education – APTN News
  4. Indigenous languages projects get boost in latest round of federal funding – CBC News
  5. Mi’kmaq artist Morgan Toney tackles the Unknown in new song, Alasutamaqn – CBC News
  6. Military to help vaccinate up to 23 northern Manitoba First Nations against COVID-19 – CBC News
  7. Rebecca Thomas explores Mi’kmaw language in poetry collection I place you into the fire – CBC Radio
  8. First Person: As a teacher, here are the ways I see the Indigenization of classrooms unfolding – CBC News
  9. No link between colonialism and vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous Peoples says professor – APTN News
  10. ‘I believe that there is racial profiling’: Provinces are slowly banning birth alerts – but not in Quebec – APTN News
  11. A Week Focused on Indigenous-Led Efforts to Reclaim, Revitalize, Maintain and Strengthen Indigenous Languages: Highlights of New Projects Funded in the Maritimes – Canadian Heritage

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. The fight to end corporate control over the Nechako River – National Observer
  2. Sask. Indigenous, environmental groups call for halt to public land selloff – CBC News
  3. After a decade of supporting the Baffinland mine, QIA reverses its position – APTN News
  4. Fort Nelson First Nation gets $40.5M federal funding for clean energy project – CBC News
  5. B.C. Agricultural Land Commission rejects First Nations’ proposal for addictions treatment facility – CBC News
  6. Heiltsuk Nation, federal agencies sign agreement to establish Indigenous marine response team – The Narwhal
  7. ‘Unity and trust’: Annita McPhee on her role as the first Indigenous executive director of a CPAWS chapter – The Narwhal

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

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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 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.
  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.
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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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  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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