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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.
Languages of Our Land is a compelling collection of works by 12 emerging and established Indigenous writers living in Quebec, published by Banff Centre Press.
The original work is in French, which is included side-by-side with the English translation. For English only readers, the English translation is rich and captivating.
And for lucky readers of French, one can only…
Hoping to help young people, Indigenous healer Russell Willier teamed up with anthropologist David Young once again to produce an excellent book — A Cree Healer and His Medicine Bundle: Revelations of Indigenous Wisdom – Healing Plants, Practices, and Stories—that preserves Cree medicinal knowledge, plant by plant.
Following the 1989 release of Cry of The Eagle, a book tracking Willier’…
Autumn Leaf is the story of a friendship that develops when three people are thrown together by circumstance in remote British Columbia. However, like the leaf that floats on the wind, author Ken Gervais chooses to keep the story breezy instead of delving into the psyche of three troubled individuals, who choose not to be blown in every direction but to take control of their paths.…
November 9, 2015
Ben Crow Chief will be sitting in his teepee right off the highway at the Texas gate blocking access to a housing construction site on the Siksika First Nation until he gets commitments in writing from Chief Vincent Yellow Old Woman that those who lost their homes in the 2013 June flood are going to be consulted.
Crow Chief, himself a flood evacuee, has been…
November 9, 2015. Homeward Trust launches its Edmonton 20,000 Homes Campaign today. The campaign is a national movement of communities to
permanently house 20,000 of Canada’s most vulnerable homeless people by July 1, 2018. The campaign will create a registry to identify needs, prioritize housing efforts, and measure progress throughout the campaign. The focus will be on…
November 6, 2015
United States President Barack Obama has rejected the Keystone XL pipeline and Melina Laboucan-Massimo could not be happier.
“I testified before the US Congress in 2012, I think it was, and it was a really scary experience. I found it really daunting. But today I feel really happy that I took that step and I did the testimony because I…
Trudeau cabinet includes two Indigenous members
November 4, 2015. The new 31-member Trudeau cabinet includes two Aboriginal MPs. Former Assembly of First Nations British Columbia Regional Chief Jody Wilson-Raybould was named to the senior portfolio of justice and attorney general. Hunter Tootoo (Nunavut) was named minister of fisheries and oceans and…
November 3, 2015.
If Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau has any doubt that First Nations leaders will be “holding his feet to the fire” then that doubt will be wiped away by a position paper that will be presented to him when he meets with Chiefs individually.
Assembly of First Nations Alberta Regional Chief Craig Mackinaw was among the 50 or so Chiefs and their proxies to…
November 2, 2015.
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam isn’t meeting with his national counterparts today to discuss how to move forward in ensuring that the new Trudeau government delivers on its promises.
In fact, Adam isn’t convinced that Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau will do any better than previous federal governments,…
Expectations are high following the Liberals overwhelming federal election victory Oct. 19. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says Prime Minister-Elect Justin Trudeau needs to deliver if Canada is going to “win as a country.”
“If we can start closing the gap and make those investment – and that’s how it should be looked upon, as investments – … that’s in the best…
Ontario Minister of Aboriginal Affairs David Zimmer helped celebrate the installation of a traditional tipi at Seneca College’s Newnham Campus in Toronto on Oct. 15. The tipi was designated a sacred space where teachings will be provided and traditional ceremonies performed.
While thanking Seneca for its role as a leading Ontario college, Zimmer also acknowledged the campus as the…
For years Jody Wilson-Raybould (Puglaas) felt Indigenous people were being ignored by Canada — so she became part of the federal government.
The former B.C. Assembly of First Nations regional chief was elected on Oct. 19 as a Liberal Member of Parliament under Justin Trudeau, who handpicked her as a candidate in the new Vancouver-Granville riding.
She is B.C.’s first First…
The JUNO Awards is now accepting submissions for Aboriginal Album of the Year, a press release from the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) has announced. The early bird submission deadline was 5 p.m. EST on Oct. 23, but a final submission deadline is set for 5 p.m. EST on Nov. 13. “Winning the Aboriginal Album of the Year at the JUNOS was a long standing dream of mine,”…
The University of Regina has received $150,000 from Scotiabank to establish the Scotiabank Aboriginal Entrance Award. It will be available to first-year, undergraduate Aboriginal students in the Fall of 2016. Students in good academic standing with demonstrated community involvement are eligible. Nearly 12 per cent of the total student population has self-declared Aboriginal descent;…
Lawyers, academins and students attending the Indigenous Bar Association meeting in Toronto have embraced their responsibility to help implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action. The focus of the IBA’s 27th annual fall conference is the commission’s Calls to Action and it heard from commissioners Justice Murray Sinclair and Chief Wilton Littlechild. Workshops were held…