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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.
A recent report by Canada’s auditor general comes on the heels of an Ontario Superior Court decision, providing confirmation of what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission already knew. The federal government needs to produce the records that the TRC considers relevant on Indian residential schools.
“I don’t think any government department likes to be criticized twice for the same…
Brave New River, a film by Nicolas Renaud, Métis from Quebec, was screened at the Hot Docs international documentary film festival held April 25 to May 5 in Toronto. Hot Docs is the largest of its kind in the world.
“I was fascinated to do a story about the encounter of two worlds,” said Renaud in the pre-screening introduction. The story is about the modern-day encounter between the…
Chief Barry Kennedy “still (has) faith in our processes” that when chiefs gather at the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations legislative assembly June 5 and June 6 to discuss the position of First Vice Chief, “better minds” will prevail and the decision will be made to comply with an appeals tribunal report.
The chief of Carry the Kettle First Nation was speaking about the re-…
Improved health care in Ontario
Ontario is improving access to health care for families in northwestern Ontario by enhancing the Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe’lyewigamig Aboriginal Health Access Centre in Kenora and the Gizhewaadiziwin Aboriginal Health Access Centre in Fort Frances. New investments will help the centres retain and recruit primary-care physicians, recruit up…
Olympian passes away
One of Canada’s top Aboriginal athletes died in late April. Shirley Firth Larsson, a cross-country skier who competed in four Olympics, died on April 30 in Yellowknife. Firth Larsson, a member of the Gwich’in First Nation, was 59. Firth Larsson and her twin sister Sharon Firth became Olympians when they participated at the 1972 Sapporo Games in…
The Idle No More movement isn’t like anything we’ve seen before. It’s not like movements that have happened in the 60s, 70s or even the 80s. However, what all of the movements have in common is the fact that they’ve all been grassroots driven from local perspectives to national and even international ones.
Kenneth Deer, who sits on the United Nations Indigenous People’s forum, was…
Spirituality is integral to healing, says an Elder, a healer and a medical doctor who spoke with Windspeaker.
Bobby Woods, Gitsan Elder and founder of Native Spiritual Voices’ Society, didn’t always have his culture. He was forced to go to residential school and later ended up in prison. Woods saw that he needed something.
“I wouldn’t be doing the things (I am) today if I hadn’t…
The law is about “telling incredibly important stories,” said Dean Lorne Sossin of Osgoode Hall Law School.
The stories about Aboriginal people and the law have not been particularly good ones for Aboriginal people, but Osgoode is working to change that under Sossin’s leadership.
On May 1, at Toronto’s historic Campbell House at Queen and University, Sossin announced they have…
Louis Bird, 79, never set out to be a storyteller. It’s hard to believe when you see him sitting on stage at the Daniels Spectrum centre in Regent Park, far from his traditional homeland, captivating his Toronto audience for almost two hours, pulling story after story from the hundreds in his repertoire.
Bird, with a sense of the Trickster about him, took his audience on a journey into…
Artist— The Johnnys
Song—Motorcycle Mama
Album—ROCK
Year—2013
Sex, drugs and rock and roll used to be the slogan of rebel rock and rollers but as the hard rockers of years ago age, one might say that “If it’s TOO LOUD, you are TOO OLD!” The Johnnys have abandoned the drug theme but sex, loud guitars, fast and frantic intensity is what drives them to breakneck speeds that…
Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?
Kieran McMonagle: The quality that I most value in a friend is loyalty. In today’s society and with the use of social media it is far too easy to share information. To have a friend stay true to me, to their word, and to themselves and their values, beliefs is the most I could ever ask for.
W: What is it that really makes…
Alberta First Nations chiefs have been blindsided by what the provincial government is touting as “enabling legislation” on consultation.
Herb Arcand, acting grand chief of the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations, said First Nations were not consulted on Bill 22, the Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act, which will collect fees from companies that plan to develop on Crown land. These fees…
The threat of flooding is now over for the member nations’ in the Mushkegowak Tribal Council, but that doesn’t mean residents who were evacuated will be returning home right away.
“Separate states of emergency were declared because of the quick thaw of snow, community drainage system not working, causing sewage back up and damage to houses,” said Doug Cheechoo, special projects officer…
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Link to article: Pheasant Rump First Nation Chief to be sentenced
On May 1, Terrance McArthur, chief of the Pheasant Rump Nakota Nation, Sask., pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a teenage girl on reserve. McArthur, who was elected in 2011, remained in office as of press time, and that is making the community nervous, with many calling for the chief’s resignation. The First Nation has rules that would force the resignation had the chief been convicted of…