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Indigenous-owned infrastructure vital to country’s trade markets

1 week ago | windspeaker.com | Sam Laskaris

Business leaders worldwide have been spending a good chunk of time thinking about their trade positions since American President Donald Trump took office in January. Trump’s constant tariff talks have caused many to rethink how to respond. At a recent conference in Toronto, one of the sessions focused on how Indigenous ownership in port, rail and transportation facilities is vital to the country’s ability to service world markets.
Garden River Nation forward joins Greater Sudbury Cubs for Centennial Cup tourney

1 week ago | windspeaker.com | Sam Laskaris

The disappointment of thinking his hockey season had come to an end didn’t last long for Lincoln Moore. Moore, a member of Garden River First Nation in northern Ontario, will now have the opportunity to compete for a prestigious hockey title, the Centennial Cup, annually contested by Canada’s top Junior A clubs. Competition runs May 8 through May 18 in Calgary. Ten teams will participate.
Treasure hunters look for hundreds of ounces in lost gold on new APTN series

1 week ago | windspeaker.com | Sam Laskaris

The country’s newest treasure hunting documentary series will premiere on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network on May 5. The series, titled Red River Gold, will have its first episode at 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The series, which consists of 13 episodes in its inaugural season, follows treasure hunters seeking gold coins that disappeared in 1870.
Harvard economist reveals factors that help Indigenous Nations become commercial successes

1 week ago | windspeaker.com | Sam Laskaris

Not only is he a leading American economist but Dr. Joe Kalt also co-founded the Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development in 1987. Kalt was in Toronto recently as a featured speaker at the First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC) conference. Kalt spoke at an April 28 session titled Keys To Indigenous Commercial Success.
Indigenous people serving on boards are ‘not mascots’, Jamieson tells conference goers

2 weeks ago | windspeaker.com | Sam Laskaris

Whenever Roberta Jamieson speaks, people pay close attention to her insightful words. Such was the case on April 29, when Jamieson, a member of Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario, was a panelist during a session at the First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC) conference in Toronto. Jamieson, the first Indigenous woman in Canada to earn a law degree, spoke on a panel titled Stronger Boards, Smarter Business: The Case for Indigenous Representation in Corporate Leadership.
New guide will help Indigenous-owned electrical utilities be successful

2 weeks ago | windspeaker.com | Sam Laskaris

On the final day of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC) conference in Toronto, which concluded April 29, co-emcee Jesse McCormick made a newsworthy announcement. He revealed FNMPC officials had released the Indigenous Utilities Paper, subtitled The Emergence of Indigenous-Owned Electrical Utilities in Canada.
Decades of resistance highlighted in film about a diverted river

2 weeks ago | windspeaker.com | Sam Laskaris

When Stellat’en First Nation filmmaker Lyana Patrick was invited to become involved in a film project in British Columbia she jumped at the opportunity. That’s because the film’s focus was on the decades-long struggle by her own First Nation against the disruption of an important river. Patrick is days away now from the world premiere of the feature documentary she directed titled Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again.
Niska Tah-mah-nah-oon (the goose hunt)

3 weeks ago | windspeaker.com | Xavier Kataquapit

By Xavier KataquapitOne of the last hunting trips I took with my father Marius Kataquapit was out onto our traditional lands next to the opening of the Attawapiskat River on the James Bay coast. Dad had injured his foot that winter and although he had a cast on, he insisted on heading out for Niska Tah-mah-nah-oon, (the goose hunt) with myself and my two younger brothers Joseph and Paul. To my dad, it was an easy and short trip as the ride was only an hour snowmobile ride away.
Documentary tells the story of a forestry company looking forward seven generations to manage lands

3 weeks ago | windspeaker.com | Sam Laskaris

Officials with an Indigenous-owned forestry company in British Columbia insist they are not tooting their own horn. But when an opportunity presented itself for Ntityix Resources, owned by Westbank First Nation, to get its story out via a documentary, they jumped at the opportunity. The result is a 22-minute released earlier this month and now being shared on social media platforms.
New book on the power of water takes centre stage during political threat

3 weeks ago | windspeaker.com | Shari Narine

Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer, scholar and musician Leanne Betasamosake Simpson admits she was worried that when her book Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead was finally published it would no longer be relevant. “I wrote the book at a different time. Trump wasn't elected yet,” said Betasamosake Simpson.