List of First Nations people
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This is a list of Canadian people who are members of the First Nations.
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[edit] A
- Aatsista-Mahkan, Blackfoot chief
- Abishabis, Cree religious leader
- A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye, Blackfoot chief
- David Aglukark, politician
- Susan Aglukark, singer
- Leona Aglukkaq, politician
- Agouhanna, chief of Hochelega
- David Ahenakew, politician
- Freda Ahenakew, author
- Olayuk Akesuk, politician
- David Alagalak, politician
- Jerry Alfred, musician
- Anahareo (Gertrude Bernard), author
- Jack Anawak, politician
- Anna Mae Aquash, activist
- Jeannette Armstrong, author, artist and activist
- Joanne Arnott, writer
- James Arreak, politician
- Kenojuak Ashevak, artist
- Pitseolak Ashoona, artist
- William Aubut, drummer Breach of Trust
- Auoindaon, Wyandot chief
[edit] B
- Marty Ballentyne, singer Breach of Trust
- Levi Barnabas, politician
- James K. Bartleman, diplomat and author
- Adam Beach, actor
- Big Bear, Cree chief
- Sandra Birdsell, author
- Ethel Blondin-Andrew, politician
- Columpa Bobb, actor, playwright and poet
- Steven Bonspille, Mohawk chief
- James Bourque, activist
- Joseph Boyden, author
- Joseph Brant, Mohawk leader
- Mary Brant, Mohawk leader
- Levinia Brown, politician
- John Bruce, Métis leader
- Rod Bruinooge, politician, businessman and filmmaker
- Sharon Bruneau, bodybuilder
- T.J. Burke, politician
[edit] C
- June Callwood, journalist, author and social activist
- 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
- Dawson Charlie, co-discoverer of gold in the Yukon
- Jonathan Cheechoo - ice hockey player[1]
- Byron Chief-Moon, American born actor
- Michel Chrétien, son of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
- Matthew Coon Come, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
- Nellie Cournoyea, politician and activist
- Crowfoot, Blackfoot chief
- Tagak Curley, politician
[edit] D
- Demasduwit, one of the last Beothuk people
- Paul DeVillers, politician
- Donnacona, chief of Stadacona site of present day Quebec City
- Todd Ducharme, judge
- Gabriel Dumont, Métis leader
- W. Yvon Dumont, politician
- Willie Dunn, filmmaker, folk musician, playwright and politician
- Lillian Dyck, Canadian Senator
[edit] E
- Georges Erasmus, politician
- Etookashoo, guide for Frederick Cook to the North Pole
- Ron Evans, politician
- Joe Allen Evyagotailak, politician
[edit] F
- Gary Farmer (1953 - ) actor and filmmaker[2]
- Wally Firth, politician
- Jerry Fontaine, politician
- Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
- Rainbow Sun Francks, actor
- Don Freed, singer and songwriter
[edit] G
- James Gabriel, Grand Chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
- Richard Gauthier, musician
- Dan George, actor and Salish chief
- Dudley George, protester killed near Camp Ipperwash
- Leela Gilday, musician
- James Gladstone, Canadian Senator
- Cuthbert Grant, Métis leader
- Gary Potts, former chief of Temagami First Nation
- Graham Greene, actor
- Guujaaw, carver, musician and political activist
[edit] H
- Ann Meekitjuk Hanson, Commissioner of Nunavut
- John Harding (Sha ko hen the tha), chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
- Elijah Harper, politician
- René Highway, dancer and actor
- Tomson Highway, playwright, novelist, and children's author.
