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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.
An Ontario First Nation has incorporated modern technology to help preserve some of the oldest Indigenous languages in Canada’s history.
Sagamok First Nation has teamed up with a simulation software company to produce a program that is designed to archive Aboriginal languages, while being an interactive teaching tool for everyone from young children to their parents.
“We all have…
John Elliott’s father used to say “It’s almost too late, but it’s not quite too late. There is still time, if we hurry, if we rush and get the work done.”
That was 36 years ago, and John’s father Dave is now gone, as are many of the other elders John worked with in his efforts to protect and perpetuate the First Nations language in his community.
John is a teacher. He has been…
IS IT A CASE OF A REPENTANT THIEF?
Six First Nations artifacts were returned to the Tomahawk restaurant in North Vancouver in May two decades after they were stolen. CTV in British Columbia is reporting that restaurant owner Charles Chamberlain had thought he’d never see the pieces again after they were removed from his establishment during a break-in 20 years ago.…
If only we could bottle the energy and enthusiasm of the young winners of the E-spirit Aboriginal Youth Business Plan competition, then we could splash it around on all of the problems in all of our communities and they would soon become memories of a distant time past.
Congratulations to these young people on their hard work and determination, and congratulations to the Business…
Neilson to enter Hall
Former defenceman Jim Neilson, an Aboriginal player who toiled for 16 seasons in the National Hockey League, is one of this year’s inductees into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.
Neilson is one of four individuals who will enter via the athlete category. Four others will be inducted as builders. And a pair of teams will also be honored.…
Thompson Rivers University’s Open Learning division has recognized the achievements of a national leader in Aboriginal education with an honorary doctorate in letters bestowed in Burnaby on June 15.
Nathan Matthew is a member of the Simpcw Nation. He attended the University of British Columbia, where he graduated with a bachelor of recreation education degree in 1972. He then went on to…
The basic problem of the Native people of Canada is colonialism. This is the underlying problem of Native grievances. This is the government of Canada’s Indian problem. Jean Chretien, the prime minister during the years 1993 to 2003 realized this way back in 1969 when he was minister of Indian Affairs, when he presented the Indian policy statement in parliament, although he never mentioned…
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Can an office staff person contact maintenance enforcement without an employee’s written consent and inform enforcement that the employee has started working full time? What about when the employee is in arrears? What about the staff from the welfare office? Can they request information about the new employee’s income without the employee’s consent? Does the staff have to…
I remember seeing the New Zealand film Once Were Warriors, and noticing it had an odd, uncomfortable resonance in my First Nations soul, even though it was a Maori story. Same with Rabbit Proof Fence, a movie about Australian Aboriginal children. All were films about different cultures that impacted me on a surprisingly Ojibway level. Little did I realize I was doing much the same thing with…
After more than a decade of international intrigue, the United Nations draft declaration on Indigenous rights will finally go before the UN general assembly for ratification later this year, despite the efforts of Canadian government representatives.
The June 29 vote of the new 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council, which replaces the much criticized UN Human Rights Commission,…
A fledging organization that promises to combine the best programming of western Canada’s Aboriginal broadcast stations has an exciting vision. Barry Walls, general manager for station CFNR in British Columbia, which plays classic rock to 30,000 people in Terrace, Kitimat and Prince Rupert areas, said that the four western provinces have a wealth of Aboriginal programming.
“But we’re…
A fledging organization that promises to combine the best programming of western Canada’s Aboriginal broadcast stations has an exciting vision. Barry Walls, general manager for station CFNR in British Columbia, which plays classic rock to 30,000 people in Terrace, Kitimat and Prince Rupert areas, said that the four western provinces have a wealth of Aboriginal programming.
“But we’re…
Of course the teams participating in the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) wanted to win as many medals as they could for their regions, but athletes, coaches and supporters say there is much more to the games than the hardware.
“I told the kids to go out there and have fun and build relationships with the other youth because that’s what it’s all about,” said Duane Waukau, chef de…
The excitement of the thousands of spectators gathered for the ceremonies that would kick off the 2006 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in Denver intensified as the 7,000-plus athletes representing 31 delegations from across Canada and the United States streamed on to INVESCO Field on July 2.
As emcees Waneek Horn-Miller and Drew Lacapa welcomed each team into the 1.8-million sq.…
The First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) is set to commemorate 30 years of operations this fall—three years spent in its present form as a university and 27 as the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College—but only time will tell how much the institution will have to celebrate.
That’s because this fall the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) is set to conduct a…