Originally published on May 5, 2021 5:44 pm
YPR News’ Kaitlyn Nicholas recently spoke with Connie Walker, an award-winning Cree Journalist from the Okanese First Nation in Saskatchewan. She is the host of the 8-episode podcast
Stolen: The Search For Jermain from Gimlet Media and Spotify. In "Stolen," Walker shares the story of Jermain Charlo, a 23 year old member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes who went missing in Missoula in June 2018.
Kaitlyn Nicholas: Connie Walker has spent years reporting on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis through daily news coverage and the podcasts Missing and Murdered for CBC Radio-Canada, where she uncovered new information in cold cases decades later. In her latest work, Walker turns her investigative reporting skills toward Montana.