By Kody Ferron, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Yellowknifer Eight Indigenous youth from Across Canada, including two from the NWT, are speaking their piece in the Canadian Senate for Voices of Youth Indigenous Leaders 2026. Participants are testifying on Oct. 27-28 before the Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples about the realities facing present-day First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities and prospects for the future. Makayla Mantla, from Behchoko, and Jaylene Neisa Delorme, a Yellowknives Dene from K’atl’odeeche First Nation, are representing the NWT. “Right now I’m feeling nervous, and maybe not sleeping well,” Mantla said ahead of her Oct. 28 presentation in Ottawa. Despite the nerves, she said she’s beginning to grasp how big an opportunity this is for her and for her family. In January of 2024 her public speaking…
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