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If readers have been spending the last short days of summer down at the local river or lake (and who could blame them) they may have missed the dust-up over the name of an Ottawa minor league football club called the Nepean Redskins.
A man named Ian Campeau, a card-carrying Nippissing Ojibwe, also known as Dee Jay NDN from the band A Tribe Called Red, has been campaigning to convince…
“School should be a time for dreams,” envisioned 15-year-old Shannen Koostachin, before her death in a 2010 car accident. “Every kid deserves this.”
Shannen’s dream–to bring First Nation children’s unequal education up to Canadian standards–came one step closer to reality on her home reserve of Attawapiskat in northern Ontario on June 22 when the struggling community broke ground for…
She rewarded good behaviour
Musqueam Elder Norma “Rose” Point, who passed away unexpectedly on July 2, recalls walking miles as a child over crusty snow to bring fruit and fresh-baked bread to a sick man confined to his bed.
“I didn’t think of the distance because I saw the sparkle of the moon on the snow and (heard) the crunch of it under my feet,” Rose told…
Artist—Kalan Wi
Song—True Love ( The Berry Picking Song)
Album—Country Groove
Year—2011
Most music can fit into a descriptive music category. I’m sure you’ve seen in record lists, music that has been labeled International. I can’t say I understand what that category is suggesting as a musical description but I can tell you that the music of Kalan Wi truly represents what I…
Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?
Leela Gilday: I value many different qualities in my friends, including humour, openness, trustworthiness, compassion, willingness to take risks, honour, and candor. But the one quality my best friends hold in common is kindness. Having a kind heart is apparently what I value most in a friend.
W: What is it that really…
WOLF SONGS & FIRE CHATS
I’ve come a long way in my understanding of Ojibway things. When I first returned to my people in 1978 I’d been lost in foster care and adoption for 24 years.
I knew nothing about my people or myself. But I desperately wanted to know and I asked questions all the time. When something huge is lost to you, getting a chance to reclaim it, to learn and…
THE URBANE INDIAN
Last month I talked about respect, one of the more important components of the Anishnawbe teachings known as ‘the Seven Grandfathers, all important for healthy, adult living.
And I am not just talking about Native lives. There’s enough truth here for everyone.
For those not in the know, these beliefs consist of wisdom, love, respect, bravery, honesty,…
Clement Chartier is worried that the inclusion of Métis leaders in the latest Truth and Reconciliation national event held in Saskatoon June 21 to June 24 delivers the wrong message.
Sitting next to federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan in the Circle of Reconciliation, which was comprised of representatives of the parties that signed the Indian Residential School Settlement…
Walter Linklater choked up and wiped at his eyes as he thanked his wife Maria of 50 years for sticking with him “despite the harm I brought upon her when I was drinking.”
Linklater was taken away from his Fort Francis, Ont., home at the age of six to attend St. Margaret’s Residential School in that community. He was then carted across the county to finish his Grade 12 at Lebret…
Les Louttit, deputy grand chief of Nishinawbe Aski Nation (NAN), and Neskatanga Chief Peter Moonias aren’t holding their breath waiting for the province of Ontario to pay its tab.
On June 27, before he was elected as Ontario regional chief, NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy sent the Ontario government an invoice for $127million. The province was billed for benefits from natural resources…
It was another tough run for National Chief Shawn Atleo, who earned himself a second mandate from the chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations after three voting rounds on July 18 in Toronto.
The Atleo team was confident going into voting day, and their candidate was well ahead of the pack after the first ballot, garnering 284 votes out of 540; this compared to his next closest…
The result of the Assembly of First Nations election for national chief July 17 did not come as much of a surprise. Despite the manufactured drama whipped up by the media (at the urging of one particular candidate) about the deficiencies of Shawn Atleo, he received his second mandate to serve after three voting rounds.
Though some very talented people threw their hats into the ring, it…
Education Day in Saskatoon at the fourth national event hosted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission June 21 to June 24 had the largest number of youth in attendance yet.
Nearly 2,000 Grade 7 and 8 students from city schools spent June 22 hearing stories from Indian residential school survivors, taking in displays and asking questions.
Eugene Arcand, an Indian Residential…
Power Engineering Magazine says a First Nations community on Vancouver Island has reliable power thanks to the connection of a new diesel/battery hybrid generating station and distribution system. The Uchucklesaht Tribe’s community of Elhlateese, accessible only by floatplane or an hour-long boat trip from Port Alberni along the Alberni Inlet, underwent upgrades as part of BC Hydro’s Remote…