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Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Relentless Indigenous Woman
45 episodes
1 week ago
This episode opens like someone cracked a window in a crowded room. Fresh air, honesty, and two Indigenous minds settling into a conversation that feels intimate, necessary, and decades overdue. Dr. Candace Manitopyes connects with internationally acclaimed Cree artist Kent Monkman, whose work has reshaped how the world understands history, queerness, and Indigenous presence. Kent speaks about the power and pain behind paintings like The Scream, describing how art becomes both meditation and ...
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This episode opens like someone cracked a window in a crowded room. Fresh air, honesty, and two Indigenous minds settling into a conversation that feels intimate, necessary, and decades overdue. Dr. Candace Manitopyes connects with internationally acclaimed Cree artist Kent Monkman, whose work has reshaped how the world understands history, queerness, and Indigenous presence. Kent speaks about the power and pain behind paintings like The Scream, describing how art becomes both meditation and ...
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Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 44: Laughing Through It: How Native Humour Carries Us with The Deadly Aunties
In this episode, Candace sits with not one, but two Deadly Aunties—Stephanie Pangowish and Sherry McKay—two Indigenous comedians who have turned everyday Indigenous life, ceremony, mistakes, and cross-community confusion (“scone dog” vs. “bannock dog”) into a full career. They talk about the realities of comedy behind the scenes: how humour travels across nations, how it sometimes absolutely doesn’t, and what happens when you try to make zoom-comedy work while staring at 48 blank squares.&nbs...
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1 week ago
56 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 43: Beads, Backbone & Breaking Barriers with Melrene Saloy-Eaglespeaker
In this episode, Melrene Saloy Eagle Speaker—Blackfoot designer, artist, and founder of Native Diva Creations and Authentically Indigenous—opens up about the heart, history, and hard lessons behind her work. From carrying her ancestors into global fashion stages to building one of Calgary’s most beloved Indigenous markets, Melrene shares how legacy, loss, and love continue to shape her artistry. She reflects on navigating backlash to her Medicine Collection, describing what it means to create...
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2 weeks ago
47 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 42: Walking in Balance: Ma-Nee Chacaby on Being Two-Spirit
Emerging from a place of prophecy, courage, and hard-earned wisdom, this episode traces the extraordinary life of Ma-Nee Chacaby—a Two-Spirit Ojibwe-Cree Elder, activist, storyteller, and acclaimed author whose teachings continue to shift the landscape of 2SLGBTQ+ visibility in Canada. Her story unfolds through memories of her Kookum’s early vision that she would one day become a healer and educator for her people, a path she ultimately walked through decades of community work, advocac...
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3 weeks ago
52 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 41: Redefining Native Music: Natasha Fisher’s Creative Freedom
Dr. Candace Manitopyes sits down with Anishinaabe singer-songwriter Natasha Fisher, a rising independent artist known for her moody, edgy fusion of pop, alt-rock, and unapologetic storytelling. Their conversation gets deep into the heart of Natasha’s creative process, her path to sobriety, and the personal history behind her newest album, Temporary Feelings. Natasha shares how songwriting has always been the place where she can say the things she can’t always speak out loud. Her music, often ...
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1 month ago
43 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 40: Balancing Light and Dark: The Medicine of Creation with Copper Canoe Woman
In this profound conversation, Dr. Candace Manitopyes sits down with Vina Brown, also known by her ancestral name ƛ̓áqvas gḷ́w̓aqs, which translates to Copper Canoe Woman. Vina is Haíłzaqv and Nuučaan̓uł, a mother, artist, weaver, scholar, and the powerhouse behind Copper Canoe Woman Creations. Her jewelry and artistry blend ancestral strength with modern design, carrying forward teachings from generations of matriarchs before her. Vina shares how she integrates her academic and artistic worl...
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1 month ago
1 hour 16 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 39: Soft as Bones: The Strength Beneath Tenderness with Chyana Marie Sage
Our guest this week is Chyana Marie Sage, a Cree-Métis and Salish memoirist, journalist, poet, model, and author of the national bestselling memoir Soft as Bones. Dr. Candace and Chyana unpack truth-telling, survival, and the power of naming your own story. Chyana speaks vulnerably about her journey from silence to self-expression, describing how writing her memoir became an act of reclamation, giving voice to her younger self who had once been silenced by trauma and shame. She shares how tra...
