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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.
When Michelle Monkman was growing up in the Norway House Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, she knew one thing for sure: she is a nurturer.
Lucky for her, when she reached adulthood the post-secondary education possibilities open to her at the time were mostly geared to careers that involved nurturing.
In 1999, Monkman enrolled in the Health Education Access Program (HEAP) at…
Jasine Dennis is a front line worker with the Eskasoni Community Health Centre in Nova Scotia. In the two years she has served as a registered nurse in that community, located 75 km west of Sydney, she has faced the issue of youth suicide.
And that's not unusual. The overall First Nations youth suicide rate is five to seven times higher than the national rate for Canadian youth and the…
Governments offer support
Aboriginal sports programs in Saskatchewan will receive more than half a million dollars in support from a pair of governments.
The three-year agreement, which was announced in early April, is actually worth $562,000.
For starters, the federal government provided $281,000 in support. This figure was then matched by the Saskatchewan government.
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For the second straight year a standout lacrosse player from Six Nations has been named as Canada's top Aboriginal male athlete.
Cody Jamieson, who had more than his share of accomplishments in 2007, has been selected as the male national winner for the Tom Longboat Award.
And Victoria native Stacie Anaka, a wrestler who captured a bronze medal at a world meet last year, is the…
A brand new play with an Aboriginal perspective debuted on April 24 at the Algoma University College(AUC) Shingwauk theatre in Ontario called "The Pencil Box".
Tom Gower is the director of the original drama/comedy performed by the university's aboriginal student group. Gower and his fellow group member, John Paul Chalykoff, co-wrote the play, basing it on real life events told to them…
Vibrant voices and colourful characters from across the country were on display at Carleton University in Ottawa March 1, as an eclectic mix of Aboriginal artists from a wide array of disciplines, strutted their stuff to a full house of 150 people.
Attendance at the 7th annual New Sun Conference was not affected by the morning snow storm; although a few of the artists had their planes…
The political future for Aboriginal people at the House of Commons is looking brighter. That certainly seems to be the case with the win of 25-year old Alika Lafontaine, on Canada's Next Great Prime Minister. Lafontaine, a Métis physician in Saskatoon, not only took away a prize of $50,000 and a six-month paid internship, but he also found out being a part of a contest like this demonstrates a…
Athletes from 13 Canadian provinces and territories and as many as 20 United States teams are peaking in their training for the Aug. 3 to 10 North American Indigenous Games, to be held in B.C.'s Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island.
Coaches say young athletes are hard at work preparing their minds and bodies for exemplary showings in 16 contemporary and traditional sporting events,…
Despite the efforts of administrators in the Delta school district to improve the success rates of Aboriginal students, 50 per cent of its students remain academically at-risk, according to a recent annual report on the learning outcomes of students.
"We have 500 Aboriginal students in our district and we're a district of about 16,000 kids. And we find that about half of those 500 kids…
The following article is the first in a series of retrospective stories that will be running in Windspeaker, providing a look back at news and events that made headlines from 1983 to present day.
Pride, confidence and gratitude were emotions felt by participants at the graduation ceremony at the Grouard campus of the Alberta Vocational College. Featuring an aptly named theme of "New…
Artist-Little Hawk
Album-Home and Native Land
Song-The Bottle Drinks from you
Label-Arbor Records
Producer-Little Hawk
It is estimated that three quarters of our population drinks alcohol and of this, 10 per cent will develop alcohol problems. Alcohol abuse is one of the leading causes of most serious health problems. Many believe that alcohol is not a disease but…
Artist-Little Hawk
Album-Home and Native Land
Song-The Bottle Drinks from you
Label-Arbor Records
Producer-Little Hawk
It is estimated that three quarters of our population drinks alcohol and of this, 10 per cent will develop alcohol problems. Alcohol abuse is one of the leading causes of most serious health problems. Many believe that alcohol is not a disease but…
Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?
Senator Thelma Chalifoux: There are many values in your friend that are special. George Bernard Shaw said that if you can count your true friends on one hand, then you can die a rich person. When my friend can accept me as I am with all my faults, my good points and my human failings, then I am truly blessed.
W: What is…
Somebody once asked me, after I told them many Native reserves look like a lot of small non-Native towns except people were a lot darker, how they could then tell if they were in a First Nations community?
All the standard jokes went through my head; when you hit your first three legged dogs, notice all the vast dreamcatcher factories, when you spot more cigarette shops than convenience…
There's an increasing burden of poverty that First Nations people struggle with every day because of the two per cent cap on growth the department of Indian Affairs has imposed on expenditures for education, housing and infrastructure, social and economic development, National Chief Phil Fontaine told a parliamentary committee last month.
"Services for other Canadians, true health and…