https://www.windspeaker.com/news/rss.xml Windspeaker.com is Canada's source for Indigenous news, issues and culture. en https://windspeaker.com/node/11667 Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:34:00 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/sports/indigenous-hockey-pro-joins-coaching-staff-bc-junior-squad “I’ve worked with Wacey in hockey schools for a few years now, and I knew at some point he would coach for a living.” — Joe Martin, Alberni Valley Bulldogs’ head coach/general manager. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11666 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:02:21 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/cluster-anomalies-could-prove-be-unmarked-graves-camsell-hospital-grounds “I would call for a stoppage … if human remains are found. You’ve got to make some decisions then. You’ve got to decide if you’re going to continue on.” — Papaschase First Nation Chief Calvin Bruneau Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11665 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:00:09 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/indigenous-players-included-season-opening-national-hockey-league-rosters A closer look at Indigenous players on NHL rosters follows. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11663 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:57:01 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/trudeau-apologizes-tkemlups-te-secwepemc-while-chiefs-call-action “I’m here because our babies are buried here… our children, our little ones, they deserve justice. They deserve ceremony and above all else they deserve the dignity to be named and either ceremonially or physically returned to their homelands.” — Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11662 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:35:19 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/new-downtown-toronto-art-installation-focuses-self-care “What’s within your heart’s mind is how you think of care, which is just so beautiful to me.” — Emma Steen Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11661 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:29:08 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/metis-chef-excited-be-part-food-film-fest “I’m doing little bison skewers seasoned with sage and yarrow… It’s on top of a nettle sunchoke potato puree with a little chokecherry glaze.”—Chef Jennifer Lessard Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11660 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:02:12 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/saikuz-nation-delivers-forest-resource-declaration-no-more-industrial-logging “I need a land base to exercise my rights as an Indigenous woman who has a responsibility and direct relationship with the land. We can’t move forward on a path that might not exist in my daughter’s lifetime or even mine.” — Saik'uz First Nation Councillor Jasmine Thomas Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11659 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 13:06:14 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/new-election-looms-legal-decision-previous-election-still-not-made “In the event that the court agrees entirely with the applicant and grants his remedies, it would not be appropriate to order a new election for the 2018 election… Any ruling of this court should be implemented on a go-forward basis.” — Keltie Lambert, legal counsel for Sucker Creek First Nation Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11658 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:09:19 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/documentary-about-controversial-site-c-dam-opens-environmental-film-festival “I hope it can create change and empathy for the reality of trying to protect our land.” —Heather Hatch about her film Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11657 Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:31:47 -0400 https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/campaign-underway-boost-vaccination-rates-indigenous-populations “I recognize that many Indigenous people have good reasons to be cautious about Western medicine. However, if ever there was a time for action during COVID-19, it is now.” —Dr. Janet Smylie Deb Steel