NDA3M Summative Names Indigenous Heroes Hero Nation Contribution Elijah Harper Oji-Cree In 1990, with an eagle feather raised, Manitoba's lone aboriginal MLA voiced his opposition to the Meech Lake Accord -- a constitutional amendment to gain Quebec s acceptance of the Constitution Act. The accord had been negotiated without the consultation of First Nations and Harper's historic stance brought the accord to a standstill. Alanis Obomsawin Abenaki She is a documentary filmmaker whose more than 40 films have chronicled indigenous life in Canada from the 1971 debutchristmas at Moose Factory to her most famous work Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance. Louis Riel Métis The founding father of Manitoba and a leader to the Métis people, Riel sought to preserve the rights and culture of the Métis among the encroachment of European influence across the country and into the west. Tom Longboat Onondaga He ran the 1907 Boston Marathon 4:59 seconds faster than anyone of the previous winners. Two years later he won the title Professional Champion of the
World in another. Longboat's coaches and the press didn t approve of his training regime and called him lazy when he incorporated hard, easy and recovery days something that is now the norm. Rosemarie Kuptana Inuit A tireless leader of human rights, Kuptana served as the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation president from 1983-1988 where she was instrumental in developing it to express and reflect Inuit culture and society. She was elected to a three-year term as president for the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada in 1991 the national voice of 35,000 Inuit people. Chief Dan George Tsleil-Waututh He was a poet, actor, and activist. George was the first aboriginal person that people saw on TV and movies, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Little Big Man. Hiawatha Onodaga Born somewhere between the 12th and 13th century, he was central figure in the establishment of the Iroquois Confederacy between the five nations of the Mohawk, Onodaga, Cayuga, Seneca and the Oneida. The Tuscarora joined later to make it what is now known as Six Nations of the Grand River.
Daphne Odjig Odawa-Potawatomi She is described as the driving force behind the Indian Group of Seven. Her paintings are in the Woodland style and her work has addressed colonization, women and children and erotica. Harold Cardinal Cree He rose to national prominence with the publication of The Unjust Society, in answer to then prime minister Pierre Trudeau's proclamation that Canada was a just society. He was the main author of the Red Paper another satirical response to the government s White Paper policy on the First Peoples. Kateri Tekakwitha Mohawk In the Roman Catholic religion, Kateri was sainted 332 years after her death. It is said that after her death her smallpox scars healed. Others have also reported healing after praying to her and having soil and bone fragments from her grave placed on or near them. Bill Reid William Ronald "Bill" Reid, Jr., OBC was a Canadian artist whose works include jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and paintings. Some of his major works were featured on the Canadian $20 banknote of the Canadian Journey series.
Cindy Blackstock Murray Sinclair Buffy Sainte-Marie Cindy Blackstock is a Canadian-born Gitxsan activist for child welfare and Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. She is also a professor for the School of Social Work at McGill University. Murray Sinclair is a Canadian politician, former judge, First Nations lawyer, and was the chair of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He is the first aboriginal judge appointed in Manitoba Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC is a Native Canadian singersongwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Gabriel Dumont Metis Gabriel Dumont was a leader of the Métis people of what is now Western Canada. In 1873 Dumont was elected to the presidency of the shortlived republic of St. Laurent Harry Daniels Metis Harry Daniels was one of the founding members of the Saskatchewan Métis Society. In Harry s younger years, he was involved in a variety of labour union concerns. Francis Pegahmagabow Francis Pegahmagabow MM & two bars was the First Nations soldier most highly
decorated for bravery in Canadian military history and the most effective sniper of World War I Pauline Johnson Mohawk Mohawk poet and performer who increased awareness of Aboriginal culture. Shaaw Tlaa (Kate Carmack) The woman in the party that found gold in the Klondike, and possibly the true discoverer.