Warrior Life

Samqwan: Water DIGIFEST TEMECULA 2023 Official SelectionECHNONATION Audio & Film Festival 2022 Official SelectionECHONATION BEST PODCAST AWARD (under 30mins) (2022)imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival 2022FLOW audio works exhibit (commission)Welcome back to a new season of the Warrior Life Podcast! Today's podcast is a special one that I created for the imagineNATIVE podcast project called FLO...

Today we hear from Dr. Kim TallBear, an Indigenous Professor of Native Studies at the University of Alberta and CRC in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Society. She is an internationally renowned author and expert on issues related to Native identities, colonial concepts of race, and the ways in which science and tech interacts with our conceptions of society. She talks to use about the growi...

Welcome back to a new season of the Warrior Life Podcast! This week's podcast is with the amazing Riley Yesno - a young warrior blazing trails and leading the way in Indigenous resurgence. We talk about her journey so far, how people can support Indigenous peoples and her NEW podcast - REDsurgence!!Link to the YouTube (video) version:https://youtu.be/5wz_XY9ZbKo You can follow Riley at her socials...

Dr. Cindy Blackstock is from Gitxsan First Nation in BC and heads the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society. She is also a professor at McGill University in the School of Social Work. Cindy and her team won the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal case against Canada for racial discrimination against First Nations children in foster care and their families. Despite numerous non-compliance orders...

In honour of Mi'kmaw History (and Present) Month, we talk to Mi'kmaw journalist and owner of Ku'ku'kwes News, Maureen Googoo from Sipekne’katik First Nation (Indian Brook) in Nova Scotia. She shares with us her journey into journalism and why she started her own news outlet covering news from Mi'kma'ki. You can follow her on Twitter https://twitter.com/mgoogooYou follow Ku'ku'kwes News on Twitter...

In honour of Mi'kmaw History (and Present) Month, we talk to Mi'kmaw lawyer, advocate, health expert, public speaker and runner, Jarvis Googoo from We'koqma'q. He shares with us some of his life journey, education and experiences, as well as his views on reconciliation and the importance of public education about the Mi'kmaw Nation - then and now. He is a phenomenal public educator about all thing...

Welcome back to a new season of the Warrior Life Podcast! Today's Warrior Life Podcast is a conversation with Brandi Morin, an award-winning Cree/Iroquois/French journalist, author and activist from Alberta. She talks to us about her life journey and her new book: Our Voice of Fire: Memoir of a Warrior Rising. You can buy her book here:https://amzn.to/3dRCbu6You can follow her on Twitter https://t...

Welcome back to a new season of the Warrior Life Podcast! Today's Warrior Life Podcast is a conversation with Alicia Elliott, an award-winning author and editor who is Tuscarora from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory in Ontario. You can follow her on Twitter https://twitter.com/WordsandGuitarYou can also buy her new book: A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, here: https://amzn.to/3BzyktLLink to...

Welcome to a new season of the Warrior Life Podcast! Today's episode is a conversation with Chief Lady Bird - a Chippewa and Potawatomi artist from Rama First Nation and Moosedeer Point First Nation in Ontario. She is an interdisciplinary artist, illustrator, muralist, author, and activist whose artistic style is recognizable all over Canada. You can follow her on Twitter https://twitter.com/chief...

In this episode, we talk to Zoe Craig-Sparrow a human rights advocate from Musqueam Indian Band, who talks about her journey from youth to adulthood working in and advocating for Indigenous rights and human rights. Zoe is currently the Director of Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice at Justice for Girls where I had the opportunity to work with her on a submission to the UN defending Mi'kma...

Today’s podcast is actually a very special event that was hosted by ACAST – an amazing independent podcast company that supports diverse podcasters.--On Nov.3, 2021, I had the amazing honour to guest curate and host Aclass: Indigenous Voices – a panel discussion with some of my favorite Indigenous podcasters from Canada and the US!--Link to ACAST's YouTube Channel where you can watch the event:htt...

In this episode, we talk to the Honourable Marion Buller, the former Chief Commission of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada. Marion is a member of the Mistawasis Nêhiyawak - a Cree First Nation in Saskatchewan. The National Inquiry considered oral and written testimony and evidence and reviewed tons of research and submissions before concluding that...

In this episode, we talk to Ginger Gosnell-Myers from the Nisga’a and Kwakwaka'wakw Nations. Ginger is the first Indigenous Fellow with SFU Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue focused on Decolonization + Urban Indigenous Policy/Planning:https://www.sfu.ca/dialogue/programs/reconciliation-and-decolonization/decolonization-and-urban-indigenous-planning--ginger-gosnell-mye.htmlShe was also the first In...

