https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/rss.xml Windspeaker.com is Canada's source for Indigenous news, issues and culture. en https://windspeaker.com/node/10889 Fri, 07 Aug 2020 15:00:41 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/frustrations-mount-indigenous-tourism-businesses-await-federal-funding “We don’t know where this is going to end up but these are the kind of things I want our members to know. We are advocating for longer-term stabilization.” — Keith Henry Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10888 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:57:35 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/statscan-fails-enumerate-indigenous-urban-populations-accurately-smylie “We start off (the census) from a list of dwellings we know exist. That works perfectly well when you’re trying to enumerate the people who live in dwellings, but when you have a homeless population, it gets tricky.” — Geoff Bowlby, 2021 Statistics Canada census manager Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10887 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 11:01:46 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/obomsawin-film-jordan-river-anderson-messenger-free-nfbca-aug-31 This film will be available starting Aug. 31 and in perpetuity. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10886 Wed, 05 Aug 2020 19:00:33 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/fires-set-after-police-make-arrests-housing-development-six-nations “The cops … rolled up pretty heavy, blocked access to the road, and began arresting protestors… I believe there were three paddy wagons of land defenders that were taken … from their traditional territory by force.” —Livestream commentary Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10885 Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:06:51 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/sports/indigenous-players-coach-among-those-seeking-2020-stanley-cup-glory These are not normal times for the NHL, which is conducting its entire post-season in two hub cities, Toronto and Edmonton. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10884 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:28:21 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/online-auction-provides-economic-opportunity-indigenous-women “The things that are sold on the marketplace are things that Indigenous people are comfortable selling. It’s not sacred medicines. It’s not sacred items or objects. It’s things that are made to be shared with others.” — Artist Jennah Martens-Forrester Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10883 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 13:02:47 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/sports/indigenous-rugby-program-launched-atlantic-canada “I think rugby can be used as a vehicle to make things better. In sport, you can make change rather quickly.” —Jason Peters Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10881 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 11:23:18 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/sports/neepawa-junior-teams-name-change-small-important-part-hockey-anti-racism-efforts “If they fight it in the hockey rink, then they’re going to have success off the ice and away from the arena.” — Waywayseecappo Wolverines team governor Morley Watson Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10877 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:30:56 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/one-flag-two-flags-red-flag-blue-metis-flag-not-gift-northwest-company-says “Until somebody shows me evidence of it I will stand firmly on my line, which is don’t repeat that story. Just don’t repeat it and have some faith in your own people that they have the intelligence enough to come up with their own ideas…” — Jean Teillet Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/10876 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 11:53:56 -0400 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/sports/iroquois-nationals-call-calm-after-team-excluded-2022-world-games “We believe we represent all the hopes and dreams of all Indigenous people around the world.” —Leo Nolan, the executive director of the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse program Deb Steel