https://windspeaker.com/news/rss.xml Windspeaker.com is Canada's source for Indigenous news, issues and culture. en https://windspeaker.com/node/11303 Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:31:21 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/under-development-tabletop-game-challenges-anti-indigenous-stereotypes-and Our “Under Development” series explores the projects that are at the beginning of their journeys. They have some support, but the creatives driving them still have some miles to go. We join them on their paths. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11302 Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:11:36 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/second-memoir-governor-generals-award-winner-provides-hopeful-view-cree “We’re on a solid path. We’re coming through the dark times and we’re on a path of recovery and we’re going to be as strong as we once were, if not stronger…” —Author Darrel J. McLeod Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11299 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:17:09 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/alberta-white-cards-tax-exemptions-reserve-be-discontinued “From an Indigenous perspective, when these cards came into place, they put limits on purchasing tobacco and fuel, because I think back then the province saw it as an unfair advantage to Indigenous businesses, when we really took it as our Treaty rights over resources that ultimately belonged to us as Treaty people.” — Enoch Cree Nation Chief Billy Morin Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11298 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:40:04 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/under-development-indigenous-themed-science-fiction-television-show-takes Our “Under Development” series explores the projects that are at the beginning of their journeys. They have some support, but the creatives driving them still have miles to go. We join them on their paths. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11297 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:52:11 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/indigenous-works-part-effort-shock-proof-economies “We’re shock proofing the economy in the sense that we’re preparing our communities and companies to be viable, to be innovative, to grow and that’s what’s going to stimulate jobs.” —Indigenous Works CEO Kelly Lendsay Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11296 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:03:09 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/canadian-film-premiere-celebrates-red-sky-performance “I'm really interested in how we see the world as Indigenous peoples. We grow up sometimes in an environment that doesn't always include our lens or our metaphysics or our point of view or our stories." —Sandra Laronde Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11295 Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:16:48 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/chief-and-81-year-old-grandmother-hold-back-trespassing-protestors-enoch-land “We have online threats of white supremacy against our Nation now and we had a member threatened in the city of Edmonton for this incident.” — Enoch Cree Nation Chief Billy Morin. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11293 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 19:18:00 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/ponoka-rcmp-seek-assistance-locating-missing-male Last seen at approximately 9:45 p.m. on April 4. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11291 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 14:54:05 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/dunnings-new-collection-explores-alienation-displacement-and-loneliness “Norma has this ability to drag you into a story; drag you across a number of diversions…” — editor Peter Midgley Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11290 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 12:02:31 -0400 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/ucp-draft-curriculum-k-grade-6-has-inside-fort-logic-all-over-it-says “…when you’re inside the fort you learn to be fearful of what’s outside and the idea is whatever’s outside needs to be brought inside to be assimilated.” — Dr. Dwayne Donald, University of Alberta associate professor in the Faculty of Education Deb Steel