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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.
Lise Bastien holds little hope that First Nations education will be handled the way it should. If Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt rescinds his bill, she believes it will come at a heavy price for First Nations children.
“I don’t think the minister has the humility to back track … and say let’s revisit the process,” said Bastien, director with the First Nations Education…
A number of Indigenous tribes across the United States have moved to recognize same-sex marriages this year, bringing the total to eight, many of which are in states that moved in the opposite direction.
With a tribal judge of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, the largest reserve in Minnesota, performing its first same-sex ceremony in November, and other recent same-sex weddings in…
Tseshaht and Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council To Host Forum on Experiments on Students at the Alberni Indian Residential School
When: December 11, 2013
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Place: Maht Mahs Gym, Port Alberni, B.C.
The Truth! That’s what the Tseshaht First Nation and Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC) want. The truth about what happened at the Alberni Indian…
THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA must stop experimenting with the lives of First Nations children. Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee said the federal government’s plan to unilaterally push ahead with a First Nations Education Act looks like the latest in a long list of federal attempts to control the destiny of First Nations people. “They have used us like lab rats—sterilized us…
A CEDAR SIGN THAT HAD THE TRADITIONAL NAME PKOLS
carved on it, and was erected at the top of Mount Douglas in Saanich B.C. as a symbol of the First Nations’ historical connection to the area, was removed by Saanich municipal workers and put into storage. Last May the sign was put up as part of a reclaiming ceremony. But it had been screwed into the roof of a building on the site, and…
THE FORMER NATIONAL CHIEF OF THE ASSEMBLY OF FIRST
Nations now sits on the board of directors of NB Power. Ed Barrett, the chair of the utility’s board, said Phil Fontaine “will be an integral part of further developing our relationship with First Nations in New Brunswick and improving their role and involvement in our ongoing operations and major projects.” Barrett said Fontaine has…
Chief and Mayor of theLax Kw'alaams Band, Garry Reece, invited his members to a meeting in early October where an entrepreneur would propose construction of an oil refinery to be built at Grassy Point near Prince Rupert on B.C’s north coast. The refinery idea is a proposal by Eagle Spirit Energy Holdings, Ltd., founded by Calvin Helin, author of Dances with Dependency, who is a Lax Kw’alaams…
THE FEDERATION OF SASKATCHEWAN INDIAN NATIONS (FSIN)
has a new 25-year gaming agreement with the province. It provides the First Nations organization exclusive rights over the next three years to propose a casino in Saskatoon. “It’s a work in progress,” FSIN Chief Perry Bellegarde. “It’s up to the SIGA (Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority) board now. Our objective was to get a long-term…
The Court of Appeal in Alberta has permitted the Fort McKay First Nation to challenge Brion Energy’s plans for a 50,000-barrel-a-day operation northwest of Fort McMurray.† It means the Alberta Energy Regulator’s decision not to consider the band’s arguments that members’ constitutional rights were violated during the approval process can be questioned by the First Nation. “There is a live…
So Canada, now do you see what kind of government we’ve been dealing with all these years?
Nasty, menacing and scheming, with a blind devotion to a political master, ideological enslavement, accuser-judge-jury-and-executioner, tyrannical, odious, abusers of power, intimidation, radical responses, double standards, duplicitous, fair processes denied at every turn, the kind of abuse one…
For the first time since its inception five years ago, the Toronto International Microfinance Summit, held in Toronto on Oct. 5, shone a light on First Nations and Aboriginal peoples.
Summit Vice-President and Co-Chair Jim Louttit thinks it’s about time.
He’s also the Chair and President of the Rotarian Action Group for Microfinance and Community Development and has seen the…
More than an actor, star was devoted to making a difference in people’s lives
When Jimmy Herman played enigmatic fur trapper Joe Gomba in the CBC series North of 60 his portrayal came almost effortlessly.
The soft-spoken actor was authentic to the core; tucked into his parents’ dogsled as a baby on their trapline in northeastern Alberta, growing up outdoors hunting…
A new exhibit at the Telus World of Science in Edmonton is recognizing traditional knowledge as more than stories. By including “Elders as Scientists” as a permanent feature in the Syncrude Environment Gallery, the observations of three Lutsël K’e Dene First Nation residents about the changes in their landscape is being viewed on par with data gathered by western scientists.
“Often…
Devin Buffalo is no longer a goaltender that nobody wants.
In fact, the 20-year-old, from the Samson Cree Nation in Hobbema, Alta., is a star junior puckstopper. And he’s got a rather bright future as well.
Next year Buffalo will head to a prestigious Ivy League school—New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College—to continue his hockey and academic careers. And he’s hoping to play at the…
Asham demoted
It remains to be seen whether Arron Asham has played his final National Hockey League game. The 35-year-old Métis from Portage La Prairie, Man. is in his 16th pro season.
Asham started the 2013-14 campaign with the NHL’s New York Rangers, but after playing three games with the Rangers the club placed him on waivers.
Since no other NHL squad was…