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/11150 Fort Macleod RCMP seek assistance to locate missing person Susan Stabs Down Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:26:56 -0500 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/fort-macleod-rcmp-seek-assistance-locate-missing-person-susan-stabs-down Last in contact with family in Fort Macleod on Nov. 11, 2020 when she indicated she was hitchhiking from Fort Macleod to Lethbridge. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11149 Debut novel ‘Bad Cree’ has Sucker Creek Nation author living a dream Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:33:13 -0500 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/debut-novel-bad-cree-has-sucker-creek-nation-author-living-dream “I think we need more books that are truthful in all of its complexities of characters, complexities of plots and scenarios but that are also infused with joy, and I think that Jessica struck that balance perfectly.” — agent Stephanie Sinclair Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11148 Urgent, tangible Indigenous language agenda set for legislation implementation in Canada Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:39:55 -0500 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/urgent-tangible-indigenous-language-agenda-set-legislation-implementation “Our government is all in. We imagine a future in which First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples across Canada feel empowered to learn, speak, and live in their languages.” —Steven Guilbeault, minister of Canadian Heritage Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11147 Time to change the channel from fossil fuels and give space, investment to renewable energy Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:05:22 -0500 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/time-change-channel-fossil-fuels-and-give-space-investment-renewable-energy “If we wait for government, then we’ll be waiting forever. We have more than enough partners in this world and there’s more than enough capital in this world…” — Shannin Metatawabin, the CEO of the National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11146 Indigenous peoples outpacing Canadians in climate action, says co-chair of clean energy social enterprise Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:07:25 -0500 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/indigenous-peoples-outpacing-canadians-climate-action-says-co-chair-clean “There is the good, the bad and the ugly in terms of supporting Indigenous clean energy initiatives or energy efficiency initiatives. I’d love to see a report card of who’s doing what and who is doing it well.” — Kim Scott, a co-chair of the Indigenous Clean Energy Social Enterprise Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11145 Consultation soon to begin on use of legacy funds in McLean Day School settlement Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:17:40 -0500 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/consultation-soon-begin-use-legacy-funds-mclean-day-school-settlement “The plan is indeed to have a system of being able to move across the country, gather information, speak to survivors to hear their stories and, most importantly, get their recommendations…” —Dr. James Igloliorte Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11144 Project leads discuss clean energy projects in their Indigenous communities Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:53:33 -0500 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/project-leads-discuss-clean-energy-projects-their-indigenous-communities “We look and find solutions to problems. We don’t try to build off of something that isn’t working. We’re going in a totally new direction.” — Leon Cardinal from the Fishing Lake Métis Settlement Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11143 Mental health concerns in Inuit communities magnified in the time of COVID, says ITK’s Natan Obed Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:28:57 -0500 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/mental-health-concerns-inuit-communities-magnified-time-covid-says-itks-natan “People who want to do the right thing feel distressed that have no possible way to do it.” — Natan Obed on the COVID-19 recommendation to social distance and keeping social contact circles small. Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11142 Virtual event will mark a decade of effort to end violence towards women, children through Moose Hide Campaign Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:38:54 -0500 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/virtual-event-will-mark-decade-effort-end-violence-towards-women-children “…this campaign is for everyone. We need all of us to work together to end violence against women and children.” — Raven Lacerte Deb Steel https://windspeaker.com/node/11140 Some premiers questioning the need to give COVID vaccine priority to First Nations, reports health managers association CEO Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:25:22 -0500 https://mail.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/some-premiers-questioning-need-give-covid-vaccine-priority-first-nations "When we’re talking about items such as systemic racism, it’s important that provinces recognize that just opening a clinic down the road does not mean equal access for all the populations.” —Kim Daly, senior nurse manager, Communicable Disease Control Department with ISC Deb Steel