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/13643 Film follows adoptee as she reconnects with her Indigenous family Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:27:26 -0400 https://mail.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://mail.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://mail.windspeaker.com/news/sponsored-content/three-ways-albertans-can-take-stand-end-gender-based-violence Sandi Crowfoot https://windspeaker.com/node/13628 Annual Dreamspeakers Film Festival set to begin in Edmonton Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:50:57 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/annual-dreamspeakers-film-festival-set-begin-edmonton Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13627 Deputy Prime Minister says new Indigenous loan guarantee program is ‘a really big deal’ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:23:08 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/deputy-prime-minister-says-new-indigenous-loan-guarantee-program-really-big Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13619 Squamish ethnobotanist creates new plant teaching tool Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:07:59 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/squamish-ethnobotanist-creates-new-plant-teaching-tool Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13618 Through generations, Mowachaht/Muchalaht fishers have been criminalized by the DFO Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:13:05 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/through-generations-mowachahtmuchalaht-fishers-have-been-criminalized-dfo (Author’s note: Ray Williams, Ghoo-Noom-Tuuk-Tomlth, passed away Oct. 31, 2022, just two months after he was interviewed for this story. This story is dedicated to his memory. Like the coastal wolves Ray was named for, he was highly aware, family orientated and protective of his territory. Let his spirit live on.) Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13612 New collection by Billy-Ray Belcourt brings northern Alberta characters into his readers’ orbit Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:49:49 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/new-collection-billy-ray-belcourt-brings-northern-alberta-characters-his Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13610 Indigenous tourism official applauds federal government’s budget support Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:04:37 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/indigenous-tourism-official-applauds-federal-governments-budget-support Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/13609 First Nations chiefs alarmed, disappointed by Canada's 2024 budget Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:56:35 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/first-nations-chiefs-alarmed-disappointed-canadas-2024-budget “We were told yesterday that there would be good news and there will be bad news. Good news for Canada and bad news for First Nations.” —Grand Chief Abram Benedict of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Deb Steel