Dan Smoke, elder and co-host of longest running Indigenous radio program, dies [Video]

A man who spent his life bringing Indigenous stories and teachings to the forefront through radio broadcasts and the written word died Monday in London, Ont. 

Dan Smoke, a member of the Seneca Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy, was a teacher, activist, writer and co-host alongside his wife of Canada’s longest-running Indigenous campus radio program. 

“It is with great sadness that I have to share that the love of my life, Dr. Dan Smoke, has gone onto the spirit world due to complications from diabetes and pneumonia,” wrote Mary Lou Smoke. “Dan committed his life to helping all people. We will miss him dearly.”

In 2022, Dan and Mary Lou received honorary doctorates of laws from Western University for their work and taught at the university and Brescia University College.