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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.
Folk singer, filmmaker inspired a nation
Early black and white CBC television footage depicts a young, strikingly handsome Willie Dunn singing in a strong, clear voice as he expertly picks his guitar in accompaniment.
A railroad tune penned by his Scottish father, and a haunting ballad of love lost are well-performed, but carry none of the gravity his future compositions would…
The participating clubs have changed over the years, yet the goals of the 6 Nations Challenge have remained the same, to develop the skills of youth football players and increase the participation of Aboriginal players in the sport.
This year the fourth annual 6 Nations Challenge was held in Brandon, Man. The week-long event, which concluded on Aug. 17, attracted six-a-side tackle…
Book seeking submissions
The Aboriginal Physical Activity and Cultural Circle (APACC) is seeking submissions for an e-book about running that it plans to publish. Aboriginal runners from across the country, regardless of their skill level, are encouraged to submit a story about their running.
The APACC is a national non-profit network for Aboriginals involved in…
Dene Nation offer first Aboriginal endorsement of health document
The Dene Nation has become the first Aboriginal group to officially endorse the document Principles to Guide Health Care Transformation in Canada. Released in July, the Canadian Medical Association report What Makes Us Sick? calls for a comprehensive strategy and associated investments by the federal…
Artist—Desiree Dorion
Song—For The Music
Album—Small Town Stories
Year—2013
Country music has come a long way in becoming a cross-over music category. Desiree embraces all that is allowed and desired by today’s country music fans and this album will likely bring a few people over from the dark side of “I…
The Legacy Pole is considered by the Haida Nation as a significant creation, but it is personal for carver Jaalen Edenshaw and Haida Nation President Peter Lantin.
Edenshaw, whose design and story was chosen by a committee to commemorate 20 years of the Haida Nation and Canada working together, recalled attending meetings with his father leading up to the Lyell Island logging blockades…
His dream of a “hub” or healing centre for Aboriginal people impacted by the infamous Sixties Scoop is Robert Commanda’s driving force.
Commanda, along with Marcia Brown Martel, chief of Beaverhouse First Nation in Ontario, are representative plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit. They are claiming that loss of cultural identity was suffered by Aboriginal children fostered or adopted to…
Goldcorp Inc. and Lac Seul First Nation in Ontario have signed the Obishikokaang Collaboration Agreement setting a framework for ongoing consultation and support for current and future operations of Red Lake Gold Mines. The agreement, signed in ceremony Aug. 16, also redefines the benefits of the mine operation for the First Nation, including training and employment opportunities, business and…
Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund will receive $4.4 million over the next three years and representatives of the fund say 105 jobs will be created with the money. Greg Rickford, minister of state for Science and Technology, and FedNor (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario), and minister responsible for the Ring of Fire, announced the funding on Aug. 14 in Thunder Bay. The…
Elections for the Chief and Council of Ginoogaming First Nation were held on Aug. 21 and Celia Echum was given her fourth straight two-year term, defeating Joanne Towegishig 194 to 60. The six councillors elected are Gabriel Echum, Sheri Taylor, Maurice Waboose, David Charles, Kelly Fortier and April Dore. For the next term Chief Echum promises to address infrastructure needs and housing to…
Violence has come to a dispute over seismic work underway near where some are saying is sacred ground on the Thunderchild First Nation in Saskatchewan.
Band lawyer Chris Boychuk said four men wearing balaclavas attacked a security guard in the area. The incident comes only one day after an interim injunction was granted by the Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon ordering protestors to…
A spate of disturbing police incidents across Canada has re-ignited calls for law enforcement reform, in a summer that saw Alberta police shoot an Aboriginal star from the reality TV show Mantracker, and Québec police under fire for the beating of an Innu man, captured on video.
Only days after the widely criticized Toronto police killing of 18-year-old Syrian-Canadian Sammy Yatim on an…
The Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation has yet to have a conversation with, or even been invited to, a meeting by OmniTRAX, Inc., despite the American company’s plans to ship crude oil through the First Nation’s territory near Nelson House, Man.
NCN Councillor D’Arcy Linklater said he found out through media reports that OmniTRAX had entered into negotiations with 25 Alberta oil companies to…
Another pipeline has been announced. This one is to be built by TransCanada Corp., heading west from Alberta to Quebec, and then to the eastern coast of New Brunswick where a deep water marine terminal is to be constructed by Irving Oil.
The Assembly of First Nations Chiefs of New Brunswick has already made its concerns and conditions known to both the provincial government and the…
At the height of Idle No More protests, members of Aamjiwanang First Nation blocked a rail line into Sarnia, Ontario’s “Chemical Valley,” so-called for the petrochemical industry there.
Now, blockader Ron Plain, 51, has been ordered by a judge to pay CN railway $16,000 in fines for the 13-day protest that captured the country’s attention and was one of the first signs of the movement’s…