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/12900 Housing by Indigenous, for Indigenous turns page on colonial approach Thu, 08 Jun 2023 15:28:26 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/housing-indigenous-indigenous-turns-page-colonial-approach Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12899 Anishinaabe artist paints the darker stories of the Indigenous experience Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:55:06 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/anishinaabe-artist-paints-darker-stories-indigenous-experience “I have a sense of loss that gets dealt with and resolved through painting. To me that seems like a fundamentally spiritual activity…” —artist Mike Alexander Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12898 ‘Make a list’, NWAC CEO tells Miller as fed’s get failing grade on progress made on MMIWG plan Thu, 08 Jun 2023 10:44:39 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/make-list-nwac-ceo-tells-miller-feds-get-failing-grade-progress-made-mmiwg “This genocide has to be dealt with and we expect the federal government to take that leadership…” —Native Women’s Association of Canada CEO Lynne Groulx Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12893 Court proceeding for RCMP officers charged in Indigenous man’s death leaves family disappointed Wed, 07 Jun 2023 15:07:22 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/court-proceeding-rcmp-officers-charged-indigenous-mans-death-leaves-family “How can someone look me in the eyes and tell me that my father didn’t die due to this interaction with the RCMP?” — Lily Speed-Namox, daughter of Dale Culver Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12892 Virtual reality film a first for Indigenous playwright Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:28:28 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/virtual-reality-film-first-indigenous-playwright Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12890 Amendments to federal legislation will help tackle infrastructure gap for First Nations Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:08:19 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/amendments-federal-legislation-will-help-tackle-infrastructure-gap-first “We are not going to bridge the infrastructure gap with the existing delivery program that (the government has). We've got to change it…Where’s that bridge between colonization and self-government?” — Harold Calla, First Nations Financial Management Board executive chair Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12882 ‘Have some respect’: International involvement in residential school burial work not wanted, needed Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:05:08 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/have-some-respect-international-involvement-residential-school-burial-work “I think what was really quite offensive to a lot of people across the country is this suggestion that we somehow needed international oversight to do the work…” — Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12880 First Nation sports advocate inducted into Alberta Sports Hall of Fame Mon, 05 Jun 2023 15:25:09 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/sports/first-nation-sports-advocate-inducted-alberta-sports-hall-fame “…when one of us wins, we all win.” — Cara Currie Hall Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12879 Stay out of Indigenous language jurisdiction, First Nations leaders tell Quebec Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:42:11 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/stay-out-indigenous-language-jurisdiction-first-nations-leaders-tell-quebec “It’s further impeding on our rights to be able to govern ourselves, to be able to learn our language, to be able to have access to the resources for our own language.” — Chief Jessica Lazare with the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12878 Thriving Indigenous business a pathway to healing and growth Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:56:58 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/sponsored-content/thriving-indigenous-business-pathway-healing-and-growth Tayola Brown