https://windspeaker.com/news/rss.xml Windspeaker.com is Canada's source for Indigenous news, issues and culture. en https://windspeaker.com/node/10897 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:26:42 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/planned-treaty-8-government-house-will-put-sovereignty-back-treaty-relations “We realize (Treaty 8) is a collective, an agreement. It included a territory that the Imperial Crown, through its process, fragmented the territory as a whole through provinces. But that is their system. That is not our system.” — Alberta Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10895 Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:30:55 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/open-competition-design-metis-nation-heritage-centre Submission deadline is Sept. 28, with the winner to be announced Oct. 22. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10894 Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:38:01 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/michael-greyeyes-joins-ed-helms-new-television-comedy Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10893 Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:16:33 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/ryan-reynolds-paul-mccartney-nominated-chief Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10892 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:03:25 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/annual-wabun-youth-gathering-adapts-deal-pandemic “We have had to make many changes to our gathering this year, but we have chosen to see this as an opportunity to spend more quality time with our young people.” —Faye Naveau, regional crisis coordinator for Wabun Health Services Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10891 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:54:46 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/sports/goodleaf-keen-revive-pro-lacrosse-career-philadelphia-wings “I’m just excited about the opportunity,” he said. “They’re giving me a chance to continue my career. And I’m grateful for that.” — Angus Goodleaf Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10890 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:33:39 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/health-providers-collaborate-provide-culturally-relevant-mental-wellness “We’re transforming how wellness is defined, that it’s not simply one worldview, but that it should and can be combined with Indigenous worldviews as well.” — Raymond Deleary, executive director of Atlohsa Family Healing Services Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10889 Fri, 07 Aug 2020 15:00:41 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/frustrations-mount-indigenous-tourism-businesses-await-federal-funding “We don’t know where this is going to end up but these are the kind of things I want our members to know. We are advocating for longer-term stabilization.” — Keith Henry Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10888 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:57:35 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/statscan-fails-enumerate-indigenous-urban-populations-accurately-smylie “We start off (the census) from a list of dwellings we know exist. That works perfectly well when you’re trying to enumerate the people who live in dwellings, but when you have a homeless population, it gets tricky.” — Geoff Bowlby, 2021 Statistics Canada census manager Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10887 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 11:01:46 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/obomsawin-film-jordan-river-anderson-messenger-free-nfbca-aug-31 This film will be available starting Aug. 31 and in perpetuity. Deb Steel