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Meryl McMaster (born 1988) is a Canadian and Plains Cree photographer whose best-known work explores her Indigenous heritage, often using portraiture to explore cultural identity. Early life and education
Jean Folster Folster, 1973 Born Jeanney York 1922 (1922) Norway House, Manitoba, Canada Died 26 December 1994 (1994-12-26) (aged 71–72) Norway House, Manitoba, Canada Occupation(s) Seamstress, Social worker, tribal leader, magistrate Years active 1960s–1987 Children 8 Jean Folster (1922 – 26 December 1994) was a Canadian community worker and the first woman to become the chief of the ...
The character Zhaboonigan Peterson, a mentally challenged young woman, performs a monologue in which she describes being raped by two white men with a screwdriver (Osborne was stabbed 56 times with a screwdriver). Highway attended junior high school in The Pas and graduated a year before Osborne's rape and murder.
Sharon H. Venne (masko-nôcokwêsiw manitoukan) is a Cree woman from Treaty 6 in Saskatchewan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She is originally from the Muskeg Lake Cree First Nation in Saskatchewan. [ 4 ] Her publications have been used to write the clauses found in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [ 5 ] and she has worked ...
Rose Marie "Tantoo" Cardinal CM (born July 20, 1950) is a Canadian actress. Of Cree and Métis heritage, in 2009 she was made a member of the Order of Canada "for her contributions to the growth and development of Aboriginal performing arts in Canada, as a screen and stage actress, and as a founding member of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company."
Jean Cuthand Goodwill OC (1928 – August 25, 1997) was a Canadian Cree nurse who, in 1954, became Saskatchewan's first Aboriginal woman to finish a nursing program. Biography [ edit ]
Christina Jean Keeper CM OM MSM (born March 20, 1962) is a Cree actress, film producer and former politician from Canada. [1]First known for her role as RCMP officer Michelle Kenidi in the CBC Television series North of 60, [2] she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2006 Canadian federal election, and served as a Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament representing the ...
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