Welcome to AMMSA.COM, the news archive website for our family of Indigenous news publications.
Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.
Page 5
Chief asks, "Where did the honour go?"
Dear Editor,
This is in regards to the article on the comments of [Congress of Aboriginal Peoples' leader] Patrick Brazeau. (Windspeaker, Dec. 2006 edition)
I believe the current Indian Act chiefs are not at all holding onto power and refusing to let go of the Indian Act. In my case, I refused the First Nations…
Page 5
Apology is required - and right now
Something stinks about the fact that the Stephen Harper government does not want to apologize for the residential school system. We try hard to give the Conservatives the benefit of the doubt, but it doesn't add up.
A Canadian Prime Minister has apologized to other groups on the receiving end of destructive government policies…
Page 26
Willy Hodgson was born Christina Wilna Ahenakew Pratt on Oct. 20, 1935 on Saskatchewan's Sandy Lake reserve, now known as Ahtahkakoop First Nation. Growing up, she divided her time between the reserve and her family's home in nearby Shell Lake where her parents, Agnes and George Pratt, ran a farm.
Hodgson was very proud of her Plains Cree heritage and it was her desire…
Page 25
Let me know if this makes sense to you. First of all, recently when I was in Finland, I was talking to this woman from France who now lives in Canada. That, in itself, may make sense, but the rest of it is what is difficult for me to understand. She was lamenting what she called Canada's bizarre preoccupation with all meals chicken. She was sick of being served chicken all the…
Page 24
With some additional prize money up for grabs, organizers of an Aboriginal volleyball tournament in Winnipeg are hoping for their biggest event yet.
For the third straight year the Winnipeg 'Kwe women's volleyball team is running its event, which is simply dubbed the 2006 Indigenous Volleyball Tournament.
The tourney, which will be held Nov. 24 to 25, will be…
Page 20
Aboriginal students wanting to enter the career of surveyor are now eligible to receive a generous $1,500 scholarship towards their studies at a recognized university, technical institute or community college.
The Association of Canada Lands Surveyors Association (ACLS) welcomes applications from First Nations, Metis, and Inuit students for its Geomatics Scholarship…
Page 19 Teneil Whiskeyjack grew up in Saddle Lake, Alta. and was just 10 when she took up the craft of acting. She has appeared in a number of productions, including Why the Rabbit Turns White and The Legend of the Spirit Bear, part of the Stories from the Seventh Fire animated series. She also appeared in the television miniseries Dreamkeeper, earning an award for Outstanding New Performance…
Page 18
Several of Vancouver's Aboriginal youth had an opportunity to showcase their artistic talents last month as the city by the sea opened its arms to Canada's first art gallery dedicated to acknowledging the importance of the arts in schools.
ArtStarts in Schools Gallery and Resource Centre opened its doors on Sept. 27 to a waiting crowd of sponsors, local artists,…
Page 17
The most valuable private collection of Canadian Aboriginal artifacts is coming home, but it will be scattered, with only one item returning to its place of origin while the bulk of it goes to the Art Gallery of Ontario.
The famed Dundas collection, a treasure of artifacts acquired from the Tsimshian village of Metlakatla, B.C. in the early 1860s, sold for more than $7…
Page 16
In honor of Women's History Month (October), Aboriginal women in B.C. were recognized Oct. 18, and celebrated for their contributions to the province by Community Services Minister Ida Chong, representatives of the First Nations Leadership Council and the Metis Nation-BC.
First established by Canada in 1992, Women's History Month is an opportunity to learn about women's…
Page 13
"One heart, one mind, one love, one determination for the protection of Mother Earth." These words from William Commanda, Elder of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, marked the opening of the 10th National Forest Congress held by the Canadian Forestry Association from Sept. 24 to 27 in Gatineau, Que.
More than 50 speakers from government, industry, conservation…
Page 11
A gathering of two-spirit people celebrated their unique journey through life and saw the society take its spiritual place in the circle during the Fourth Annual Elders and Two Spirit Gathering held in Edmonton on Oct. 20 to 22. It was the culmination of a three-year ceremonial process of reclamation.
The Two Spirit Society called upon Elders to remember how to be true to…
Page 10
When the Liberal Party's leadership convention finally kicks off in Montreal on Dec. 2, at least 245 Aboriginal delegates will be there among the potential 6,000 voting delegates.
The race seems to be down to four serious candidates. Former Harvard professor Michael Ignatieff leads in the preliminary delegate count going into Montreal with 29.8 per cent. Former Ontario…
Page 9
Ojibway hockey coach Ted Nolan's back in the National Hockey League after an eight-year absence.
At deadline on Oct. 25, his New York Islanders were playing .500 hockey and sitting in the league's top 10 after eight games, in second place just behind the New Jersey Devils for the divisional lead. Nolan is upbeat, focused and working hard now that he's back in the league…
Page 8
.
Gary McHale is claiming victory even though the number of people that heeded his call to join a "march for freedom" on Douglas Creek Estates, a housing development that has been occupied by Six Nations protestors since February, was far lower than he originally predicted.
The Richmond Hill resident who organized the march along with his wife Christine, was calling…