[edit] I
- Joseph Idlout, featured on the former Canadian two-dollar bill[3][4]
- Peter Irniq, former Commissioner of Nunavut
- James Isbister, Métis leader
- Peter Ittinuar, politician
[edit] J
- Honoré Jackson, a leader of the North-West Rebellion
- Tom Jackson, actor
- Carole James, leader of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia
- Edward John, political leader
- Mary John, Sr., leader of the Dakelh or Carrier people
- Pauline Johnson, writer and performer
[edit] K
- Stephen Kakfwi, premier of the Northwest Territories
- Helen Kalvak, artist
- Nancy Karetak-Lindell, politician
- Peter Kattuk, politician
- Simeonie Keenainak, musician
- Tina Keeper, activist, actress and politician
- Keish (Skookum Jim Mason), discovered gold in the Yukon
- Peter Kilabuk, politician
- Thomas King, author
- Zacharias Kunuk, director of Atanarjuat
[edit] L
- Rick Laliberte, politician
- Oscar Lathlin, politician
- George Leach, politician
- Reggie Leach, ice hockey player
- Ambroise-Dydime Lépine, Métis military leader
- Tom Longboat, distance runner
- Loma Lyns, musician
[edit] M
- Ranald MacDonald, American born Japanese/English interpreter
- Helen Maksagak, former Commissioner of Northwest Territories and Commissioner of Nunavut, current Deputy Commissioner of Nunavut
- George Manuel, former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations
- Steve Mapsalak, politician
- Maquinna, chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth
- Lee Maracle, poet and author
- Leonard Marchand, politician
- Donald Marshall, wrongly convicted of murder
- Matonabbee, Chipewyan hunter and leader
- Claude McKenzie, singer-songwriter
- Henri Membertou, Mi'kmaq leader
- Andrea Menard, actress, playwright, and jazz singer
- Billy Merasty, actor
- Gary Merasty, politician
- Ovide Mercredi, politician
- Mikak, worked to create friendly relations between native Labradoreans and European traders
- Milton Born With A Tooth, political activist
- Gilbert Monture, honorary chief of the Mohawk tribe
- Norval Morrisseau, artist
- Daniel David Moses, poet and playwright
- Ted Moses, politician
[edit] N
- Nahnebahwequa, Ojibwa spokeswoman and Christian Missionary
- Nakasuk, founder of Iqaluit, Nunavut
- Patterk Netser, politician
- Sandra Lovelace Nicholas, Canadian Senator
- Ted Nolan, ice hockey player
- Charles Nolin, political organiser who opposed the North-West Rebellion
- Nonosbawsut, leader of the Beothuk people
- John Norquay, Premier of Manitoba
- Henry Norwest, sniper, Military Medal winner
- Kaúxuma Núpika, prophetess
- Jobie Nutarak, politician
[edit] O
- Alanis Obomsawin, filmmaker
- Paul Okalik, premier of Nunavut
- Bernard Ominayak, elected leader of the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
- Joseph Onasakenrat, Mohawk chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
- Jessie Oonark, artist
- Oronhyatekha, first Aboriginal medical doctor
- Helen Betty Osborne, Manitoba woman, kidnapped and murdered
[edit] P
- Francis Pegahmagabow, sniper, Military Medal winner
- Buckley Petawabano, actor and communications consultant
- Piapot, leader, diplomat, warrior, horse thief, and spiritualist
- Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker}, Cree chief
- Chief Pontiac, Ottawa war leader
- Jerry Potts, guide and interpreter
- Gaylord Powless, lacrosse player
- Ross Powless, lacrosse player
- Tommy Prince, war hero
[edit] R
- Bill Reid, jeweler, sculptor and artist
- Sandrine Renard, newscaster on the Naked News
- Louis Riel, Métis leader
- Louis Riel Sr., Métis leader
- Robbie Robertson, songwriter and guitarist
- Carla Robinson, television journalist
- Eden Robinson, writer
- Eric Robinson, politician
- Denis Rocan, politician
- Suzanne Rochon-Burnett, business woman
- Ian Ross, playwright
- James Ross, lawyer
- Todd Russell, politician
[edit] S
- Buffy Sainte-Marie, musician
- Guillaume Sayer, fur trader
- Eric Schweig, actor and carver
- James Sewid, former Chief councillor of the Kwakwaka'wakw
- Shanawdithit, believed to have been the last surviving member of the Beothuk people
- John Shiwak, sniper
- Jay Silverheels, actor best known for playing Tonto
- David Simailak, politician
- Sheldon Souray, ice hockey player
- Gerry St. Germain, politician
- Kinnie Starr, singer-songwriter
- Ralph Steinhauer, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.
- Brent Stutsky, bassist Breach of Trust
- Thomas Suluk, politician
- Cree Summer, voice actress
[edit] T
- Tanya Tagaq Gillis, singer & artist
- Louis Tapardjuk, politician
- Drew Hayden Taylor, playwright and journalist
- Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha, first Indigenous person considered for Sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church
- Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq, artist
- Simon Tookoome, artist
- Hunter Tootoo, politician
- Jordin Tootoo, ice hockey player
- Gordon Tootoosis, actor
- Bryan Trottier, ice hockey player
- Shania Twain, singer-songwriter
- Walter Patrick Twinn, Canadian Senator
[edit] U
- Abraham Ulrikab, zoo exhibit in Hamburg, Germany
[edit] V
- Roy Henry Vickers, artist
- Florent Vollant, singer-songwriter
[edit] W
- Barbara Wardlaw, interim leader First Peoples National Party of Canada
- Charlie Watt, Canadian Senator
- Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Inuk activist
- Myron Wolf Child, youth activist, public speaker and politician
[edit] Z
- Dean Zabolotney, guitarist Breach of Trust
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