Windspeaker.com https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/rss.xml Windspeaker.com is Canada's source for Indigenous news, issues and culture. en https://windspeaker.com/node/13074 Centre for Truth and Reconciliation still waiting for residential school records to be submitted, hears Senate Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:37:19 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/centre-truth-and-reconciliation-still-waiting-residential-school-records-be “It sounds to me like this might take quite considerable time, some number of years for this (documents advisory) committee to do its work,” —Senator David M. Arnot. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13073 Ontario chiefs’ rally turns up the heat on Métis self-government legislation Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:02:13 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/ontario-chiefs-rally-turns-heat-metis-self-government-legislation “At stake here is not merely jurisdiction over local internal administrative functions, but, we fear, the encroachment into First Nations governance and lands.” — Celeste Pedri-Spade, associate professor of anthropology at McGill University Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13072 Programming announced for Toronto’s imagineNATIVE film festival Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:59:15 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/programming-announced-torontos-imaginenative-film-festival “I’m really looking forward to coming back into this circle of film industry leaders and artists” — imagineNATIVE festival director Lindsay Monture Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13071 Preservation or exploitation? New film explores musicologist’s motivation in recording First Nations chief Wed, 20 Sep 2023 16:48:44 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/preservation-or-exploitation-new-film-explores-musicologists-motivation Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13070 Grassroots speak out against tactics of governments, corporations in climate change fight Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:21:04 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/grassroots-speak-out-against-tactics-governments-corporations-climate-change “You should go directly to those grassroots organizations…to find out what the people actually want, what the people are actually demanding and what we need to do to address this crisis.” — Eriel Tchekwie Deranger of Indigenous Climate Action Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13069 Indigenous film wins Amplify Voices Award at Toronto International Film Festival Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:01:06 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/indigenous-film-wins-amplify-voices-award-toronto-international-film-festival “This was our opportunity to create something from two women, to show Inuit women’s lives never seen before.” —co-director Lucy Tulugarjuk Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13068 Sharp contrast between Indigenous and colonial relationship with land, panelists assert Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:07:04 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/sharp-contrast-between-indigenous-and-colonial-relationship-land-panelists “Wherever Creator has placed our people, we use the resources of that land and it becomes part of our cultural identity and we know we’re home.” — Kathi Camilleri Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13067 Six Nations Chiefs’ bench depth leads to another Mann Cup win Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:23:49 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/sports/six-nations-chiefs-bench-depth-leads-another-mann-cup-win “We didn’t miss a beat. We just showed how strong of a team this was.” — Duane Jacobs, president, general manager and assistant coach of the Six Nations Chiefs Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13066 Rowdy Roddy Piper saves Pelee Island in new Lenape epic poem Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:25:29 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/rowdy-roddy-piper-saves-pelee-island-new-lenape-epic-poem “…rather than go to church, because (my family) didn’t agree with church, they would get together and watch the broadcasts from Detroit and Toledo of these wrestling matches.” —Lenape poet D.A. Lockhart Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13065 Six Nations softball star and Onondaga Nation lacrosse advocate named to sports hall of fame Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:11:25 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/sports/six-nations-softball-star-and-onondaga-nation-lacrosse-advocate-named-sports-hall-fame “I was kind of waiting for something to happen. I wasn’t sure how to do it. So, this was like a godsend the way it worked out.” — Ivan Bomberry on a stranger nominating his sister Phyllis for induction into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Deb Steel