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Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.
Nominations are set to close on the BC Aboriginal Business Awards, administrated by the British Columbia Achievement Foundation.
As Sept. 24th approaches, all the stops are being pulled out to encourage as many Aboriginal business in the province to participate in the second year of the awards program.
Nora Newlands is the executive director of the achievement foundation. She…
Major funding received
It’s a win-win situation for British Columbia’s Scowlitz First Nation. It was announced in early August that the Scowlitz First Nation, located northeast of Chilliwack, will receive $300,000 in funding through the Recreational Infrastructure Canada program, which is a major job-creating investment from the country’s Economic Action Plan.
The…
It’s official.
There will be no North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in 2011.
But the Aboriginal Sport Circle (ASC), the governing body for Aboriginal sports in Canada, has stepped up and offered to help organize a variation of the games in 2012.
The 2011 NAIG had originally been awarded to Milwaukee, but the host organization announced in late June that it was withdrawing…
The Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held an Admissions Information Session on Aug. 16 for Aboriginal students who may be interested in pursuing a career in medicine.
The session focused on Aboriginal people who are interested in applying to medical school, and highlighted some of the services and resources the school makes available to them. It also included information about the…
Photo: SUPPLIED BY SAULT STAR
Though Ojibway Obediah Johnny Yesno had a name his peers made fun of in high school, his self-confidence remained intact, and, along with his natural good looks, served him well in a career that played out in the public eye.
Some might remember him as an actor starring alongside Chief Dan George in the Canadian movie Cold…
Photo Caption: The Somass River sockeye run in the Alberni Inlet topped one million fish, but despite the great return, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans failed to reach an agreement for the commercial sale of salmon with one area First Nation, and walked away from an agreement with another. The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District said DFO’s failure cost the local economy dearly.…
Artist—Wayne Lavallee
Song—Trail of Tears
Album—Trail of Tears
Written by—Wayne Lavallee
Label—Independent
Like each of Wayne Lavallee’s album releases, Trail Of Tears leads with the strongest song musically though few songs on this outing could be considered weak. Wayne’s new CD is a bit more somber than his first two releases but it also shows a maturing…
Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?
Eekwol: Humility. I love people who are talented and gifted, but don’t go around bragging with a big ego. I have a couple of friends like that and I respect them for being humble. It’s very Indigenous of them!
W: What is it that really makes you mad?
E: The impact of colonization on our Indigenous communities and…
On July 20, 2010, at the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Meeting in Winnipeg, , AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo gave a keynote address entitled “It’s Our Time: a Vision for the Future”.
The speech, filled with passion and determination, is a call to action for all Canadians to work to improve the lives and future of Canada’s First Nation people, and encourages First Nation…
This has been an unusual time in the world of Aboriginal reconciliation. It’s no secret that there’s a lot out there in the First Nations community to be reconciled, and sometimes the process is fraught with sudden difficulties and unexpected surprises.
It’s been that way since 1492, or 1497, Newfoundland time. We’ve had recent examples of both the good and the bad.
June 11th was…
A Vancouver Island man is supportive of a star-powered new partnership as it could affect the longevity of his newly-launched Aboriginal construction program.
Fred MacDonald, Dean of Trades and Applied Technology at the Vancouver Island University (VIU), said he was thrilled to hear that the Assembly of First Nations and celebrity contractor Mike Holmes were teaming up to help First…
Despite working with a 15 per cent decrease in revenue from 2009, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) say they have worked hard to stretch their dollars and even managed to end their fiscal year with a surplus.
With a year-end of March 31, the AFN recorded revenue of $212,095, which is a stark contrast from the organization’s 2009 year-end deficit of $1,629,402.
Nova Scotia and…
At the 2010 Assembly of First Nations General Assembly, National Chief Shawn Atleo announced his plans to achieve the ambitious goals of Canada’s First Nations.
Priorities include independence from the federal government and the empowerment of First Nations to become sovereign people, said Atleo in his opening address in July.
As the one-year mark of Atleo being elected as national…
AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED AUG. 30
between Brokenhead Ojibway Nation’s chief and council and Manitoba’s minister of conservation to develop a co-management agreement on the petroform sites in Whiteshell Provincial Park without prejudice to Brokenhead’s existing Treaty Land Entitlement (TLE) selections in Whiteshell. Petroforms are human-made shapes and patterns made by…
BILL CURRY OF THE GLOBE AND MAIL
is reporting that Ottawa has ordered a study of First Nations that have achieved economic success, “raising the prospect of a new approach to developing businesses on reserves while sparking fear among some Native leaders that their rights to land and resources are at risk.” He writes, the Globe and Mail has discovered that a high ranking…