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1 month ago
55 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 38: The Pedagogy of Moss: Lessons in Fluidity, Belonging, and Resilience with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
Dr. Candace Manitopyes sits down with the beloved scientist, writer, and matriarch Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass and Gathering Moss. They weave a dialogue on remembrance, resistance, and relationality, where Indigenous knowledge and scientific thought meet in the shared soil of hope. Dr. Kimmerer reflects on her newest movement, Plant Baby Plant, which calls people to resist extraction by restoring reciprocity through regeneration. She and Candace speak candidly about...
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1 month ago
54 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 37: The Queer Wedding and the Revolution
In this deeply personal episode, Dr. Candace Manitopyes returns to the Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast with honesty, gratitude, and renewal. She shares the story of her wedding to her sweetheart, Alex Manitopyes, a ceremony rooted in intimacy, cedar medicine, and Cree traditions. She reflects on how love, rest, and joy have reshaped her relationship with activism, creativity, and resistance. After stepping away from social media during their honeymoon, Candace speaks candidly about ...
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1 month ago
48 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 36: The Power of Performance: Dr. Zoey Roy on Art as Education
Dr. Candace Linklater welcomes Dr. Zoey Roy, a celebrated spoken word poet, creative producer, and arts-based educator from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and a proud member of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. With a career spanning international stages—including performances with the National Youth Orchestra of Dr. Canada and at the World Expo in Dubai—Dr. Zoey has trailblazed the blending of hip-hop and orchestral music, creating globally touring shows like "Enough" and "Ever Beautiful." Holding a P...
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3 months ago
45 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 35: Crafting Space for Indigenous, Queer, and Trans Futures with Siibii
Siibii —a queer, trans, non-binary Cree artist–joins Dr. Candace Linklater in this episode where shit gets real. Known for their breakout single YOY, which has surpassed three million streams and earned a SOCAN Young Canadian Songwriter Award, Siibii blends atmospheric pop with lyrical honesty rooted in family, land, and spirit. Signed to Ishkode Records, their music—including their latest single User—confronts contradictions, self-doubt, and longing, while simultaneously creating space for I...
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3 months ago
59 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 34: You Are the Medicine: A Conversation with Asha Frost
In this episode of the RIW Podcast, Dr. Candace Linklater welcomes Asha Frost, bestselling author of You Are the Medicine, healer, oracle deck creator, mentor, and mother. Asha shares her deep roots as an Anishinaabe woman from Cape Croker First Nation, belonging to the Crane Clan, and describes how her life’s work is devoted to guiding people back to the medicine that has always lived within them. The conversation explores how her oracle deck, teachings, and mentorship open pathways for peop...
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3 months ago
45 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 33: Indigenous Futurity and the Language of Art with Christi Belcourt
Dr. Candace Linklater sits down with renowned Métis artist Christi Belcourt, whose work bridges ancestral knowledge, land-based resistance, and decolonial imagination. Candace introduces Christi as one of the most iconic Indigenous artists of our time, celebrated worldwide for paintings that echo traditional beadwork and speak to Indigenous sovereignty, environmental justice, and cultural survival. They discuss how Christi’s art serves as both a love letter to Indigenous futurity and a bold c...
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4 months ago
54 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 32: Sacred Limits: On Loss, Legacy, and Living Offline with Vanessa Brousseau
Dr. Candace Linklater speaks with Vanessa Brousseau, also known as Resilient Inuk, an Inuk multidisciplinary artist and advocate whose art and activism are deeply rooted in personal and intergenerational loss. Vanessa shares the painful yet powerful story of her grandfather’s forced displacement and medical experimentation by the Canadian government, her sister’s disappearance in 2003, and her mother’s death due to medical racism. These experiences fuel her advocacy for MMIWG2S+ and her passi...
