L’nuey IndigeNews + Summer News Summary – July 12 – Sep. 12, 2021
A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey
Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,
Welcome back to IndigeNews – a weekly Indigenous news update provided by L’nuey.
I hope you had a great summer! In case you missed some of the headlines, we’ve included a summer news summary compiling some of the highlights.
The Mi’kmaq word of the week is…
“Wikumkewiku’s”
(we-goom-gay-wee-goos)
Meaning: “Mate calling time”, which refers to the mating of the moose, a traditional staple food of the Mi’kmaq.
IN THE NEWS
P.E.I. to recognize National Day of Truth and Reconciliation – CBC News
Mi’kmaq printing company struggling with orange shirt shortage – CBC News
P.E.I. to recognize National Day of Truth and Reconciliation – SaltWire Network
Final federal leaders debate comes and goes with promises and warnings – APTN News
Ontario will not make National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a provincial holiday – CBC News
AFN National Chief calls on DFO to stop intimidating, harassing Mi’kmaw fishers – Ku’ku’kwes News
SUMMER NEWS SUMMARY: IN THE NEWS
Search for missing Lennox Island man continues – CBC News
Mi’kmaw remains nearly 500 years old return home to P.E.I. – CBC News
Public basket-weaving events showcase Mi’kmaw cultural heritage – CBC News
Public event brings Indigenous culture to downtown Charlottetown – CBC News
Mary Simon officially becomes Canada’s first Inuk Governor General – CBC News
Should Canadian flags remain at half mast for residential school deaths? – CBC News
DFO officers greet launch of Pictou Landing treaty fishery in Nova Scotia – APTN News
Mi’kmaw harvesting lobster in Nova Scotia under heavy police, DFO presence – APTN News
Indigenous chiefs in N.B. say Fisheries Department officers ignoring fishing rights – CTV News
‘Timely and appropriate’ to include Mi’kmaq in P.E.I. land use decisions, says chief – CBC News
Nova Scotia to recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation starting this year – CBC News
POLITICS & LAW
Two Mi’kmaw candidates face off for federal votes in N.S. – APTN News
Manitoba’s premier supports land acknowledgments at legislature – CBC News
Saugeen Ojibway Nation appealing title: treaty court decision – Turtle Island News
Truth and Reconciliation calls to action on education continued – Welland Tribune
Indigenous languages, the environment and water discussed at French debate – APTN News
‘Stop criminalizing treaty rights’: New AFN chief weighs in on Sipekne’katik fishery – CBC News
5 months after promising systemic racism commissioner, N.B. has yet to name one – CBC News
SUMMER NEWS SUMMARY: POLITICS & LAW
The standoff at 1492 Land Back Lane, one year later – APTN News
Ottawa’s Muskrat Falls bailout triggers First Nations lawsuit – Financial Post
100-year-old Treaty 11 coming to N.W.T. for 1st time since signing – CBC News
Assembly of First Nations unveils priorities ahead of federal election – APTN News
Several Indigenous candidates vying for Saskatchewan’s seats in Parliament – APTN News
Ottawa drops appeal in court fight over First Nations election postponement – APTN News
P.E.I. committee questions ‘evergreen’ status of TRC recommendations – SaltWire Network
Province asked to investigate residential school burial sites as crime scenes – Vancouver Sun
Feds reach nearly $8B deal with First Nations over clean drinking water lawsuit – Global News
Alberta won’t recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, angering advocates – APTN News
BUSINESS, FINANCE & ECONOMICS
Local entrepreneur sets sights on Pow Wow Pitch grand prize – CBC News
SUMMER NEWS SUMMARY: BUSINESS, FINANCE & ECONOMICS
Reconciliation-focused investments could be coming – Advisor’s Edge
Mi’kmaw artists may soon have access to logo of authenticity – CBC News
N.B. fashion group hopes to weave a future for designers of colour – CBC News
Métis-Anishinaabe designer’s work to be represented at the federal debate – APTN News
Bearspaw First Nation gains control of savings fund after dispute with Ottawa – CBC News
EDUCATION, HEALTH & CULTURE
How Indigenous institutes are reclaiming education – MacLean’s
COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: What you need to know – CBC News
Federal parties missing the mark on Indigenous mental health, addictions, experts say – Global News
SUMMER NEWS SUMMARY EDUCATION, HEALTH & CULTURE
Meet some of the most honoured members of First Nations communities – CBC News
Mi’kmaw student honours residential school survivors at graduation ceremony – CBC News
COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: Active cases in First Nations continue to rise – CBC News
Mi’kmaq group to launch mark of authenticity logo in 2022 for art, cultural products – CTV News
Schools to close Sept. 30 in observance of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – CBC News
B.C. appoints liaisons to support First Nations with former residential school sites – Global News
New Brunswick decides not to formally enshrine new Truth and Reconciliation holiday – CBC News
Ryerson University to change its name amid reckoning with history of residential schools – CBC News
ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Mi’kmaq History In Kejimkujik National Park – National Parks Traveler
‘Disrespectful’: B.C. First Nations blast NDP’s forest renewal effort – Castlegar News
First Nations leaders say New Brunswick forestry practices putting land at risk – Global News
Two First Nations challenge Ottawa’s rejection of Grassy Mountain coal mine – The Globe and Mail
First Nations in Alberta challenge federal decision to kill Grassy Mountain coal project – APTN News
SUMMER NEWS SUMMARY: ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
‘A large step forward’: Arctic First Nation goes solar – APTN News
Coastal First Nations in B.C. demand DFO respect their right to fish – APTN News
First Nations firefighters return to Yukon after battling blazes in B.C. – APTN News
Indigenous communities in N.B. say climate change is threatening their way of life – CBC News
Planned dump site creates worry for chief of neighbouring First Nation community – CBC News
Wela’lioq, Msit No’kmaq
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