Tom Roberts (born ca. 1950) is a retired Canadian radio host and journalist. Roberts was born in

Stanley Mission Stanley Mission ( cr, ᐋᒪᒋᐑᐢᐱᒧᐏᓂᕽ, Amachewespimawin) is a First Nations settlement in the boreal forest northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Its location is on the banks of the Churchill River, northeast of the town of La Ronge, n ...

, Saskatchewan to a northern

Cree The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...

family who made their living as trappers, fishers, and tour guides. The family's trapline was at Forbes Lake, a remote lake about 50 kilometres north of Otter Lake. Dissatisfied with trapping, Roberts left to pursue studies in La Ronge and Yorkton, eventually finding work as an airfreight radio operator and a

– English translator. This experience led to him being offered a job as a broadcast radio announcer by the Department of Northern Saskatchewan. Roberts's Cree-language broadcasts became the first indigenous-language programming in Saskatchewan. In 1982, premier Grant Devine's government dissolved the Department and cancelled its communications program, and the following year Roberts joined CBC Radio. Roberts became the host of '' Keewatin Country'', a one-hour news magazine broadcast weekdays at noon. He remained in this position until his retirement in 2010. In 2003, Roberts was awarded the Women of the Dawn's First Nations Award for journalism.

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