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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.
Donations of elk by First Nations hunters to food banks and shelters in northern Saskatchewan harken back to the days when young men hunted and provided meat for all band members.
“This is the way I was taught, ever since I killed my first animal when I was nine years old,” said Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Vice-Chief Bobby Cameron. “Take a little piece for yourself, but…
Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women were commemorated with a Strawberry Ceremony on Valentine’s Day.
The ceremony, held at Toronto Police Headquarters at Yonge and College streets, celebrated its tenth anniversary. More than 800 people gathered to pray, sing and remember the thousand-plus daughters, sisters, mothers and aunties whose lives were cut short by violence.
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A study recently released by the Jordan Principle’s working group underscores the need for the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to take a strong stand against the federal government for the less-than-adequate care it provides status First Nations children.
The decision by the tribunal in the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations v.…
In a news statement dated Jan. 23, Pacific Trail Pipeline says it is the first to reach agreement with all First Nations on a proposed 480-kilometre pipeline route intended to deliver natural gas from Summit Lake to Kitimat, B.C.
The First Nations Limited Partnership (FNLP) that day announced that Moricetown Indian Band had joined the FNLP, a commercial partnership that now…
The Rapid City Journal has reported that a group of Native American students on a class trip to a Rapid City Rush hockey game Jan. 24 were subjected to racial slurs and sprayed with beer.
Craig Baltzer, executive director of the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, said the claims of harassment appear credible and are under investigation.
Tom Helland, the president of Eagle Sales, a…
A revised proposal for Pimachiowin Aki, the boreal forest that spans a territory in both Manitoba and Ontario, is set to go before UNESCO for consideration of special recognition, designation as a world heritage site, reports CBC Aboriginal. The international world heritage committee deferred a bid from a coalition of five First Nations and both provincial governments in 2013, asking for more…
Native groups in Alaska with ties to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge welcomed the White House proposal to put two-thirds of the area’s 80,000 square km off limits to oil exploration.
The Obama Administration’s decision provides the refuge the highest level of protection and demonstrates important recognition of the area’s value.
The ANWR is an important…
Tsal’alhmec (Seton Lake Indian Band) is the first "blue" Indigenous community. The band adopted a resolution banning bottled water at community facilities and events. It also recognized the human right to water, and promotes public water services.
Tsal’alh joins 15 other Blue communities in Canada and three international Blue communities.
The Blue Communities Project is a joint…
Chiefs of Nova Scotia handed Ottawa and streetfighter Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Bernard Valcourt their best day ever with the issue of over-inflated chiefly per diems making headlines on APTN.
The chiefs have been, unabashedly, taking the biscuits out of the mouths of their most vulnerable people, charging $500 each as board members to lead their own cash-strapped child welfare…
The mother of a young woman whose skeletal remains were found on Robert Pickton’s farm—but forgotten about in storage for years—is demanding murder charges be brought against the convicted serial killer so she can find closure.
Michele Pineault’s daughter Stephanie Lane was 20 when she went missing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in January 1997. Next year, Lane’s son will be the…
Second place is no longer acceptable.
That’s the message Landon Miller is trying to instill for all those who will be part of the Iroquois Nationals this year.
The men’s lacrosse team is not only participating in, but will also host, the 2015 world men’s box (indoor) lacrosse championships.
The tournament will be staged Sept. 18 to Sept. 23. All preliminary and quarter-…
World Champ Seeking More Titles
A Native boxer who already is a world champion will be seeking to win two more prestigious belts in her next fight.
Kali Reis, who has Cherokee, Nipmuc and Seaconke Wampanoag ancestry, captured her first world title, the women’s International Boxing Association (IBA) middleweight championship, during a bout held in Bermuda in…
Leukemia victim dies at home
Makayla Sault, 11, the New Credit First Nation girl who was supported by her family in her wish to discontinue chemotherapy in favour of traditional healing, passed away on Jan. 19 at her home. She suffered a stroke. “Surrounded by the love and support of her family, her community and her nation Ö Makayla completed her course. She is now…
By Barb Nahwegahbow
Birchbark Writer
Toronto
Two weeks after a ruling that the class action lawsuit known as the ‘Sixties Scoop’ was allowed to proceed, the federal government filed a notice of appeal.
On Dec. 2, 2014, the Ontario Superior Court dismissed an appeal by the federal government to halt the class action lawsuit. On Dec. 17, the appeal of that decision…
Sinclair family sees inquest as missed opportunity
The family of Brian Sinclair says an inquest into his death was “an opportunity wasted” to get at the root causes of racism that Aboriginal people face in Canada’s health-care system. Sinclair, 45, a double-amputee, died of a treatable bladder infection while waiting 34 hours for care six years ago at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre…