Edmund Metatawabin
Edmund Metatawabin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 (age 73–74) Fort Albany Ontario |
| Occupation | Former First Nations chief, Author (up ghost river) and an Indigenous advocate. |
| Nationality | |
| Period | 1980s-present |
| Notable works | Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History |
Edmund Metatawabin CM is a First Nations chief and writer, whose 2014 memoir Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.[1]
A former chief of the Fort Albany First Nation in Ontario,[2] he published Up Ghost River, cowritten with journalist Alexandra Shimo, as a memoir of his childhood experience in Canada's Indian residential schools system.[3]
References[]
- ^ Edmund Metatawabin is an actor and producer, known for In Jesus' Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School (2017) and Through Black Spruce (2018)."Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
- ^ "Meetings Will Examine Gaps in Services for Natives". Kingston Whig-Standard, April 7, 1989.
- ^ "Surviving atrocities". Toronto Star, August 31, 2014.
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