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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.
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Dear Editor:
Re: Who gets it? Windspeaker September 2006
I applaud Windspeaker for this editorial, which is very well produced, informative and educational. It is too bad that the majority of Canadidans don't "get it," Windspeaker that is.
There is one thing I want to add and that is I know who gets it and has been getting it since the first colonist set foot…
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Dear Editor:
This is an open letter to all First Nation members who are seeking political office and members who will be voting in any upcoming First Nations elections. This is in regards to the welfare dependency among the majority of young Aboriginal people living on and off reserve. I am asking all those seeking political office to step up to the plate to stop youth…
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Dear Editor:
I am writing this letter regarding the Caledonia (Ontario) conflict, the Canadian government, its selective/convenient rules of law and its (unjust) justice systems.
My Native family name is Koska Numba (Two Young Men). My Native name is Iyarhe Ozija (Mountain Bear). I am a Native born and raised on the Stoney (Nakoda) Indian Reserve Canadian government…
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People, most notably Gary McHale (see story page 8), are upset that the Ontario government and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are not doing anything about the occupation at Douglas Creek Estates in Caledonia, Ont.
The police are not moving in to crack heads and enforce the letter of the law as many of the people who joined a recent Sunday march would like. That, with…
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Since 1998, the bachelor of social work (BSW) program at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology has attracted students from around British Columbia and across Canada but now thanks to changes to the curriculum, the degree program is likely to attract even more students.
The new curriculum includes new courses on Aboriginal human life cycles, Aboriginal social policy,…
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A new training program for First Nation resource managers has been introduced at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
Working with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the National Aboriginal Land Managers Association, the department of agricultural economics at the College of Agriculture developed the Indigenous Peoples Resource Management Program. Students in…
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About 100 people were on hand at the recent launch of the Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre that took place at the Wanuskewin Heritage Park located just outside the city.
The Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre is a non-profit group whose purpose is to collect and classify data from various Aboriginal educational institutions in an effort to find teaching methods that…
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Cultures merged at the Vancouver Museum at the end of October with the official opening of a Native art exhibition that showcases a marriage of Pacific Northwest Coast and American Southwest Indigenous stylization.
The Totems to Turquoise exhibit opened on Oct. 26 to an audience of artists, distinguished guest and media. Traditional and contemporary styles from the…
Raven's Eye
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Metis film-maker Christine Welsh is sending a message of hope, resilience and awareness through her powerful, poignant and painful documentary concerning the ongoing epidemic of violence inflicted on First Nation women in Canada.
Welsh's film, Finding Dawn, examines the lives of five Native Canadian women, three of whom are either missing or have been…
Ontario Birchbark
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Award-winning author and illustrator Leo Yerxa has just received another honor, being named this year's recipient of the Governor General's Literary Award in the Children's Literature-Illustration category.
"Through a unique creative process, and with poetic honesty, Leo Yerxa's emotionally powerful images transport us, with the echo of ancient…
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Alberta's own Shane Yellowbird blasted onto the country music scene earlier this year with his debut CD, Life is calling my name, revealing his effortless singing abilities to the world and earning him three Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards during the Manito Ahbee festival held in Winnipeg from Nov. 2 to 5. Yellowbird was named Best New Artist at the award show, while the…
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Ann Arbor is as lovely little town about an hour west of Detroit. It's a university town and logically enough, it's full of students. While I am here not as a student, I am however here in an academic capacity. Playwright-in-Residence for Residential College is my official title, and I'm here to write a play for the theatre department, and offer up my experiences as a fairly…
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Canada's largest and most respected publisher of Aboriginal news and information is heading in a new editorial direction. After 13 years, Debora Steel is stepping down at the Edmonton-based Aboriginal Multi-Media Society (AMMSA).
"Deb has been a great asset to our organization and she really helped to shape the direction we have taken over the past years. We're losing a…
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Headlines Theatre in Vancouver has just launched its latest project, an interactive theatre piece that involves the audience in an examination of methamphetamine addition.
"This interactive forum is about the root causes of addiction," said Jen Cressy, publicist for the theatre company. "So, basically we're using meth addictions as a starting point and a lens, if you will…
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The federal government is doing its share to ensure the 2008 North American Indigenous Games are a success.
Canada's Minister for Sport Michael Chong announced on Nov. 3 the government is pledging $3.5 million to the event.
This support represents slightly more than one-third of the anticipated $10 million that will be required to run the games that will be held in…