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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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Aboriginal women across Canada are facing problems accessing health care, due in part to system's inability to address cultural and language issues.
Recent studies commissioned by the Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (ACEWH) show shortcomings in health care provision for Aboriginal women-as well as immigrant, refugee and minority women-living in Atlantic…
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Five of North America's First Nations leaders will be honored this fall in a series of documentaries on History Television.
"The series titles are Sitting Bull, Pontiac's Rebellion, The Worlds of Joseph Brant, Black Hawk War, and The Trial of Poundmaker," said Greg McIsaac, publicist at History Television.
"The stories are told from the First Nations perspective,…
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Being a parent is not easy. Being a single parent is hard. Being a single father of three young children while pursuing a career in art is almost unimaginably difficult, and exactly what Mi'kmaq artist Alan Syliboy went through almost 15 years ago.
Syliboy was born on Sept. 8, 1952 on the Millbrook First Nation in Truro, N.S. He still lives only 250 feet away from there…
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Thousands of Catholic people from hundreds of nations around the world flocked to Toronto this past July 22 to 28 to take part in World Youth Day 2002 where youth celebrated religion.
Clinging to each other, groups of 20, 30, sometimes 50, individuals would pass through the crowds chanting, "John Paul II, we love you," some in English and some in their mother tongues.…
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In a time of education cutbacks and reduced funding for the arts, the Aboriginal Art Project of Edmonton Public Schools is in a unique position. It doesn't have to worry about money for the next couple of years.
The project raised $1,400 recently, and none of it came from the school board. Instead, the fundraising was the result of the efforts of three Aboriginal young…
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The Prince George Riverkings were more than a match for all of their rivals at this year's Canadian Native Fastball Association championships.
The Riverkings won all four of their contests and took top honors in the men's A Division of the national tournament, which concluded Aug. 4 in Brandon, Man.
The Prince George team thumped another British Columbia squad, the…
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Cheryl Tooshkenig is rather eager to make a bit of history.
The 23-year-old, who hails from Walpole Island, Ont., is hoping to become what she believes would be the first Native player on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour.
American Notah Begay III, who is also Native, has been making headlines on the men's pro circuit, the PGA Tour, in recent…
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One of the favorite stops on both the powwow trail and rodeo circuit is Kainai Days Summer Powwow, Rodeo and Fair that was held in Stand Off, Alta. on July 19 to 21.
The weekend proved to be a hot and dusty one, but that didn't slow the dancers or the cowboys down.
This year's Kainai rodeo roster listed some of the top names on the Indian rodeo circuit, plus those…
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Lawyers representing the Sagkeeng First Nation were not able to convince a Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench adjudicator to throw out huge chunks of a civil lawsuit filed against the band in connection with a failed early years school project.
Don Wing, proprietor of Ontario-based Wing Construction, claims he entered into a partnership with the band's education authority in…
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The new president of the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association says the government of Canada has intentionally set up First Nation police services for failure.
Wes Luloff, chief of the northern Ontario Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, the largest First Nation police force in the country with 100 uniformed officers and 30 civilian employees, was elected president of the…
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A lawyer who represents about 10 per cent of the 700 Indian residential school lawsuits in British Columbia says the federal government has not made the settlement of the lawsuits a priority, but the delays may work in favor of his clients.
Robert Williamson, who maintains law offices in Calgary and Vernon, B.C. told Windspeaker the recent highly-publicized trouble the…
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Questions about the treatment of Aboriginal people were once again front and centre as Canada reported to the 18 appointed experts that oversee the treaty body of the International Convention of the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on Aug. 5 and 6.
After considering what it had heard, CERD issued its…
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Paul Band Elders had warned the government of Alberta and anyone else who would listen that things had been going wrong in Lake Wabamun ever since two coal-fired electrical plants had been constructed on its shores beginning in the 1950s. For the most part, the Elders were ignored.
But now a report from Alberta Environment, triggered by complaints from non-Native fishermen…
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The department of Indian Affairs has set Oct. 28 as the date for an election on the Dakota Tipi First Nation in Manitoba.
The nomination meeting is scheduled for Sept. 16.
Indian Affairs minister Robert Nault issued a statement on Aug. 12 saying it will be up to the community members to tell his department who they recognize as their chief and council. Indian…
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While many Canadian veterans took time on Aug. 19 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid, Canada's surviving Metis veterans had begun the latest battle in their ongoing fight for compensation.
The Metis veterans-some in their 70s, some in their 80s and 90s-are ready to do battle with the federal government in an attempt to win for themselves the…