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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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Elder Ernest Crowe believes his experience in the Canadian Air Force was the making of him as a man, and now he's proud to be a part of an organization that offers a similar experience to other Native youth in Canada.
Crowe lent his support to a news conference April 21 announcing the expansion of Bold Eagle, the First Nations Reserve Training Program initiated to…
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The Calgary Native Friendship centre could soon be nicknamed the Calgary Native Friendship Clinic.
Starting this fall, visitors to the downtown centre will be able to get medical advice from a community Health Representative (CHR). To date, CHR's work only on reserves.
The hiring of the city CHR is part of a two-year pilot project of the Calgary Urban Aboriginal…
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Tina Keeper, who plays Michelle Kennedy on CBC's North of 60, shared the secrets of the TV trade with the students of several inner city elementary schools during a Saskatoon visit.
She was invited to speak at a fund-raising dinner on March 10 for Sasktoon's First Nations Child Development Centre. But while she was in town, Saskatoon Police Services' Aboriginal Liaison…
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The Sumas Indian Band has won a battle with Indian Affairs over a parcel of land they lost 68 years ago.
An independent commission ruled the federal department illegally sold about 11 hectares of land from the middle of the reserve east of Vancouver in 1927.
The land was part of a tract of 17 hectares expropriated in 1910 for a railway.
The railway was…
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Recently Windspeaker had the opportunity to have an interview via Internet e-mail with Gary Trujillo, the originator of NativeNet. NativeNet is considered one of the most innovate electronic mailing list areas on the Internet for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.
I asked a few questions that hopefully will be of interest to our readers.
Q) What types of…
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Northern Transportation Company Limited won 1994's Northwest Territories Business of the Year Award given by the N.W.T. Chamber of Commerce for the company's outstanding contribution to the communities and economy of the N.W.T. over the last 60 years.
Northern Transportation Company Limited provides a lifeline through marine resupply from Hudson Bay to the Bering Strait…
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Aboriginal youth will get private-sector job experience through a partnership between Human Resources Development Canada and the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB), announced Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Secretary of State for Training and Youth.
Under the Aboriginal Business Internship Program, 150 Aboriginal youth between the ages of 18 and 24 years will be…
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Three years ago their office was the trunk of a car.
Today, the demand for First Nations clothing is coming from all over North America and as far away as Europe.
Lorissa Muth and Diane Semenchuk founded the company and designed the line of modern clothing with Native motifs and designs. The line includes leather jackets, sweat shirts, T-shirts, jeans wear, sports…
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Anyone who's attended major events like the Commonwealth Games, Arctic Winter Games or North American Indigenous Games, knows only too well that they incorporate a sizable cultural program.
The recent Canada (Winter) Games in Grande Prairie were no different. The cultural component theme, called Iskoteo, a Cree word for fire, symbolized the north: "fire in the sky...…
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Like most brothers, Dana Laframboise used to fight with his little brother when they were younger
Unlike most brothers, however, that sibling rivalry paved the way to Grande Prairie and a gold medal for Saskatchewan in the Canada Games' 46-kilogram boxing final. Laframboise defeated Alberta's Kristopher Andrews 19-12 on points in the final.
"When they were about…
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It was Friday, March 3. As athletes and coaches stood around excitedly speculating just who from Alberta might win the prestigious Quest for Excellence Unisys award, one of those in the crowd chatting with friends happened to be a 15-year-old Metis, Cody Kelly.
"Me and a friend were talking about others who might get it," explained Kelly. When the announcement finally…
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When B.C.'s huge multinational lumber companies began to run short of wood last year, the price of newly cut trees more than doubled. The effects were felt quickly in Alberta, as anybody with enough acreage to justify the name landowner rushed to cash in. Conservationists, and many with a long-term stake in the Alberta forestry industry, expressed their outrage and concern.…
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Late last month, artists who paint, write poetry, sing or "put on performing pieces" gathered in Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park and at the Sawridge Hotel in Slave Lake to do their bit for the boreal forest.
Organized by the three-year-old Alberta branch of the Western Wilderness Committee, based in Vancouver, the retreat is the third annual.
Artists' creations…
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Within the next few months, as spring comes to the historic grassland south of Gleichen, Alta., she Siksika Nation will begin using a massive wetland and rangeland improvement plan developed in partnership with Alberta Prairie CARE.
The plan involves 4,400 hectares of First Nation's tribal holdings, and will restore much of the area's original wildlife habitat and…
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Chalk yet another victory up for First Nations athlete Angela Chalmers in 12 months studded with achievements.
The middle-distance runner from Victoria was honored this month as top B.C. athlete and named a winner for a National Aboriginal Achievement Award.
The national award is to be bestowed upon her and several other Native luminaries at a ceremony March 31 at…