https://windspeaker.com/news/rss.xml Windspeaker.com is Canada's source for Indigenous news, issues and culture. en https://windspeaker.com/node/11155 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:14:01 -0500 https://windspeaker.com/news/sports/arrows-bolt-ontario-lacrosse-association-be-first-members-new-league-some-displeased “The sky is the limit in terms of the expansion and the development that can happen in the future.” — Arrows’ president Lewis Staats Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11154 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:33:56 -0500 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/strands-indigenous-language-need-be-woven-braid-sweetgrass-says-educator “We need to ensure that the richness of vocabulary and meaning is not lost and there is a record of our language in its entirety where learners can hear the words in context and how they’re spoken in daily life.” — Métis educator Sharon Parenteau Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11153 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:09:23 -0500 https://windspeaker.com/news/opinion/regional-chief-shocked-angry-travelers-who-put-first-nation-and-yukon-region-risk Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11151 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:38:37 -0500 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/musician-adrian-sutherland-releases-respect-gift “It was just a good time for me to step away for a while. We had done three albums together and it just felt like the right time, especially since the pandemic came down…” — musician Adrian Sutherland on taking a solo artist step Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11150 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:26:56 -0500 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/fort-macleod-rcmp-seek-assistance-locate-missing-person-susan-stabs-down Last in contact with family in Fort Macleod on Nov. 11, 2020 when she indicated she was hitchhiking from Fort Macleod to Lethbridge. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11149 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:33:13 -0500 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/debut-novel-bad-cree-has-sucker-creek-nation-author-living-dream “I think we need more books that are truthful in all of its complexities of characters, complexities of plots and scenarios but that are also infused with joy, and I think that Jessica struck that balance perfectly.” — agent Stephanie Sinclair Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11148 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:39:55 -0500 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/urgent-tangible-indigenous-language-agenda-set-legislation-implementation “Our government is all in. We imagine a future in which First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples across Canada feel empowered to learn, speak, and live in their languages.” —Steven Guilbeault, minister of Canadian Heritage Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11147 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:05:22 -0500 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/time-change-channel-fossil-fuels-and-give-space-investment-renewable-energy “If we wait for government, then we’ll be waiting forever. We have more than enough partners in this world and there’s more than enough capital in this world…” — Shannin Metatawabin, the CEO of the National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11146 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:07:25 -0500 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/indigenous-peoples-outpacing-canadians-climate-action-says-co-chair-clean “There is the good, the bad and the ugly in terms of supporting Indigenous clean energy initiatives or energy efficiency initiatives. I’d love to see a report card of who’s doing what and who is doing it well.” — Kim Scott, a co-chair of the Indigenous Clean Energy Social Enterprise Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11145 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:17:40 -0500 https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/consultation-soon-begin-use-legacy-funds-mclean-day-school-settlement “The plan is indeed to have a system of being able to move across the country, gather information, speak to survivors to hear their stories and, most importantly, get their recommendations…” —Dr. James Igloliorte Deb Steel