He doesn’t receive nearly as much attention as some of his teammates who could be starring in the National Hockey League as early as next season, but Trey Lewis, a Mi’kmaq from New Brunswick’s Elsipogtog First Nation, can take pride in the fact he also won the ultimate prize in Canadian junior hockey circles.
In fact, the 20-year-old defenceman was a captain for the Halifax Mooseheads, who captured the Memorial Cup.

Cree leader gave a nation strength

Posters of Elijah Harper holding an eagle feather pasted on walls around the world testify to his influence beyond Canadian borders.

Former Assembly of First Nations leader Phil Fontaine, in a tribute to Elijah last month, recalled seeing the image in a remote Mexican village during his travels. Jennifer Wood, ten-year executive assistant to the politician who scuttled the Meech Lake constitutional accord, said Elijah told her he encountered the poster himself during a trip to Korea.

It has come full circle, said Adele Rabbit of the support the Nakoda Food Bank has received from First Nations and Métis students attending Glenbow School in Cochrane.

“Some of their families have used the food bank and this is them giving back for the food bank helping them when they needed it,” said Rabbit, chair of the Iyahrhe Nakoda Food Bank Society.

Artist—Leanne Goose
Song—Tattered
Album—This Time
Year—2012

Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?
Paul Sayer: Kindness

W: What is it that really makes you mad?
P.S.: Ignorance and racism directed towards First Nations people.

W: When are you at your happiest?
P.S.: Many things make me happy. I am happiest when I’m with friends and family. I am happiest when I’m traveling. I am happiest when I’m winning at the casino slots but I am especially happy once I finish a good run. The natural high after a run/workout makes me feel on top of the world.

Alternate sites explored

Canada could end up hosting several events that are scheduled to be excluded from the 2016 Arctic Winter Games (AWG).

The games, which are held every two years, attract participants representing regions from the circumpolar north. The next games will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska next year. After that, Greenland is scheduled to host the 2016 AWG.

But officials from Greenland have stated they are not able to host six of the games’ traditional events;  hockey, curling, dog mushing, figure skating, gymnastics and speed skating.

Manitoba chiefs call for reform in health care

WOLF SONGS  & FIRE CHATS

You dream yourself into being. That may sound esoteric and fraught with New Age mysticism or some earthy tribal spirituality, but it’s true nonetheless. I’ve discovered this truth over the course of the last 10 years especially. It was going on years before but only in this last decade has it become a foundational truth of my life.

THE URBANE INDIAN

a First Nations writer of fiction and non-fiction, and frequent lecturer on the university/college and conference circuit, I am commonly asked about my political persuasion. Do I swing left, right, or am I more ambidextrous?