List of First Nations people
This is a partial list of famous people who are members of the First Nations.
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A
- Aatsista-Mahkan, Blackfoot chief
- Abishabis, Cree religious leader
- A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye, Blackfoot chief
- Evan Adams, Sliammon actor, doctor and health policy
- Mary Kawennatakie Adams, Mohawk basket maker
- Agouhanna, chief of Hochelega
- David Ahenakew, politician
- Freda Ahenakew, author
- Frederick Alexcee, Tsimshian-Iroquois woodcarver
- Jerry Alfred, musician
- Anahareo (Gertrude Bernard), author
- Anna Mae Aquash, Mi'kmaq activist
- Nathaniel Arcand, actor
- Jeannette Armstrong, author, artist and activist
- Arron Asham, NHL hockey player
- Shawn Atleo, chief
- Auoindaon, Wyandot chief
B
- James Bartleman, diplomat and author
- Francois Beaulieu, northern prospector and guide
- Adam Beach, actor
- Big Bear, Cree chief
- Jackson Beardy, Ayisini painter
- Billy-Ray Belcourt, writer
- Perry Bellegarde, politician and leader of the Assembly of First Nations
- Rykko Bellemare, actor
- Kwena Bellemare-Boivin, actress
- Rebecca Belmore, Ojibwe conceptual artist
- Ethel Blondin-Andrew, politician
- Dempsey Bob, Tahltan-Tlingit woodcarver
- Columpa Bobb, actor, playwright and poet
- Rodney Bobiwash, scholar and activist
- Steven Bonspille, Mohawk chief
- Milton Born With A Tooth, activist
- James Bourque, activist
- Joseph Brant, Mohawk leader
- Mary Brant, Mohawk leader
- T. J. Burke, politician
C
- Douglas Cardinal, architect
- Harold Cardinal, writer and political leader
- Lorne Cardinal, actor
- Tantoo Cardinal, actor
- Kate Carmack, possible finder of the gold deposits in the Yukon
- Nadine Caron, first female First Nations Canadian general surgeon
- Dawson Charlie, co-discoverer of gold in the Yukon
- Jonathan Cheechoo, ice hockey player[1]
- Byron Chief-Moon, Kainai Nation American-born actor
- Matthew Coon Come, former NationalAssembly of First Nations
- Harold Crowchild, last surviving Tsuu T'ina veteran of World War II[2]
- Crowfoot, Blackfoot chief
- Bert Crowfoot, broadcaster and journalist
D
- Demasduit, one of the last Beothuk people
- Andy de Jarlis, Métis fiddler
- Paul DeVillers, politician
- Bonnie Devine, Ojibway conceptual artist
- Donnacona, chief of Stadacona site of present-day Quebec City
- Armond Duck Chief, country singer-songwriter
- Willie Dunn, filmmaker, folk musician, playwright and politician
- Jeremy Dutcher, musician
- Lillian Dyck, Canadian Senator
E
- Georges Erasmus, politician
- Ron Evans, politician
F
- Gary Farmer (b. 1953), Cayuga actor and filmmaker[3]
- Jerry Fontaine, politician
- Phil Fontaine, former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
- Rainbow Sun Francks, Plains Cree actor
G
- James Gabriel, Grand Chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
- Jonathan Genest-Jourdain, politician
- Dan George, actor and Salish chief
- Dudley George, protester killed near Camp Ipperwash
- Leela Gilday, Dene musician
- James Gladstone, Canadian Senator
- Michelle Good, writer and lawyer
- Graham Greene, Oneida actor
- Mary Greyeyes-Reid, first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Forces
- Guujaaw, Haida, carver, musician and political activist
H
- John Harding (Sha ko hen the tha), chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
- Elijah Harper, politician
- Rinelle Harper, advocate for victims of violence
- Jimmy Herman, actor
- René Highway, dancer and actor
- Tomson Highway, playwright, novelist, and children's author
- Tom Hogan, Ojibway painter
- Kaniehtiio Horn, actress
I
- Ilona Verley, Nlaka'pamux drag queen most known for competing in Canada's Drag Race
J
- Alex Janvier, Dene Suline-Saulteaux artist
- Chief William Jeffrey, Tsimshian hereditary chief, activist and carver
- Edward John, political leader
- Mary John, Sr., leader of the Dakelh or Carrier people
- Pauline Johnson, writer and performer
- Edith Josie, writer
K
- Stephen Kakfwi, premier of the Northwest Territories
- Tina Keeper, activist, actress and politician
- Keish (Skookum Jim Mason), discovered gold in the Yukon
- Wab Kinew, musician and broadcaster
- Chester Knight, musician
L
- Oscar Lathlin, politician
- George Leach, musician
- Reggie Leach, ice hockey player
- Mary Leaf, Mohawk artist specializing in basketmaking
- Tom Longboat, distance runner
- Morley Loon, musician
- Loma Lyns, musician
M
- George Manuel, former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations
- Maquinna, chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth
- Lee Maracle, poet and author
