Edmund Metatawabin

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Edmund Metatawabin

Born1948 (age 75–76)
Fort Albany Ontario
OccupationFormer First Nations chief, Author (up ghost river) and an Indigenous advocate.
NationalityFirst nations Mushkegowuk Cree
Period1980s-present
Notable worksUp 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Meetings Will Examine Gaps in Services for Natives". Kingston Whig-Standard, April 7, 1989.
  3. ^ "Surviving atrocities". Toronto Star, August 31, 2014.