https://www.windspeaker.com/news/rss.xml Windspeaker.com is Canada's source for Indigenous news, issues and culture. en https://windspeaker.com/node/12334 Tue, 27 Sep 2022 15:53:09 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/indigenous-organizations-youth-honoured-forest-industry-work “It tells us we do have a role and the Indigenous voice matters in working with our industry partners and protecting our industry partners and looking at encouraging partnerships.” — Indigenous Resource Network executive director Robert Merasty Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12333 Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:42:47 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/play-about-promise-made-and-promise-broken-teaches-children-about “The story is about two people who find each other in the 1850s and they make a promise to find out about each other’s lives and live with each other in each respective home and then the promise is broken.” — director Katie German Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12332 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:53:46 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/northern-manitoba-nations-battle-anti-indigenous-racism-healthcare-system Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12331 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:40:03 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/documentary-recounts-elders-sustained-fight-protect-sacred-headwaters-klabona “This was won by a group of Elders, old ladies, a couple of old men… When you think about them, you think of them as cute old Elders. And then these guys come up on our doorstep, and then they’re the scariest people you’ve ever seen.” — Robert Jakesta Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12330 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:42:27 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/disappearance-angela-alexis-now-hands-rcmp-major-crimes-unit “A large volume of interviews have been done and we continue to investigate in an effort to determine the nature, the context of her disappearance and potentially where she is.” — Cpl. Deanna Fontaine Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12329 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:03:27 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/equity-partnership-transmission-provider-reflects-what-treaty-stands-says “We’ve got a voice now and we’re correcting some of those past wrongs for the benefit of today and tomorrow’s generations in our community.” — Aamjiwnaang First Nation Chief Chris Plain Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12328 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:34:58 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/first-nations-eastern-canada-dealing-fionas-aftermath “You have to figure out food storage. Gas is a major concern as well. There’s long lines for gas and some gas stations are not open at all.” — Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Paul Prosper Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12327 Sat, 24 Sep 2022 12:43:41 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/windspeaker-media-news-sept-19-sept-23-2022 Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12326 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 17:04:30 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/rally-search-candlelight-vigil-planned-missing-alexis-nakota-sioux-nation “Nighttime is the worst because you think everything. I think too much at nighttime.” — Jessica Alexis Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/12325 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:56:35 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/survey-finds-anti-indigenous-bias-medical-student-applicants-difficult “It can be a hard subject for a lot of people to engage with but ultimately what we’re hoping to do is improve things for Indigenous patients…” — Dr. Pamela Roach Deb Steel