Phil Fontaine

Phil Fontaine

male, 65 years old
university of manitoba, Indian Claims Commission, Kahkewistahaw First Nation, Larry Phillip (Phil) Fontaine, Manitoba, Canada, Assembly of Manitoba Chief…AboriginalpeoplesinCanada, aboriginal
Larry Phillip (Phil) Fontaine, OM, (born September 20, 1944) is an Aboriginal Canadian leader. He is currently serving his third term as National...
Dudley George

Dudley George

male, deceased (1995)
ontario provincial police, dudley do-right, Aboriginal conflicts in Canada, Anthony O'Brien "Dudley" George, aboriginal land claims, Ipperwash Crisis…AboriginalpeoplesinCanada, aboriginal
Anthony O'Brien "Dudley" George was an Ojibwa protestor who was shot and killed by Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant Kenneth Deane (who was later...
Elijah Harper

Elijah Harper

male, 60 years old
Protestant, Manitoba MLA, Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year, AboriginalpeoplesinCanada, Minister without Portfolio, First Nation…Liberal Party of Canada MP, aboriginal
Elijah Harper (born March 3, 1949) is an Aboriginal Cree Canadian politician and band chief. Harper was born in Red Sucker Lake, a reserve in...
Ovide Mercredi

Ovide Mercredi

male, 63 years old
St. Mary's University, Gandhi Peace Prize, Ovide William Mercredi, aboriginal Canadian, Oka crisis, Assembly of First Nations chief…AboriginalpeoplesinCanada
Ovide William Mercredi is an Aboriginal Canadian politician. He is Cree and a former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Mercredi...
Mary Simon

Mary Simon

female
Canadian Inuit, politician, Chancellor of Trent University, activist, CBC North, Mary May Simon…AboriginalpeoplesinCanada, aboriginal, Member of the Order of Canada
Mary May Simon is a Canadian Inuit politician and activist. Mary Simon was born in Kangirsualuujuaq (George River) in Nunavik (northern Quebec)....
Stewart Phillip

Stewart Phillip

male
aboriginal, First Nations leader, Canadian Aboriginal, Union of BC Indian Chief, Mee-Shee The Water Giant, AboriginalpeoplesinCanada
Stewart Phillip is a Okanagan Aboriginal leader who has served as President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs. Being a chief of the Penticton in...
Lee Maracle

Lee Maracle

female, 59 years old
Canadian women writer, Simon Fraser University alumni, from vancouver, Canadian, Centre for Indigenous Theatre, En’owkin International School of Writing…AboriginalpeoplesinCanada, aboriginal
Lee Maracle (born July 2, 1950) is a Canadian First Nations poet and author. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, she grew up in the neighbouring...
Georges Erasmus

Georges Erasmus

male, 61 years old
university of manitoba, Yellowknife, Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, Oka crisis, Dene, Western Arctic…Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, AboriginalpeoplesinCanada, Officer of the Order of Canada, aboriginal, Order of Canada
Georges Henry Erasmus, OC (born August 8, 1948, in Rae Edzo, Northwest Territories) is a Canadian Aboriginal politician. He was the national chief...
Douglas Cardinal

Douglas Cardinal

male, 75 years old
Canadian of Métis descent, Blackfoot, Bachelor of Architecture, AboriginalpeoplesinCanada, First Nations, Order of Canada…aboriginal, Officer of the Order of Canada, graduate of the University of Texas in Austin
Douglas Joseph Cardinal, OC, B.Arch, R.C.A. (born March 7, 1934, Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian architect. Born in Alberta of Métis and Blackfoot h...