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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.
According to John Kim Bell, Idle No More is dead.
He made this statement in his keynote speech at a dinner March 5 hosted by the I Do Business National Aboriginal Summit and Tradeshow at the Doubletree Hotel in Toronto. Bell is Mohawk and is the founder of the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards.
At the end of his half-hour talk, Bell was challenged by 73-year-old Margaret…
From stinging minus-55C temperatures in the far-northern Cree wilderness beyond the reach of roads, to the melting woodland snows of temperate Algonquin territory, a remarkable youth journey has made its way by foot and snowshoe this past two months, 1,600 km from James Bay in Québec to Parliament Hill.
A convoy of several hundred walkers–accompanied by van-loads of supporters–arrived…
UPDATE:
Friday, March 22, 2013
Senator Patrick Brazeau, through his lawyer, entered a plea of not guilty on the charges he is facing as a result of alleged incidents that occurred on Feb. 7, 2013.
Brazeau remains suspended (with pay) from the Senate until the conclusion of court proceedings on the charges.
In a statement to the…
From AFN media release:
In response to the 2013 federal Budget released today, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo continues the call for transformative change requiring key investments and a fundamentally new fiscal relationship based on respect and fairness.
"Budget 2013 makes reference to First Nations in almost every section, which suggests…
The 2013 federal budget unveiled March 21 by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty contained little in response to ongoing calls for a national inquiry into the large number of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Collection of perspectives and media coverage of the missing and murdered Indigenous…
In Manitoba, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection is working with 10 families that have children who have been missing for more than six months. Eight of those families are First Nations.
While Christy Dzikowicz, director of MissingKids.ca, with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, doesn’t have exact figures, she does know that Manitoba’s numbers are a reflection of what is…
Métis Learning Day celebrated at U of M
On Feb. 12 the University of Manitoba hosted its second annual Métis Learning Day. Christi Belcourt, the Métis artist whose work was chosen for the stained glass window in the House of Commons to commemorate Indian residential school survivors, delivered a lecture titled, Contemporary Métis Art as a Healing Practice. U of M…
When grassroots First Nations people were pushing Harper for answers, the Assembly of First Nations gave the Prime Minister a way out.
“I’m not putting a value judgement on that,” said Wab Kinew, director of Indigenous Inclusion at the University of Winnipeg.
Kinew was referring to the thousands of mainly Indigenous people who gathered throughout the months of December and January…
Interview by David P. Ball for Windspeaker with UBC First Nations Studies professor Glen Coulthard of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation.
Windspeaker: Where do you see the Idle No More movement heading next?
Glen Coulthard: Idle No More, and the tactics it’s involved so far, will have to continue, and not bow to pressure from Canada, but also potentially the more mainstream First…
The Toronto Aboriginal community has not been idle. In the week leading up to the Jan. 11 meeting with the Prime Minister, many people were hard at work organizing events.
On Jan. 8, one of the two Toronto Idle No More groups held the first of scheduled weekly teach-ins at Toronto Council Fire. About 100 participants showed up and they reflected the diversity of Toronto’s multicultural…
WOLF SONGS AND FIRE CHATS
As a career journalist going on 34 years now, I’m endlessly fascinated by how the media handles Native stories. While I am primarily an author of books now, I’m still in newspapers and on the radio every week somewhere in Canada. Freelancing is a privilege that comes with name recognition. After three decades and a handful of awards I’m afforded the luxury of…
THE URBANE INDIAN
It’s a well-known fact that Native people prefer to wage war in the summer; rarely the winter. After all, they’re not stupid. I refer you, for example, to Little Bighorn, which happened on a hot and sweltering June day. The Battle of Batoche occurred during a warmish May. Kahnasatake and Ipperwash were also summer engagements.
This is one of the many reasons…
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By Adam Martin
Re: Nekaneet Powwow
"Platinum Sponsor: Trans Canada Pipeline".
http://www.ahki.ca/thunderinghillspowwownekaneetfirstnation.php
The Departments of Health and Social Services and the Sahtu Health and Social Services Authority have responded to an increased rate of skin infections in Colville Lake, N.W.T. These infections can be caused by common skin bacteria that enter under the skin through minor cuts or breaks that result from other common conditions such as eczema, insect bites, diaper rashes or scabies. The Office…
De Beers, the diamond mine located near Attawapiskat, believed it was being “held hostage” by a blockade of the winter road leading to the Victor mine by First Nation members, to “exert pressure” on the company “to succumb to their demands of, among other things, compensation, employment and housing,” said court documents filed in Superior Court in February. The company filed a “notice of…