Windspeaker.com https://windspeaker.com/news/rss.xml Windspeaker.com is Canada's source for Indigenous news, issues and culture. en https://windspeaker.com/node/10823 SIGA casinos to reopen in Saskatchewan Wed, 01 Jul 2020 09:57:29 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/siga-casinos-reopen-saskatchewan Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10822 RCMP reconciliation strategy for Alberta fails to challenge status quo, says critic Tue, 30 Jun 2020 17:00:39 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/rcmp-reconciliation-strategy-alberta-fails-challenge-status-quo-says-critic “We have long dispelled the myth that there’s just a few ‘bad apples’.” — Pam Palmater Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10821 Indigenous businesses stepping up to answer the call during pandemic Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:59:18 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/indigenous-businesses-stepping-answer-call-during-pandemic “The government took so long for the money to get through the system.” — Shannin Metatawabin, CEO of NACCA Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10820 Better UNDRIP legislation could be a silver lining in the storm clouds of COVID, systemic racism Tue, 30 Jun 2020 10:18:33 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/better-undrip-legislation-could-be-silver-lining-storm-clouds-covid-systemic “Just saying you believe in something, you believe in the principles of [UNDRIP], doesn’t really give Indigenous peoples in Canada much more than we already have.” — Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10818 Shift thinking from poverty reduction to cultivating prosperity for urban Indigenous peoples Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:51:07 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/shift-thinking-poverty-reduction-cultivating-prosperity-urban-indigenous “There’s a large portion of Ontario, and in Canada, who see us through a lens that the glass is half empty. That we are poor.” — Sylvia Maracle Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10817 Haida Nation commences 3-week period to review provincial impact of Phase 3 Mon, 29 Jun 2020 10:49:50 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/haida-nation-commences-3-week-period-review-provincial-impact-phase-3 Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10816 First Nations, Métis Affairs minister defends herself after accusation she bungled pandemic response in north Mon, 29 Jun 2020 10:24:29 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/first-nations-metis-affairs-minister-defends-herself-after-accusation-she “It's an absolute insult, in my opinion, that she becomes the minister responsible for northern affairs, the minister responsible for First Nations and Métis relations and, of course, the municipalities minister, coming from as close to the American border as you possibly can.” — Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10812 Homelessness ‘uniquely dangerous’ for women, researchers report Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:45:40 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/homelessness-uniquely-dangerous-women-researchers-report “Indigenous trauma is completely different because of a colonial framework and structured violence. A colonial framework that has fully intended the genocide of Indigenous peoples by targeting Indigenous women has done a completely thorough job of eradicating women’s leadership.” —Arlene Hache Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10811 Indigenous Tourism Alberta to provide stimulus fund Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:57:12 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/indigenous-tourism-alberta-provide-stimulus-fund Indigenous tourism in Alberta is worth an estimated $166.2 million of GDP. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10809 Founding director of National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation joins UVic Libraries in reconciliation role Wed, 24 Jun 2020 12:14:18 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/founding-director-national-centre-truth-and-reconciliation-joins-uvic “His work will foster mutual understanding, and will greatly contribute to our university’s goal of advancing respect and reconciliation.” — UVic President Jamie Cassels Deb Steel