The Grey Clan: A Father’s Day Journey Through Nakota History & Resilience

🔥 JOIN THE COMMUNITY & STAY INFORMED 🔥 📲 Subscribe to our Substack Newsletter for deeper insights into the cultural, legal, and spiritual challenges facing Canadian families today: https://substack.com/@greymatternewsletter 📚 Get Leighton’s new book, "Trials, Tribulations, and Truth" on Amazon right now: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0H23BHMRY 🇨🇦 Support our mission to speak truth across Canada. Partner with us financially: www.buymeacoffee.com/greymatterpodcast This Father’s Day, we are doing something deeply personal. In this special episode, I trace my Indigenous heritage back through the generations of the Grey Eyes clan—a proud Nakota (Assiniboine) family from the Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation. From ancestors rumored to be at the Battle of Little Bighorn to a World War I Sapper who risked court-martial to save a life in Belgium, our history is one of immense bravery, survival, and service. But it is also a history marked by the harsh realities of Canada’s residential school system, systemic assimilation, and the intergenerational trauma that followed. Join me as I share the incredible stories of: • Sapper Burrell Grey: A WWI veteran, humanitarian, and community elder. • Winnifred (Winnie) Grey: A resilient residential school survivor who endured the heavy weight of generational trauma. • My Father, Len (1941–2022): A former gang youth turned community hero who founded the Spiritkeeper Youth Society (SKYS) in Edmonton, dedicating his life to saving Indigenous youth from the streets. This is a story about the wounds we inherit, the resilience we forge, and the generational tradition of lifting our people up. Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers and protectors out there.   🍁 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 🍁 Puurathletics.ca: Thanks to our sponsor Puurathletics.ca! Show your support with hats, hoodies, and hand-held coffee cups: https://puurathletics.ca/collections/grey-matter EMR-TEK: K-Beauty products and gifts: EMR-TEK · Duty-free worldwide. Use code LEIGHTON59306 at check out: https://www.emr-tek.com/LEIGHTON59306 Grey Wowk Spencer Grey Matter is a Canadian 🇨🇦 podcast hosted by Alberta criminal trial lawyer, Leighton Grey. Visit Grey Matter: X - x.com/GreyMatterConvo Instagram - instagram.com/greymatterpodcastofficial Facebook - facebook.com/thegreymatterpodcast Rumble - rumble.com/c/GreyMatterPodcast Thanks to our sponsors Puurathletics.ca & Grey Wowk Spencer