Connie Walker: Pulitzer Prize Winner

Warrior Life

Warrior Life Podcast Connie Walker: Pulitzer Prize Winner On today's episode of the Warrior Life Podcast, I got to talk to an actual Pulitzer Prize Winner - Connie Walker! Connie is a Cree journalist who won the 2023 Pulitzer prize for best audio journalism and the Peabody Award! It was for her work at Gimlet Media, a Spotify production company, for her podcast Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's - a story about her father surviving Indian residential school. Warrior Life Podcast YouTube video version: https://youtu.be/O6TBYPwCvh0 Stolen: The Search for Jermaine (Season 1) + Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's (Season 2) https://gimletmedia.com/shows/stolen Missing & Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams (Season 1) + Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo (Season 2) https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/program/missing-and-murdered Connie on Twitter https://twitter.com/connie_walker - - - - - Hi! I'm Dr. Pam Palmater, an Indigenous lawyer, professor, author, and producer. I create educational videos about Indigenous issues and provide critical analysis of state laws, policies and practices that impact Indigenous peoples, and highlight the important work of First Nation (Canada) and Native American (USA) warriors on the frontlines of Native resistance, resurgence and revitalization. I am a citizen of the Mi’kmaw Nation and a member of Eel River Bar First Nation from Mi’kma’ki (Mi’kmaw territory in New Brunswick, Canada). I am the producer and host of the Warrior Life Podcast which helps lift the voices of Indigenous leaders, advocates, land defenders, water protectors, actors, artists and even chefs! I am also the producer and host of the Warrior Kids Podcast – an award-winning children’s podcast which celebrates everything Indigenous – languages, stories and cool Native peeps! https://www.warriorkidspodcast.com - - - - - FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK https://www.tiktok.com/@pampalmater FOLLOW ME ON IG https://www.instagram.com/pam_palmater FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER https://www.twitter.com/Pam_Palmater Please note: Nothing in this podcast/video advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. Please also note: The information contained in this podcast/video/stream should not be misconstrued as legal, financial, medical and/or personal advice; nor should it be relied on as such. These podcasts/videos/streams are for educational purposes and represent fair political comment. Any pictures, audio clips and/or video clips that do not belong to me or from the public domain, remain the copyright of the owners and are only used here for educational purposes. - - - - If you would like more information about these issues, you can check out my website at: https://www.pampalmater.com If you would like to support my work and help keep it independent, here is the link to my Patreon account: www.patreon.com/join/2144345 Or you could leave a tip on the Buy Me A Coffee app: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pampalmater Or you can donate on the Ko-Fi app: https://www.ko-fi.com/pampalmater - - - - - MY BOOKS: Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence by Fernwood Publishing: https://www.amzn.to/3lAleUk Indigenous Nationhood by Fernwood Publishing https://www.amzn.to/3R5iZqu Beyond Blood: Rethinking Indigenous Identity https://www.amzn.to/3xN1jcl NEW WARRIOR LIFE PODCAST MERCH: https://www.teespring.com/stores/warrior-life-2 #indigenous #pulitzerprize #warriorlifepodcast Photo credit - Robert McGee