
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...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsOpening Radio and Podcast...

Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsFetching podcast shows and categories...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsFetching podcast episodes...

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

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

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

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

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

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

****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...

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

*** 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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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...

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...

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

"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...

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

***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...

**** Encore Presentation **** Bill C-15 - the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People Act - is now moving to the Canadian Senate,...

Conner Roulette won Gold this month, playing for Team Canada at the Under 18 World Hockey Championships in Texas, helping defeat Russia in t...

"The Mi'kmaq are not leaving. We've told the associations, we told the DFO, we told anyone who would listen. The Government has to do someth...

"We've been working really hard with the government of Canada on meeting their 5% target of procurement from Indigenous business. We did som...

"The rule of thumb, "Nothing about us, without us," also applies to the United Nations and we (First Nations people) should always be in the...

On this special Earth Day episode of the Ahkameyimok Podcast, Catherine McKenna, the Federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and...

"It's very complex, our language, and it's filled with spirituality and land and psychology and it's directly related to where we come from....

Mark Podlasly says the trend towards investors using Environmental, Social and Governance investment standards, or ESG, is overall a positiv...

For the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic among First Nations, National Chief Perry Bellegarde talks with Dr. Evan Adams, Deputy Chief Me...

"When I went to school and started hearing stories about Roman and Greek mythology and the stars of Orion and Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, I assu...

"The fact that DRIPA was passed unanimously needs to be underscored. This isn't an agenda of the NDP government, it's something that was emb...

"The part of becoming the first indigenous President of the Canadian Medical Association that resonates most with me is knowing that youth o...

Jagmeet Singh, leader of the federal New Democratic Party, joins us on this episode of the Ahkameyimok Podcast. Singh and National Chief Bel...

Former NDP Member of Parliament Romeo Saganash visits the Ahkameyimok Podcast to discuss how Bill C-15, which works to ensure Canadian laws...

"If you see the message coming from someone who is from my age or younger, that's when you know you are doing something wrong and something...

"It's not just to say that we're doing the right thing because we have a certain number of First Nations people involved. It's to learn and...

Chief Willie Littlechild knows a thing or two about the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He helped write the...

On #BellLetsTalk Day, as part of the AFN effort to help support mental health all across Canada, National Chief Perry Bellegarde is joined b...

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond discusses the findings from her independent investigation in Indigenous racism in British Columbia's health care sy...

What is the state of First Nations languages in Canada? One of the leading experts on the promotion and restoration of Indigenous culture an...

Sheldon Kennedy is one of Canada's leading campaigners in the fight against child abuse. The retired NHL veteran and founder of the Calgary...

With First Nations COVID cases spiking, Dr Evan Adams, Deputy-Chief Medical Officer at Indigenous Services Canada, joins National Chief Perr...

Tom Jackson took a break from his annual Huron Carole concert series, fundraising for homeless shelters, to join National Chief Perry Belleg...

"If you have a child that is loved and has opportunities and is in their family, you're not going to have child abuse. In fact we have very...

"That divide is there between cultural and Christian First Nations people. I love that there's still respect between the two and that they c...

"The fastest growing prison population is not just indigenous people, but particularly indigenous women and even more so, those who experien...

“It’s very dehumanizing what we are going through. Water is a basic human right.” Neskantaga First Nation has the longest standing boil wate...

To mark Remembrance Day, Major General Joe Paul, the highest ranking First Nations officer in the Canadian Armed Forces, joins National Chie...

First Nations people are 4 percent of the Canadian population but make up about one quarter of the prison population. This is just one more...

"The vast percentage of the world's intact biodiversity is on lands that belong to First Nations. These are not just the metaphorical guardi...