Ahkameyimok Podcast with Perry Bellegarde

By Perry Bellegarde, former National Chief, Assembly of First Nations

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

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Ahkameyimok Podcast with Perry Bellegarde episodes:

03.01.2024
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 said, 'well there is racism in Canada but there is no systemic racism.' And to those people I said, 'You've...
03.20.2023
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 Stanley Cup dynasty of the 1980's, and then with Pittsburgh Penguins of the early 90's. He is...
01.20.2023
Episode 61: Kuper Island with Duncan McCue
"We uncovered evidence of a police investigation in the 1930's at Kuper Island School where they interviewed dozens and dozens of children who had been sexually abused. That ended up going nowhere. The Catholic Church knew about it. The Department...
12.23.2022
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 new book, "The Valley of the Birdtail."It is a heart-rending, true story about racism and reconciliation.Divided by a beautiful...
11.24.2022
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." - Kimberly MurrayThe Ahkameyimok Podcast is back!And for this return episode Chief Perry Bellegarde is thrilled to have Kimberly...
12.30.2021
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 inspiration as we enter the New Year.*******Encore Episode***In his seven years as National...
12.15.2021
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.
10.28.2021
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 coaching staff, we are re-posting this powerful interview with former NHL player and sexual...
09.29.2021
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 Wilson, who was a Commissioner on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 2009 to 2015. This interview...
09.27.2021
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 languages in Canada? One of the leading experts on the promotion and restoration of Indigenous culture and language, Dr Lorna...
09.15.2021
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 Akhameyimok Podcast on hiatus and a federal election underway, we are re-running National Chief Bellegarde's best interviews from the past year with leaders and...
09.11.2021
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 the Green Party leadership and before in-fighting broke out within the Green Party caucus and organization******With the Akhameyimok Podcast...
08.19.2021
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 Bellegarde's best interviews from the past year with leaders and senior members of the main federal political parties to help provide...
08.15.2021
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 Bellegarde's best interviews from the past year with leaders and senior members of the main federal political parties to help provide...
07.28.2021
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 talk about his new documentary, "There Are No Fakes," which exposes a massive art forgery ring...
07.07.2021
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 arrived."Over the 57 episodes of the Ahkameyimok Podcast, no matter how difficult the conversation or the...
07.01.2021
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 unmarked graves at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan is another heartbreaking...
06.17.2021
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 the Church and State that ran Residential Schools... the day the that Bill C-91,...
06.16.2021
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 the Church and State that ran Residential Schools... the day the that Bill C-91,...
06.11.2021
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 of the population and were power brokers in that area and one of the ways to deal with them...
06.10.2021
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 of the population and were power brokers in that area and one of the ways to deal with them...
06.04.2021
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 the foundations of buildings when (Residential) schools were dismantled. We heard of children being thrown into furnaces....
06.03.2021
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 the foundations of buildings when (Residential) schools were dismantled. We heard of children being thrown into furnaces....
05.28.2021
**Encore: Chief Willie Littlechild on Bill C-15 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
**** Encore Presentation **** Bill C-15 - the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People Act - is now moving to the Canadian Senate, after passing successfully through the House of Commons, a last crucial step before becoming law. In...
05.21.2021
Conner Roulette: First Nations Hockey Gold Medal Winner
Conner Roulette won Gold this month, playing for Team Canada at the Under 18 World Hockey Championships in Texas, helping defeat Russia in the championship game. A forward with the WHL's Seattle Thunderbirds and a proud member of the Misipawistik Cree...
05.20.2021
Episode 52: Conner Roulette: First Nations Hockey Gold Medal Winner
Conner Roulette won Gold this month, playing for Team Canada at the Under 18 World Hockey Championships in Texas, helping defeat Russia in the championship game. A forward with the WHL's Seattle Thunderbirds and a proud member of the Misipawistik Cree...
05.14.2021
Chief Terry Paul - The Fight for Atlantic First Nations Fisheries
"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 something, and that is to help make space in the waters for us, because we are...
05.13.2021
Episode 51: Chief Terry Paul - The Fight for Atlantic First Nations Fisheries
"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 something, and that is to help make space in the waters for us, because we are...
05.06.2021
Tabatha Bull - CEO: Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
"We've been working really hard with the government of Canada on meeting their 5% target of procurement from Indigenous business. We did some work with them to look at where they spent their money and compared that to Indigenous businesses...
05.05.2021