In this episode, we hear from Metis warrior Gabrielle Fayant who is actively engaging and supporting urban Indigenous youth in Ottawa. Gabby is currently the CEO of the Assembly of Seven Generations - an Indigenous-owned and youth-led, non-profit organization - focused on cultural support and empowering urban Indigenous youth. You can help support Indigenous youth here:https://www.a7g.ca/donate.ht...

In this episode, we talk to Michael Redhead Champagne - originally from Shamattawa First Nation - who lives and works in Winnipeg's North End. He is a community organizer who has won many awards for his work and is also a prolific public speaker inspiring hearts and minds all over Turtle Island. Michael talks about his boundless love and hope for our communities and why we need everyone in the rev...

In this episode, we talk to land defender, water protector and youth warrior Vanessa Gray from Aamjiwnaang First Nation about the urgent need to take climate action. She also stresses the need for Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit peoples to be able to be on the land without facing violence. --She was recently arrested for allegedly engaging in peaceful demonstrations in support of Wet'suwet'...

In this episode, we talk to Tania Cameron of the Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation, on her community organizing to help bring much needed emergency aide to Bearskin Lake First Nation. Over the holidays, the community's covid infection rate increased to 50% and neither the federal nor provincial governments responded to their calls for emergency assistance, So, with the permission of Bearskin Lake Fi...

Today’s podcast is the first for 2022 - Happy New Year everyone! This podcast is from a keynote I did for Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs (APC) for the Atlantic Indigenous Health Conference held in March 2021.I have dedicated this episode to my cousin Candy Palmater who passed away unexpectedly on Christmas morning. She left a powerful legacy of love and compassion for our peoples...

Warrior Life Podcast TrailerAfter 500 years of genocide, Indigenous peoples are STILL here – asserting, living and defending our sovereignty all over Turtle Island. We have NEVER ceded, surrendered or extinguished the lands, waters, or resources in our territories and THIS is why we are targets – targets for state-based violence, exploitation, and criminalization. My name is Pam Palmater and I am...

Episode 119 is an excerpt from my keynote presentation called Working Together to Save our Peoples and the Planet. It was part of the Parkland Institute’s 25th Annual Conference called: Building the Future We Need, which was held on Nov.19-21, 2021.The event was co-facilitated by Jason Foster and Angela Grier of the Parkland Institute and my presentation was sponsored by Athabasca University and S...

In episode 118, Sleydo' Molly Wickham, spokesperson for Gidimt'en clan at Coyote camp, details RCMP violent arrests and detentions of Wet'suwet'en peoples and other land defenders. RCMP - whose pensions are invested in Coastal GasLink pipeline (via TC Energy) - act like private security for CGL & breach human rights of Wet'suwet'en.--Link to the YouTube video version of this podcast:https://www.yo...

In Episode 117 of Warrior Life Podcast, we hear from Skyler Williams, Layla Staats and Logan Staats - Mohawks from Six Nations of the Grand River and part of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. They share their experiences travelling to Wet'suwet'en territory to help protecting Wet'suwet'en Nation hereditary leaders, clan members and relatives protect the lands and waters from destruction by Coastal Ga...

Episode 116 of Warrior Life Podcast is a special panel conversation with Indigenous experts Dr. Winona Wheeler (Fisher River Cree Nation), Dr. Kim TallBear (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) and Dr. Veldon Coburn (Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation) on the issue of Indigenous identity fraud. It is important to note that this discussion around Indigenous identity fraud does not refer to Indigenous peop...

Carole Geller Human Rights Award 2021: Kanahus Manuel & Tiny House Warriors-On November 9, 2021, Kanahus Manuel and the Tiny House Warriors were awarded the Carole Geller Human Rights Award for their role as Secwe̓pemc land defenders, taking action to protect their unceded lands - Secwepemcúĺecw. The Tiny House Warriors are a group of grassroots Indigenous leaders who, under the authority of Secwe...

Episode 114 of Warrior Life Podcast is a special conversation with basketball phenom, Michael Linklater from Thunderchild First Nation, who represented Canada at the FIBA 3x3 World Cup. Michael has won many awards for his achievements in sports as well as his work inspiring Indigenous youth. He is the founder of the international campaign - Boys With Braids - celebrating Indigenous boys and their...