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By David P. Ball Windspeaker Contributor BURNS LAKE, B.C.
An occupation of the Burns Lake band office in northern B.C. ended dramatically on April 7 when between 30 and 50 RCMP officers stormed the building–some allegedly with firearms drawn–to evict seven protesters holed up inside, including four...
Windsperaker Staff
There once was a public service announcement that ran on CFWE, a radio network owned by the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society, publishers of Windspeaker, that was designed to raise awareness of youth suicide in northern Alberta communities. This was in...
By David P. Ball Windspeaker Contributor
Opposition to the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador continues with Innu workers shutting down the construction site alleging racism, two weeks after the arrest of eight Inuit leaders at another protest against the dam.
The latest...
Windspeaker Staff
Aboriginal people are claiming a larger share of the Canadian population. More than 1.4 million people told Statscan they had an Aboriginal identity. Instead of the traditional long form census of the past - a National Household Survey (NHS) was...
By Shari Narine Contributing Sweetgrass Editor FORT CHIPEWYAN
There is an important piece to the issue of murdered and missing Aboriginal girls and women that Mikisew Cree First Nation Chief Steve Courtoreille wants to see addressed.
“We have to educate our children,” he said. Educate girls on being safe and...
Compiled by Debora Steel
A group of influential Indigenous leaders joined Chief Maureen Thomas and the Council of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation in the signing of an International Treaty to protect land, water and Indigenous ways of life against tar sands projects. With...
By Shari Narine Sweetgrass Contributing Editor EDMONTON
Del Graff is hopeful that a report specific to the needs of children leaving care will get the attention it deserves from politicians.Last month, Graff tabled the Special Report on Children Aging out of Care in the Legislature, which included five...
Compiled by Shari Narine
Nine years following the death of 25-year-old University of Saskatchewan student Daleen Bosse, the man accused in her murder has yet to stand trial. On April 15, Douglas Hales, 34, opted for new legal representation and the trial has been...
By Shari Narine Sweetgrass Contributing Editor EDMONTON
First Nations are not impressed with the province’s newest draft policy on consultation.
“I suspect the Chiefs are going to reject it because it’s father-knows-best again,” said Alberta Regional Chief Cameron Alexis, with the Assembly of First...
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