Author Archives: Daniel Barker-Tremblay
Poundmaker's lodge helping clients step into new footwear with shoe drive
The Poundmaker's Lodge Shoe Drive is underway at Kingsway Garden Mall, where many shoppers can donate shoes in the donation box. Windspeaker Radio Network spoke with Carla Jamison, the communit...
Sep 13, 2023 Poundmaker's Shoe Drive donation box inside Kingsway Mall (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
U of A archeologist to help lead exploration of Indigenous knowledge with $30 Million international project
The University of Alberta announced a five-year $30-million international project that aims to braid Indigenous and Western scientific approaches to tackling the worlds most pressing challenges. ...
Sep 13, 2023 Students studying with a scope at the U of A (Photo provided)
Athabasca Tribal Council set to host Orange Shirt Day events in RMWB
The Athabasca Tribal Council (ATC) in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is inviting many of the community members to attend their events to honor Orange Shirt Day, along with honoring the Nati...
Sep 06, 2023 Orange Shirt Pins (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
Poundmaker's Lodge celebrates 50th anniversary Pow Wow
The Poundmaker's Lodge Treatment Centre Celebrated their 50th anniversary competition Pow Wow over the weekend, where dancers from across Turtle Island arrived to compete and to raise awareness of add...
Aug 22, 2023 Poundmaker's Lodge 50th Annual Pow Wow Competition (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
Fort McMurray's Treaty Six Eagles soar high with gold from AIG
The 2023 Alberta Indigenous Games (AIG) continued it's ten days of competition over the weekend inside the Saville Community Sports Centre, where gold medals where awarded to the Treaty Six Eagles fro...
Aug 22, 2023 Alberta Indigenous Games Gold Medals (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
MNA Solar Panel project in Smoky Lake near completion
Salay Prayzaan (Michif for "A Gift from the Sun") is the solar panel project that is near completion near Metis Crossing in Smoky Lake. Metis Nation of Alberta Environment and Climate Change Di...
Aug 17, 2023 Salay Prayzaan MNA Solar Panel Project in Smokey Lake. Photo by the Metis Nation of Alberta.
Metis Crossing hosts 95th Annual General Assembly & Beavers Den
Metis Crossing in Smokey Lake hosted the Metis Nation of Alberta's 95th Annual General Assembly and 'The Beavers Den' over the weekend. Madam President of the Metis Nation of Alberta Audrey Poi...
Aug 15, 2023 The Beavers Den at Metis Crossing
Aysanabee brings a unique performance to Edmonton Folk Music Festival
The annual Edmonton Folk Music Festival featured many artists on the hill, with one of the performers being Aysanabee. Aysanabee spoke with Windspeaker Radio Network about his performances at t...
Aug 15, 2023 Aysanabee performing at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival
Edmonton Elks Indigenous Logo designed by local artist
The Edmonton Elks Indigenous Celebration Night showcased a new logo that both the Elks players and fans wore inside Commonwealth Stadium. Conrad Plews, the artist behind the design of the Indigenous l...
Aug 11, 2023 Conrad Plews, artist of the Edmonton Elks Indigenous Logo (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
Dancing Cree set to perform at Edmonton Elks Halftime show
The Edmonton Elks will be hosting their second annual Indigenous Celebration game as they are taking on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Commonwealth Stadium on August 10. During the half-time show, a spe...
Aug 10, 2023 Dancing Cree poses for a photo next to C-FLCI during the H145 welcome event at the STARS Edmonton base. It was the final welcome event in the organization's 10-helicopter fleet-renewal campaign.
Photo by Lyle Aspinall
