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\u2019atl\u2019odeeche First Nation, are representing the NWT. \u201cRight now I\u2019m feeling nervous, and maybe not sleeping well,\u201d Mantla said ahead of her Oct. 28 presentation in Ottawa. Despite the nerves, she said she\u2019s beginning to grasp how big an opportunity this is for her and for her family. In January of 2024 her public speaking… <\/p>\n
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\u2019atl\u2019odeeche First Nation, are representing the NWT. \u201cRight now I\u2019m feeling nervous, and maybe not sleeping well,\u201d Mantla said ahead of her Oct. 28 presentation in Ottawa. Despite the nerves, she said she\u2019s beginning to grasp how big an opportunity this is for her and for her family. In January of 2024 her public speaking... <\/p>\n