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First Indigenous woman elected to as Canadian Member of Parliament in 1988
Dene
born 25 March 1951
MLA for Manitoba and Canadian MP representing Churchill
Oji-Cree (Anishinaabe)
born 3 March 1949
died 17 May 2013
Métis leader, founder of Manitoba, led Red River and North-West resistance
Métis
born 22 October 1844
died 16 November 1885
Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees and National Chief of AFN
Cree
born in 1956
Premier of Nunavut, Inuit Land Claim Negotiator, Politician and Lawyer
Inuk
born in 1964
Quebec’s first Indigenous Member of Parliament, Lawyer, Politician, and Advocate for Indigenous rights
Cree
born 28 October 1962
Premier of Manitoba, Hip Hop Artist, Broadcaster, University Administrator, Author, Politician
Anishinaabe
born 31 December 1981
Commissioner of the NWT
Inuvialuit
born 15 April 1931
died 23 January 2009
Lawyer, Judge, Chairman of the TRC and Canadian Senator
Anishinaabe
born in 1951
Ojibwe chief
Anishinaabe
born 20 September 1922
died 3 December 1995
Senator
Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet)
born 15 April 1948
Politician, Lawyer, Regional AFN Chief, BC Treaty Commission Member, Federal Minister of Justice, Attorney General and Minister of Veterans Affairs and Independent MP
Kwakwaka’wakw
born 23 March 1971