- Leonard Marchand, politician
- Donald Marshall, Jr., wrongly convicted of murder
- Mungo Martin, Kwakwaka'wakw woodcarver
- Matonabbee, Chipewyan hunter and leader
- Duncan McCue, journalist
- Claude McKenzie, singer-songwriter
- Gerald McMaster, Siksika First Nation-Red Pheasant First Nation artist, author, curator
- Henri Membertou, Mi'kmaq leader
- Billy Merasty, actor
- Gary Merasty, politician
- Ovide Mercredi, politician
- Mattie Mitchell, Mi’kmaq Chieftain, explorer
- Gilbert Monture, honorary chief of the Mohawk tribe
- Alwyn Morris, athlete
- Norval Morrisseau, Ojibwe artist
- Daniel David Moses, poet and playwright
- Tara Lee Morin, writer
- Will Morin, politician
- Ted Moses, politician
N
- Nahnebahwequa, Ojibwa spokeswoman and Christian Missionary
- Darlene Naponse, filmmaker and writer
- David Neel, Kwakwaka'wakw conceptual artist, print-maker and author
- Ellen Neel, Kwakwaka'wakw woodcarver
- Aaron Nelson-Moody, woodcarver[4]
- Sandra Lovelace Nicholas, Canadian Senator
- Shelley Niro, New York-born Six Nations of the Grand River Mohawk artist and filmmaker
- Ted Nolan, ice hockey player and coach
- Nonosbawsut, leader of the Beothuk people
- Kaúxuma Núpika, prophetess
O
- Kim O'Bomsawin, filmmaker
- Alanis Obomsawin, filmmaker
- Diane Obomsawin, artist and animator
- Daphne Odjig, Odawa-Potawatomi painter
- Bernard Ominayak, elected leader of the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
- Joseph Onasakenrat, Mohawk chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
- Oronhyatekha, first Aboriginal medical doctor
- Helen Betty Osborne, Manitoba woman, kidnapped and murdered
P
- Francis Pegahmagabow, sniper, Military Medal winner
- Peter Penashue, politician
- Elizabeth Phillips, Cheam elder, Halq’emeylem specialist
- Piapot, leader, diplomat, warrior, horse thief, and spiritualist
- Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker), Cree chief
- Susan Point, Coast Salish artist[5]
- Chief Pontiac, Odawa war leader
- Gary Potts, former chief of Temagami First Nation
- Gaylord Powless, lacrosse player
- Ross Powless, lacrosse player
- Carey Price, NHL hockey player
- Tommy Prince, war hero
- William Prince, singer-songwriter
R
- Bill Reid, Haida jeweler, sculptor and artist
- Sandrine Renard, newscaster on the Naked News
- Waubgeshig Rice, writer and broadcaster
- Robbie Robertson, songwriter and guitarist
- Carla Robinson, television journalist
- Eden Robinson, writer
- Eric Robinson, politician
S
- Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cree musician
- Samian, musician
- Gregory Scofield, writer
- Alfred Scow, Judge and Hereditary Chief
- Bev Sellars, Secwepemc writer and chief
- James Sewid, former chief councilor of the Kwakwaka'wakw
- Shanawdithit, believed to have been the last surviving member of the Beothuk people
- Crystal Shawanda, musician
- Shingoose, musician
- Jay Silverheels, Mohawk actor best known for performing as The Lone Ranger's companion Tonto
- Sheldon Souray, ice hockey player
- Ralph Steinhauer, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
- Cree Summer, voice actress
T
- Drew Hayden Taylor, playwright and journalist
- Gordon Tootoosis, Cree/Stoney actor best known as Albert Golo on North of 60
- Walter Patrick Twinn, Canadian Senator
- Tecumseh, military leader, War of 1812
- Jeff Thomas, photographer
- Arielle Twist, poet
V
- Diyet van Lieshout, musician
- Roy Henry Vickers, Tsimshian artist
- Florent Vollant, Innu singer-songwriter
W
- Barbara Wardlaw, interim leader First Peoples National Party of Canada
- Frank Whitehead, politician
- Joshua Whitehead, writer
- Massey Whiteknife, businessman and musician
- David B. Williams, Ojibway painter and printmaker
- Kona Williams, forensic pathologist
- Myron Wolf Child, activist, public speaker and politician
See also
- Aboriginal Canadian personalities
- List of Canadian Inuit
- List of First Nations leaders
- List of Métis people
Notes
- "San Jose Sharks select Cree right winger"
- Weismiller, Bryan (2013-01-17). "Tsuu T'ina Nation mourns decorated WWII veteran". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
- The American Indian Film Festival Archived 2006-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Fraughton, Holly (12 March 2010). "Nelson Moody carving out a niche". Pique Newsmagazine. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013.
- Magocsi, Paul Robert (1999). Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples. University of Toronto Press. p. 91. ISBN 9780802029386. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
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