https://windspeaker.com/news/rss.xml Windspeaker.com is Canada's source for Indigenous news, issues and culture. en https://windspeaker.com/node/12260 Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:25:39 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/ownership-changes-every-campaign-launched-advocate-indigenous-ownership “I absolutely believe there was political posturing going on before. But I think this (federal) government is listening.” — Bob Maresty of the Indigenous Resource Network Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12259 Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:30:42 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/bring-indigenous-languages-home-translated-robert-munsch-books “It’s a dream of mine that someday parents will be able to have libraries for themselves and their children in Indigenous languages.” — Blackflies illustrator Jay Odjick Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12258 Mon, 15 Aug 2022 08:52:39 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/new-documentary-series-focuses-indigenous-experiences-newfoundland-and Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12257 Sat, 13 Aug 2022 08:59:26 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/windspeaker-media-news-aug-8-aug-12-2022 Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12256 Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:19:44 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/tomson-highway-lecture-purpose-our-existence-earth-laughter “Laughter is the reason for existence on the planet earth. To have a good time.” — Tomson Highway Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12255 Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:30:33 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/crystal-shawanda-hit-stage-edmonton-blues-festival “She’s incredibly talented. At first, I was taken aback by her switch from country to blues, but when I started really listening to her music and then seeing her perform, I realized she is a blues woman through and through.” — Edmonton Blues Festival producer Cam Hayden Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12254 Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:44:17 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/sports/squamish-nation-member-captures-western-lacrosse-association-coaching-award “In Tewanee Joseph we knew we were getting a first-class coach and person of tremendous character. The Nanaimo Timbermen are thrilled Tewanee has received this much deserved recognition from the WLA.” — Timbermen president Chris Bowman Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12252 Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:07:11 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/childrens-book-sets-buffy-sainte-marie-new-path-and-learning-experience “Although I make up a lot of stories, I find it real easy to think in short attention spans. I'm used to having the start, the middle, and the end all happen in three minutes and still make a point.” — Buffy Sainte-Marie Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12251 Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:32:18 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/sports/alberta-indigenous-games-remains-youth-focused-tests-adult-category-basketball “We heard about this opportunity of an adult division and started recruiting people. It was like living out our youth dreams.” —Teala Ward of Enoch Cree Nation Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12250 Wed, 10 Aug 2022 11:41:19 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/metis-artist-returned-life-beading-and-now-has-her-work-new-coin “There weren’t too many people who had seen it or remembered what our work was really like. And it was absolutely gorgeous. The colours, the designs they used, which is a combination of French embroidery patterns and, of course, what they saw in nature, and combining the two to make our Métis style pattern. — Jennine Krauchi about seeing old Métis-style beadwork in the archives at the Manitoba Museum Deb Steel