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Waubgeshig Isaac Rice is an Anishinaabe writer and journalist from the Wasauksing First Nation near Parry Sound, Ontario. [1] Rice has been recognized for his work throughout Canada, including an appearance at Wordfest 's 2018 Indigenous Voices Showcase in Calgary .
St. Peter Claver School for Boys. Johnston was born July 13, 1929, on the Parry Island Indian Reserve to Rufus and Mary (née Lafrenière) Johnston. [1] [2] He was a member of the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, formerly Cape Croker (Neyaashiinigmiing), in the Bruce Peninsula.
Joseph Boyden CM (born October 31, 1966) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. [2] [3] He is best known for writing about First Nations culture.Three Day Road, a novel about two Cree soldiers serving in the Canadian military during World War I, was inspired by Ojibwa Francis Pegahmagabow, the legendary First World War sniper.
Beth Brant is an essayist and short-story writer who incorporates Mohawk Creation Story in her writings. [1] Writer Peter Blue Cloud, from Kahnawake, Quebec also utilizes the creation story in his work. [1] Cloud's "Weaver’s Spider’s Web" features the Coyote, a trickster figure, and a powerful woman, an important symbol in Longhouse ...
Nanabozho figures prominently in their storytelling, including the story of the world's creation. Nanabozho is the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero (these two archetypes are often combined into a single figure in First Nations mythologies, among others). Nanabozho can take the shape of male or female animals or humans in storytelling.
In the 1990s, he served as story editor for Four Directions, [14] a CBC Television drama anthology series about First Nations which was held up by production and scheduling delays before finally airing in 1996. [15] He also wrote the teleplay "Borders", an adaptation of his own previously published short story, for the series. [15]
Jeannette Christine Armstrong OC (Okanagan: lax̌lax̌tkʷ; born 1948) is a Canadian author, educator, artist, and activist.She was born and grew up on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and fluently speaks both the Syilx and English languages. [1]
The Nlakaʼpamux or Nlakapamuk [2] (/ ɪ ŋ k l ə ˈ k æ p m ə / ing-klə-KAP-mə; [3] Salishan: [nɬeʔképmx]), also previously known as the Thompson, Thompson River Salish, Thompson Salish, Thompson River Indians or Thompson River people, and historically as the Klackarpun, [4] Haukamaugh, Knife Indians, and Couteau Indians, are an Indigenous First Nations people of the Interior Salish ...