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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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