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4 months ago
39 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 31: Breaking Cycles, Building Legacies with Drezus
This conversation with Drezus (Jeremiah Manitopyes) gets real. He takes us through his journey—from rising in the Indigenous hip hop scene to reclaiming his power through sobriety, fatherhood, and ceremony. Raised in the city but spiritually rooted in his culture, Drezus shares how reconnecting with the Land and working with youth has become his deepest source of inspiration. Whether he’s jumping into rivers with his kids or sitting by the fire in remote Cree communities, he paints a picture ...
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4 months ago
44 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 30: The Cost of Telling the Truth: Grief, Love, and Online Violence with Nikki Apostolou
Dr. Candace Linklater and guest Nikki Apostolou (aka Recycled Stardust) delve into the meaning of living with integrity, community engagement, and staying rooted in love amidst heartbreak, colonization, and online violence. Nikki opens up about how painful it’s been to have her character misrepresented, especially in online spaces where false narratives spread quickly and people rush to judgment. She shares the grief of being pushed into silence to protect others, the toll of being dehumanize...
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4 months ago
55 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 29: Matriarch Mode: Love, Loss, and Indigenous Mothering with Dr. Tasha Spillett
In this warm, wise, and wildly relatable episode, Dr. Candace Linklater and Dr. Tasha Spillett dive deep into what it means to mother, mourn, and move through the world as Indigenous women. It’s part heart talk, part medicine, as they unpack everything from generational grief to gentle parenting, from cultural reconnection to the quiet rebellions of everyday love. Dr. Tasha opens up about how motherhood pulled her closer to her Cree roots, while Dr. Candace reflects on queer Indigenous identi...
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4 months ago
43 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 28: Sport, Survival, and Spirit: How Waneek Horn-Miller Turned Pain Into Power
In this heart-expanding chat, Dr. Candace Linklater sits down in person with Waneek Horn-Miller—Mohawk Olympian, activist, and one of the most influential Indigenous women in sport—for a conversation that is as vulnerable as it is visionary. They explore the complicated beauty of Indigenous rage, healing, and authenticity in a world that constantly tries to box Indigenous women in. Waneek reflects on surviving a near-fatal stabbing during the Oka Crisis at age 14 and how that trauma shaped he...
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5 months ago
34 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 27: Honouring the Sacredness of Two-Spirit Lives with Chance Paupanakis
Dr. Candace has some deep convos with Chance Paupanakis, a proud Swampy Cree and Two-Spirit advocate from Kinosew Sipi Cree Nation. Raised in both Indigenous and colonial worlds, Chance shares what it means to come into identity while carrying the weight of silence, shame, and survival—and how they’ve chosen to root instead in language, ceremony, and community. Their conversation moves through themes that cut deep: the erasure of Two-Spirit roles, the harm of conditional allyship, and the ong...
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5 months ago
44 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 26: Fashion as Medicine: A Conversation with Lindsay King
In this episode, Dr. Candace Linklater sits with Lindsay King, an Indigenous fashion designer from the Salto Ojibwe and Mohawk Nations, whose journey from social work to fashion is rooted in healing, advocacy, and community care. After working as a social worker and foster parent for 20 years, Lindsay began designing in 2014—without any sewing experience—and went on to study fashion in Toronto and Florence before launching her brand in 2022. Their conversation explores how Lindsay’s work is i...
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5 months ago
44 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Ep. 25: Andre Bear’s Journey Through Law and Love
This episode goes deep. Dr. Candace sits down with Andre Bear, a Two-Spirit Nehiyaw Plains Cree educator and legal scholar who’s been using social media to make conversations about Indigenous rights and sovereignty feel both accessible and deeply personal. They explore Andre’s powerful journey—from growing up in foster care to reconnecting with ceremony—and how those experiences continue to shape his fierce advocacy for Indigenous children and youth. Andre shares the story behind carrying a C...
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5 months ago
47 minutes

Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
This episode opens like someone cracked a window in a crowded room. Fresh air, honesty, and two Indigenous minds settling into a conversation that feels intimate, necessary, and decades overdue. Dr. Candace Manitopyes connects with internationally acclaimed Cree artist Kent Monkman, whose work has reshaped how the world understands history, queerness, and Indigenous presence. Kent speaks about the power and pain behind paintings like The Scream, describing how art becomes both meditation and ...