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Windspeaker - Canada's National Aboriginal News Source
publishing since March 1983.

Contributing Editor: Debora Steel

Windspeaker is Canada's most widely distributed Aboriginal news publication and the most effective means of reaching Canada's Aboriginal people.

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Rank Comix for May 2013
By Adam Martin
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Vancouver Island band abandons key consultation process
By David P. Ball
Kwakiutl Indian Band has rejected B.C. government attempts to negotiate a “new relationship” with First Nations, saying that talks had failed to respect its right to refuse consent to industrial development on their territories. Only weeks before...
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Passion fuels powerful television drama
By Shari Narine Windspeaker Contributor EDMONTON
It was a long six weeks for cast and crew of the Prairie Dog Film + Television production Blackstone, but after waiting almost two years to shoot the third season of the Gemini-award winning production, they were hours well spent. “Getting to know...
Nathan White [footprints]
By Alo White with Dianne Meili
Father struggles with terrible grief Alo White of Naotkamegwanning First Nation in Northwestern Ontario enjoyed hearing his son Nathan sing traditional Anishinaabe songs after he was initiated into his community’s Midewin lodge. “Tatibanhanaqwet,...
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Groundswell of support needed to motivate feds
By Shari Narine Windspeaker Contributor EDMONTON
Getting Canadians involved in an issue that transcends racial lines is the only way the federal government will move ahead on a call for a National Public Commission of Inquiry into violence against Indigenous women and girls. “This is an issue that...
Neskantaga First Nation in northern Ontario declared a state of emergency
Compiled by Debora Steel
Neskantaga First Nation in northern Ontario declared a state of emergency in mid-April after two suicides in less than a week. This brings the total lost to suicide to seven deaths in the past year, and 20 suicide attempts. A recent health report...
Elder Raymond Robinson – Hero to some, well-intentioned grandstander to others
By David P. Ball Windspeaker Contributor OTTAWA
Hunger striking Indigenous people have gained international headline-grabbing prominence since the birth of the Idle No More movement, thanks to a six-week fast by Attawapaskat’s Chief Theresa Spence and Cross Lake Elder Raymond Robinson that...
Terry Nelson accused of feeding the feds info. on Idle No More
Compiled by Debora Steel
Journalist Laura Stone reports that former chief of Roseau River First Nation, Terrance Nelson, an also ran in the Assembly of First Nations election for national chief, was feeding the federal government information about the Idle No More movement...
Healing the focus of justice program
By Barb Nahwegahbow Windspeaker Contributor OTTAWA
On April 19, the Odawa Friendship Centre held a thanksgiving and unveiling ceremony at Ottawa’s Elgin Street courthouse attended by about 300 people. “We wanted to publicly acknowledge our partnership with the courts and give thanks to them, the...
RCMP constable Andy Yung acquitted of assault on teen
Compiled by Debora Steel
Constable Andy Yung, the Williams Lake RCMP officer who punched a First Nations teen in the face, has been acquitted of an assault charge. On April 22 a judge ruled that Yung acted reasonably during the arrest of an 18-year-old girl in 2011. “It’s...

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