Warrior Life

Mar 12 2025 176 ep. 51 mins 733
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Join award-winning host Pam Palmater, Mi’kmaw lawyer, author & activist, as she shares the stories of Indigenous warriors and activists on the front lines of protecting Indigenous lands, peoples, and cultures.

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Chief Frost on National Children's Chiefs Commission

Mar 12 2025 52 mins  
Chief Frost on National Children's Chiefs Commission Warrior Life Podcast Vuntut Gwitchin Chief Pauline Frost talks to us about her role as Chair of the National Children's Chiefs Commission, which was created to negotiate the final settlement on long-term reform for First Nation child and family services YouTube video version TBD You can find a full copy of the draft agreement

Cindy Blackstock Update on Jordan's Principle

Feb 24 2025 66 mins  
Cindy Blackstock Update on Jordan's Principle Warrior Life Podcast In today's episode, we hear from Gitxsan advocate - Dr. Cindy Blackstock, head of the First Nation Child and Family Caring Society - who gives us an update on the backlog in the Jordan's Principle program as well as where the draft settlement for long-term reform on child welfare for First Nations stands. YouTube

Alan Syliboy on Mi'kmaw Art

Feb 04 2025 58 mins  
Alan Syliboy on Mi'kmaw Art Warrior Life Podcast Today's episode is with one of my favourite Mi'kmaw artists, Alan Syliboy from Millbrook First Nation. His work has always inspired me, and in fact, my very first piece of art came from him. YouTube video version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X6gbNqXBHw Check out his website: https://alansyliboy.ca/ You can check out his store

Gabe Galanda on Federal Indian Blood Quantum Fiction

Jan 27 2025 52 mins  
Gabe Galanda on Federal Indian Blood Quantum Fiction Warrior Life Podcast with host Pam Palmater In today's episode, I welcome back my friend, Gabe Galanda. Gabe belongs to the Round Valley Indian Tribes of California, descending from the Nomlaki and Concow Peoples. He is an Indigenous human rights attorney and the managing lawyer at Galanda Broadman, PLLC, an Indigenous rights f

Percy Sacobie on Wolastoqey Art

Jan 21 2025 67 mins  
Percy Sacobie on Wolastoqey Art Warrior Life Podcast Welcome back to a new year of the Warrior Life Podcast. We have an incredible year of artists, authors, experts, advocates and activists lined up for you! I can think of no better way to start off 2025 than with my friend Percy Sacobie, a Wolastoqey artist and educator from St. Mary's First Nation. He talks to us about the insp

Leah Gazan on Human Rights and Advocacy

Dec 03 2024 55 mins  
Leah Gazan on Human Rights and Advocacy Warrior Life Podcast In today's episode, we hear from NDP MP Leah Gazan from the Wood Mountain Lakota Nation in Treaty 4 Territory in Saskatchewan. She shares with us her journey from teacher to federal politician and how she dedicates everything she does to the community. Her lifelong role as a human rights advocate serves her well in gover

Confronting Residential School Denialism with Sean Carleton

Oct 25 2024 105 mins  
Dr. Sean Carleton on confronting Indian residential school denialism. Indian Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419 Dr. Sean Carleton is a well-known historian and Indigenous Studies Scholar who teaches at the University of Manitoba. His award-winning research and publications examine the history and political economy of colonialism, capitalism, and education in Canada.

When the Pine Needles Fall Book Launch

Oct 11 2024 48 mins  
When the Pine Needles Fall Book Launch Warrior Life Podcast Welcome back to the Warrior Life Podcast! Today's episode is a special one that is the audio version of the online book launch for "When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance" published by Between the Lines, written by Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel with Sean Carleton, foreword by me (Pamela Palmater), and

Kimberly Murray Update on Unmarked Graves

Sep 27 2024 57 mins  
Kimberly Murray Update on Unmarked Graves Warrior Life Podcast Welcome back to the Warrior Life Podcast! We are running special podcasts for the month of September in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept.30, 2024. In today's episode, we hear from Kimberly Murray, the Special Interlocutor for Missing Children & Unmarked Graves & Burial Sites associated w

Cindy Blackstock on Long-Term First Nation Child Welfare Reform Draft Settlement

Sep 20 2024 99 mins  
Cindy Blackstock on Long-Term First Nation Child Welfare Reform Draft Settlement - Warrior Life Podcast Welcome back to the Warrior Life Podcast! We are running special podcasts for the month of September in advance of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept.30, 2024. In today's episode, we hear from Dr. Cindy Blackstock who had previously joined me on a YouTube LIV