Windspeaker.com https://www.windspeaker.com/news/rss.xml Windspeaker.com is Canada's source for Indigenous news, issues and culture. en https://windspeaker.com/node/13654 Award-winning film Café Daughter from Mohawk writer-director Shelley Niro to stream Mon, 06 May 2024 14:11:39 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/award-winning-film-cafe-daughter-mohawk-writer-director-shelley-niro-stream Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13653 ‘Greatest athlete of all time’ posthumously recognized with U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom Mon, 06 May 2024 12:43:25 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/sports/greatest-athlete-all-time-posthumously-recognized-us-presidential-medal-freedom Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13651 Author details escape from abuse to heal herself and help others Wed, 01 May 2024 08:56:29 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/author-details-escape-abuse-heal-herself-and-help-others Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13650 RCMP again skirt charges in another Indigenous man’s death at their hands Tue, 30 Apr 2024 18:02:40 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/rcmp-again-skirt-charges-another-indigenous-mans-death-their-hands Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13649 New series features Indigenous youth warriors Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:38:41 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/new-series-features-indigenous-youth-warriors Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13645 Indigenous electrification strategy released Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:03:38 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/indigenous-electrification-strategy-released Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13644 Treatment of national chief and her headdress by Air Canada 'scary', ‘humiliating’, Woodhouse Nepinak says Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:05:03 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/treatment-national-chief-and-her-headdress-air-canada-scary-humiliating “I have to find a way of being safe on an airplane, and if I can take my own headdress with me without feeling like I have to be careful each time.” —Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13643 Film follows adoptee as she reconnects with her Indigenous family Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:27:26 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/film-follows-adoptee-she-reconnects-her-indigenous-family Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13642 Documentary about Cree Elder ‘The Star Guy’ to premiere at Toronto film festival Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:22:12 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/documentary-about-cree-elder-star-guy-premiere-toronto-film-festival “It was this incredible time travelling look at his experience, which immediately resonated in so many ways as THE Indigenous experience of colonization.” —filmmaker Lisa Jackson Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13638 Three ways Albertans can take a stand to end gender-based violence Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:22:05 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/sponsored-content/three-ways-albertans-can-take-stand-end-gender-based-violence Sandi Crowfoot