Episode 50: Tabatha Bull - CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
"We've been working really hard with the government of Canada on meeting their 5% target of procurement from Indigenous business. We did some work with them to look at where they spent their money and compared that to Indigenous businesses...
04.29.2021
Episode 49: Sheryl Lightfoot - Representing First Nations at the United Nations
"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 room, participating in conversations, when there are global decisions being made that will come back...
04.22.2021
Episode 48: Hon Catherine McKenna - Canadian Minister of Infrastructure
On this special Earth Day episode of the Ahkameyimok Podcast, Catherine McKenna, the Federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and a former Environment Minister, joins National Chief Bellegarde to discuss the $6 billion in funding for First Nations specific infrastructure...
04.15.2021
Episode 47: Louise Bernice Halfe - Sky Dancer: Canada's First Indigenous Parliamentary Poet Laureate.
"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. We are a composition of all these minerals because we are the Big Bang, we come from...
04.08.2021
Episode 46: Environmental, Social, Governance Investment Standards and First Nations with Mark Podlasly
Mark Podlasly says the trend towards investors using Environmental, Social and Governance investment standards, or ESG, is overall a positive trend except for one large problem, they almost completely ignore the input of First Nations. This, he says, makes it...
04.01.2021
Episode 45: COVID-19 and Vaccine Update with Dr Evan Adams
For the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic among First Nations, National Chief Perry Bellegarde talks with Dr. Evan Adams, Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Indigenous Services Canada. The two discuss the reasons for Dr. Adams sense of optimism due...
03.25.2021
Episode 44: Acakosuk - A First Nations Reading of the Night Sky with Wilfred Buck
"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 assumed that it was only the Romans and Greeks that looked up at the sky....
03.19.2021
Murray Rankin - BC Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
"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 embraced by all representatives of the people of British Columbia, and I can't overemphasize how important that...
03.18.2021
Episode 43: Murray Rankin - BC Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
"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 embraced by all representatives of the people of British Columbia, and I can't overemphasize how important that...
03.12.2021
Dr Alika Lafontaine - The First Indigenous President of the Canadian Medical Association
"The part of becoming the first indigenous President of the Canadian Medical Association that resonates most with me is knowing that youth out there are going to see someone who is like them and know that they will have the...
03.11.2021
Episode 42: Dr Alika Lafontaine - The First Indigenous President of the Canadian Medical Association
"The part of becoming the first indigenous President of the Canadian Medical Association that resonates most with me is knowing that youth out there are going to see someone who is like them and know that they will have the...
03.03.2021
Episode 41: Jagmeet Singh - Federal NDP Leader
Jagmeet Singh, leader of the federal New Democratic Party, joins us on this episode of the Ahkameyimok Podcast. Singh and National Chief Bellegarde discuss the pandemic, what drew him into politics, overcoming systemic racism, the upcoming election, the importance of...
02.25.2021
Romeo Saganash - Indigenous Rights are Human Rights. Bill C-15
Former NDP Member of Parliament Romeo Saganash visits the Ahkameyimok Podcast to discuss how Bill C-15, which works to ensure Canadian laws live up to the requirements set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, builds on...
02.24.2021
Episode 40: Romeo Saganash - Indigenous Rights are Human Rights. Bill C-15
Former NDP Member of Parliament Romeo Saganash visits the Ahkameyimok Podcast to discuss how Bill C-15, which works to ensure Canadian laws live up to the requirements set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, builds on...
02.16.2021
Episode 39: Autumn Peltier - The Water Walker
"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 has to be done. Because the youth shouldn't have to be using their voices,...
02.11.2021
Andrew Ference: How the NHL Plans to Bring Hockey to First Nations
"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 have the knowledge of the First Nations people, because we'll be better for it....
02.10.2021
Episode 38: Andrew Ference - How the NHL Plans to Bring Hockey to First Nations
"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 have the knowledge of the First Nations people, because we'll be better for it....
02.04.2021
Episode 37: Chief Willie Littlechild - The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and Bill C-15
Chief Willie Littlechild knows a thing or two about the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He helped write the first draft of the UN Declaration back in 1977. Chief Littlechild then spent 30 years working to...
01.28.2021
First Nations and Mental Health w/ Dr. Carol Hopkins #BellLetsTalk
On #BellLetsTalk Day, as part of the AFN effort to help support mental health all across Canada, National Chief Perry Bellegarde is joined by Dr Carol Hopkins to talk mental health and First Nations. They discuss why traditional First Nations...
01.27.2021
Episode 36: First Nations and Mental Health w/ Dr. Carol Hopkins #BellLetsTalk
On #BellLetsTalk Day, as part of the AFN effort to help support mental health all across Canada, National Chief Perry Bellegarde is joined by Dr Carol Hopkins to talk mental health and First Nations. They discuss why traditional First Nations...
01.25.2021
Episode 35: Racism in BC Healthcare w/ Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
"I document one case, and it really hit me, in this report, where a First Nations mom and she's in the hospital, the obstetrician is attending to her and she's about to have her baby by C-Section. It's kind of...

