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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.
In wine-making circles, the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia is known as Napa North, after the famed wine-making Napa Valley in California. And one Aboriginal band is taking full opportunity of the fruit basket of Canada.
Visitors to the lush Okanagan Valley can stop at the Osoyoos First Nation and tour wine-making facilities and taste wine produced from the only Aboriginal-owned…
Organization seems to be the key for this year's National Aboriginal Day activities planned from coast to coast in mid-June.
This year's events are expected to draw more people, feature more culture and be better organized than previous attempts at celebrating this new, federal government-endorsed day of recognition.
While small communities, First Nations, Inuit communities and…
Organization seems to be the key for this year's National Aboriginal Day activities planned from coast to coast in mid-June.
This year's events are expected to draw more people, feature more culture and be better organized than previous attempts at celebrating this new, federal government-endorsed day of recognition.
While small communities, First Nations, Inuit communities and…
Organization seems to be the key for this year's National Aboriginal Day activities planned from coast to coast in mid-June.
This year's events are expected to draw more people, feature more culture and be better organized than previous attempts at celebrating this new, federal government-endorsed day of recognition.
While small communities, First Nations, Inuit communities and…
Spring run-off has created a temporary waterfall on a rock cut. White water spray touches black asphalt.
Turn left off of the Trans-Canada about 45 km west of Kenora, and a winding dirt road - water welling up at its sides - leads you to a sign announcing the community of Iskatewizaagegan (Shoal Lake) #39 First Nation.
#In the first home past the sign, Kathleen Greene walks past…
There's a nice little story going around Native campfires these days about two very wise men, a venerable Elder and a famous Canadian scientist, each with his own way of looking at the nature of things.
The Elder had asked the scientist to talk about the Northern Lights. What were the electric flashing colors of the Aurora Borealis all about? After patiently listening to a scientific…
There's a nice little story going around Native campfires these days about two very wise men, a venerable Elder and a famous Canadian scientist, each with his own way of looking at the nature of things.
The Elder had asked the scientist to talk about the Northern Lights. What were the electric flashing colors of the Aurora Borealis all about? After patiently listening to a scientific…
There's a nice little story going around Native campfires these days about two very wise men, a venerable Elder and a famous Canadian scientist, each with his own way of looking at the nature of things.
The Elder had asked the scientist to talk about the Northern Lights. What were the electric flashing colors of the Aurora Borealis all about? After patiently listening to a scientific…
The burning of various medicine plants to make a smudge or cleansing smoke is used by the majority of Native North American peoples. It is a ritual cleansing.
As the smoke rises, our prayers rise to the Spirit World where the Grandfathers and our Creator reside. Negative energy, feelings, and emotions are lifted away. It is also used for healing of mind, body and spirit, as well as…
The burning of various medicine plants to make a smudge or cleansing smoke is used by the majority of Native North American peoples. It is a ritual cleansing.
As the smoke rises, our prayers rise to the Spirit World where the Grandfathers and our Creator reside. Negative energy, feelings, and emotions are lifted away. It is also used for healing of mind, body and spirit, as well as…
The burning of various medicine plants to make a smudge or cleansing smoke is used by the majority of Native North American peoples. It is a ritual cleansing.
As the smoke rises, our prayers rise to the Spirit World where the Grandfathers and our Creator reside. Negative energy, feelings, and emotions are lifted away. It is also used for healing of mind, body and spirit, as well as…
Currently on an exhibition tour across the country is Joane Cardinal Schubert: Two Decades. In what is being titled as a "retrospective" work spanning a 30-year period the show is really more of a glimpse into one of Canada's most prolific artists.
"I refer to it as glancing back, an over the shoulder look. It would be impossible to represent 30 years of my work, my thinking, because…
Staff members at the friendship centre in Whitehorse are abuzz these days, as they await the release of a film that will tell the life story of the centre's namesake. Skookum Jim Mason, A Man in Two Worlds is a 52-minute video that chronicles the life of Skookum Jim, a Tagish Indian from the Yukon, and the gold discovery that made him famous.
According to historical documents, men were…
Imagine walking down a path and entering a small clearing by a creek. You sit down to a meal of buffalo, bannock, berries and other Native traditional dishes. After your meal you walk down another trail and come to a clearing. Dotting the horizon are tipis. You take a seat and for the next few hours you travel back centuries to when the buffalo roamed and Indians rode bareback.
#From…
The designs are her own, the palette full of rich striking colors.
In Mary Littlewolf's warm, cozy kitchen stands a work table loaded with the tools of her trade. Beads, thread, needles, sinew and smoked leather used to make intricate craft pieces of a kind seldom seen outside of a museum collection. Elaborate yokes, collars and short-top moccasins echo Plains Cree styles from the deep…