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- Dan George (born 24 July 1899, died 23 September 1981; Tsleil-Waututh) For the first 60 years of his life, Dan George held a number of jobs and from 1951 to 1963 he was chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.
- Jennifer Podemski (born 1 January 1974; Anishinaabe) Jennifer Podemski grew up in Toronto and began acting in her teens. Her talent was evident in CBC Television’s The Diviners, which led to a starring role in Dance Me Outside.
- Gordon Tootoosis (born 25 October 1941, died 5 July 2011; Cree) Gordon Tootoosis was a residential school survivor. He toured Canada and Europe as a powwow dancer and began his acting career in the Canadian television series Stoney Plain.
- Devery Jacobs (born 8 August 1993; Mohawk) Growing up in Kahnawà:ke, Devery Jacobs used a home video camera to make short movies. Her love of film was fully realized in 2013, when she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for her role in the movie Rhymes for Young Ghouls.
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Jan 9, 2016 · The Revenant used hundreds of extras in telling the gritty, Alberta-shot survival tale of Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), many of them drawn from First Nations communities across Alberta.
Allyson Pratt is a mixed race First Nations actress born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Her mother is of Plains Cree and French descent. Best known for her work on Teenagers (2014) and Mohawk Girls (2010), Allyson is also a trained vocalist and dancer, winning the RAPA Triple Threat Award in her graduation year at the high profile post-secondary school in Toronto.
As of 2016, Gee stars in the 33-episode web series Inhuman Condition, which airs on the KindaTV YouTube channel. In 2017 she began to star in the recurring role of Camina Drummer on the Amazon television series The Expanse. Gee is Ojibwe (Chippewa). She was born in Calgary, Alberta, and raised in Bobcaygeon, Ontario.
Feb 11, 2024 · Radio Active 8:52 New thriller shines a light on Indigenous filmmaking. We meet local Cree and Métis actor Roseanne Supernault, who has a leading role in the Indigenous-produced film Cold Road ...
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Aug 11, 2022 · Terri Trembath is a video journalist who joined CBC Calgary in 2008. You can reach Terri at terri.trembath@cbc.ca. The success of Prey and other Indigenous-led films and TV shows are moving the ...