What's Ahkameyimok Podcast with Perry Bellegarde about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Ahkameyimok Podcast with Perry Bellegarde episodes:

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

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

Episode 61: Kuper Island with Duncan McCue

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

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

What Brings You Hope?

Season's Greetings from Perry Bellegarde and the Ahkameyimok Podcast

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

Best of Ahkameyimok - Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Marie Wilson

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

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

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

Catherine McKenna: The Best of Ahkameyimok - The Political Interviews

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

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

Episode 57: What Brings You Hope?

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

Ron Ignace: First Indigenous Languages Commissioner

Episode 55: Ron Ignace - First Indigenous Languages Commissioner

John Milloy: Residential Schools - A National Crime

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

Marie Wilson: The Mass Grave at Kamloops Residential School

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

**Encore: Chief Willie Littlechild on Bill C-15 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

Conner Roulette: First Nations Hockey Gold Medal Winner

Episode 52: Conner Roulette: First Nations Hockey Gold Medal Winner

Chief Terry Paul - The Fight for Atlantic First Nations Fisheries

Episode 51: Chief Terry Paul - The Fight for Atlantic First Nations Fisheries

Tabatha Bull - CEO: Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

Episode 50: Tabatha Bull - CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

Episode 49: Sheryl Lightfoot - Representing First Nations at the United Nations

Episode 48: Hon Catherine McKenna - Canadian Minister of Infrastructure

Episode 47: Louise Bernice Halfe - Sky Dancer: Canada's First Indigenous Parliamentary Poet Laureate.

Episode 46: Environmental, Social, Governance Investment Standards and First Nations with Mark Podlasly

Episode 45: COVID-19 and Vaccine Update with Dr Evan Adams

Episode 44: Acakosuk - A First Nations Reading of the Night Sky with Wilfred Buck

Murray Rankin - BC Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation

Episode 43: Murray Rankin - BC Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation

Dr Alika Lafontaine - The First Indigenous President of the Canadian Medical Association

Episode 42: Dr Alika Lafontaine - The First Indigenous President of the Canadian Medical Association

Episode 41: Jagmeet Singh - Federal NDP Leader

Romeo Saganash - Indigenous Rights are Human Rights. Bill C-15

Episode 40: Romeo Saganash - Indigenous Rights are Human Rights. Bill C-15

Episode 39: Autumn Peltier - The Water Walker

Andrew Ference: How the NHL Plans to Bring Hockey to First Nations

Episode 38: Andrew Ference - How the NHL Plans to Bring Hockey to First Nations

Episode 37: Chief Willie Littlechild - The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and Bill C-15

First Nations and Mental Health w/ Dr. Carol Hopkins #BellLetsTalk

Episode 36: First Nations and Mental Health w/ Dr. Carol Hopkins #BellLetsTalk

Episode 35: Racism in BC Healthcare w/ Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond