https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/rss.xml Windspeaker.com is Canada's source for Indigenous news, issues and culture. en https://windspeaker.com/node/11306 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:10:26 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/sports/first-nations-players-help-romanian-squad-capture-pro-hockey-championship “It was awesome just to have someone so close to you playing all year with you.” — Judd Blackwater Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11305 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:41:18 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/sports/indigenous-curler-artist-puts-his-stamp-broom “We want to create a sport that is safer, more respectful and compassionate to anyone who wants to participate.” — Erin Flowers, the director, public relations at Goldline Curling Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11304 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:17:02 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/sports/elsipogtog-first-nation-members-excited-next-steps-after-kraft-hockeyville-win “…people were showing us love. I know we can’t reach everybody, but whatever way we can reach people to thank them, we tried.” — Ruth Levi Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11303 Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:31:21 -0400 https://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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