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Ahkameyimok Podcast with Perry Bellegarde

Perry Bellegarde, former National Chief, Assembly of First Nations

National Chief Perry Bellegarde leads discussions on important issues from a First Nations perspective

Episodes

20 of 75 episodes

In Remembrance - 2020 interview with the Rt Hon. Brian Mulroney

This conversation with the late Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney, Canada's 18th Prime Minister, was originally posted in August 2020. "Some people sa...

0:29:41Mar 1, 2024

Episode 62: Bryan Trottier - All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice

Bryan Trottier needs little introduction. The Hockey Hall of Fame player was a key member and leading scorer for the New York Islanders Stan...

0:51:04Mar 20, 2023

Episode 61: Kuper Island with Duncan McCue

The host of the popular CBC Kuper Island Podcast on the challenges and revelations from reporting about one of Canada's most notorious Resid...

0:45:59Jan 20, 2023

Episode 60: The Valley of the Birdtail with Douglas Sanderson and Andrew Stobo Sniderman

Chief Perry is thrilled to be joined Douglas Sanderson and Andrew Stobo Sniderman for a fascinating and thoughtful conversation about their...

0:38:40Dec 23, 2022

Episode 59: Akhameyimok Returns - Kimberly Murray: Speaking Out for the Residential School Children in Unmarked Graves

"The survivors felt if this had been white children, the community wouldn't be the ones having to investigate their own genocide." - Kimberl...

0:46:56Nov 24, 2022

What Brings You Hope?

****As we move into 2022, we're reposting Perry's episode on Hope, one of the most popular of the past year. We hope it brings you joy and i...

0:39:33Dec 30, 2021

Season's Greetings from Perry Bellegarde and the Ahkameyimok Podcast

A holiday message from Perry Bellegarde, with best wishes for the year ahead from Perry and the Ahkameyimok Podcast team.

0:01:12Dec 15, 2021

Best of Ahkameyimok - Overcoming Sexual Abuse in Hockey with Sheldon Kennedy

*** In light of revelations that the NHL Chicago Blackhawks covered up a case of sexual abuse of one it's players by a member of it's coachi...

0:36:57Oct 28, 2021

Best of Ahkameyimok - Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Marie Wilson

*** In honour of the first ever National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th, we are re-posting this interview with Marie Wils...

0:36:18Sep 29, 2021

Best of Ahkameyimok - Revitalizing Indigenous Languages w/ Dr Lorna Williams

***Encore Presentation*** ***This interview with Dr Lorna Williams originally aired on Jan 21, 2021 *** What is the state of First Nations l...

0:43:15Sep 27, 2021

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh: The Best of Ahkameyimok - The Political Interviews

ENCORE PRESENTATION ***This interview with federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh was originally aired on March 3rd, 2021*** ***With the Akhameyim...

453364:35:33Sep 15, 2021

Green Party Leader Annamie Paul: The Best of Ahkameyimok - The Political Interviews

ENCORE PRESENTATION ***This interview with the Green Party Leader Annamie Paul was first posted on October 15, 2020, shortly after she won t...

453364:33:00Sep 11, 2021

Catherine McKenna: The Best of Ahkameyimok - The Political Interviews

ENCORE PRESENTATION ***With the Akhameyimok Podcast on summer hiatus and a federal election now underway, we are re-running National Chief B...

0:30:04Aug 19, 2021

Erin O'Toole: Best of Ahkameyimok - The Political Interviews

ENCORE PRESENTATION ***With the Akhameyimok Podcast on summer hiatus and a federal election now underway, we are re-running National Chief B...

0:45:03Aug 15, 2021

Episode 58: Kevin Hearn of the Barenaked Ladies - Norval Morrisseau Documentary

"I just wanted to buy a painting, really." Kevin Hearn of the Barenaked Ladies is our guest on this episode of #Ahkameyimok. He and Perry ta...

0:29:54Jul 28, 2021

Episode 57: What Brings You Hope?

As National Chief, Perry Bellegarde has always focused on the importance hope: "Always leave more hope in a room than was there when you arr...

0:39:33Jul 7, 2021

Episode 56: 751 Unmarked Graves with Cowesess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme

On this Canada Day, a special episode on the devastating and ongoing impact of the Residential School system. The shocking find of 751 unmar...

0:24:49Jul 1, 2021

Episode 55: Ron Ignace - First Indigenous Languages Commissioner

"For those of us who are survivors of the oppression of our languages and the part of the cultural and physical genocide brought on us by th...

0:36:15Jun 16, 2021

Episode 54: John Milloy - Residential Schools : A National Crime

"The Feds founded the first three federal residential schools in 1883 in Alberta and Saskatchewan. First Nations people formed the majority...

0:33:38Jun 10, 2021

Episode 53: Marie Wilson - The Mass Grave at Kamloops Residential School

***The subject matter and content of this episode may not be suitable for all listeners*** "We did hear of children's bones being found in t...

0:36:17Jun 3, 2021