# List of First Nations people

This is a partial list of famous people who are members of the First Nations in Canada.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References

## A

* Aatsista-Mahkan, Blackfoot chief
* Abishabis, Cree religious leader
* A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye, Blackfoot chief
* Evan Adams, Sliammon actor, doctor and health policy
* Mary Kawennatakie Adams, Mohawk basket maker
* Agouhanna, chief of Hochelega
* David Ahenakew, politician
* Freda Ahenakew, author
* Frederick Alexcee, Tsimshian-Iroquois woodcarver
* Jerry Alfred, musician
* Almighty Voice (Cree), fugitive
* Anahareo (Gertrude Bernard), author
* Anna Mae Aquash, Mi'kmaq activist
* Nathaniel Arcand, actor
* Jeannette Armstrong, author, artist and activist
* Arron Asham, NHL hockey player
* Shawn Atleo, chief
* Auoindaon, Wyandot chief

## B

* James Bartleman, diplomat and author
* Francois Beaulieu, northern prospector and guide
* Adam Beach, actor
* Big Bear, Cree chief
* Jackson Beardy, Ayisini painter
* Billy-Ray Belcourt, writer
* Perry Bellegarde, politician and leader of the Assembly of First Nations
* Rykko Bellemare, actor
* Kwena Bellemare-Boivin, actress
* Rebecca Belmore, Ojibwe conceptual artist
* Ethel Blondin-Andrew, politician
* Dempsey Bob, Tahltan-Tlingit woodcarver
* Columpa Bobb, actor, playwright and poet
* Rodney Bobiwash, scholar and activist
* Steven Bonspille, Mohawk chief
* Milton Born With A Tooth, activist
* James Bourque, activist
* Joseph Brant, Mohawk leader
* Mary Brant, Mohawk leader
* T. J. Burke, politician

## C

* 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
* Nadine Caron, first female First Nations Canadian general surgeon
* Dawson Charlie, co-discoverer of gold in the Yukon
* Jonathan Cheechoo, ice hockey player
* Chief Lady Bird, (aka Nancy King), Chippewa and Potawatomi artist, illustrator, educator and community activist
* Byron Chief-Moon, Kainai Nation American-born actor
* Matthew Coon Come, former NationalAssembly of First Nations
* Harold Crowchild, last surviving Tsuu T'ina veteran of World War II
* Crowfoot, Blackfoot chief
* Bert Crowfoot, broadcaster and journalist

## D

* Brian Deer, Tionerahtoken (Mohawk) librarian from Kahnawake, laid the foundation for the Brian Deer Classification System (BDCS)
* Demasduit, one of the last Beothuk people
* Andy de Jarlis, Métis fiddler
* Paul DeVillers, politician
* Bonnie Devine, Ojibway conceptual artist
* Donnacona, chief of Stadacona site of present-day Quebec City
* Armond Duck Chief, country singer-songwriter
* Willie Dunn, filmmaker, folk musician, playwright and politician
* Jeremy Dutcher, musician
* Lillian Dyck, Canadian Senator

## E

* Georges Erasmus, politician
* Ron Evans, politician

## F

* Gary Farmer (b. 1953), Cayuga actor and filmmaker
* Jerry Fontaine, politician
* Phil Fontaine, former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
* Rainbow Sun Francks, Plains Cree actor

## G

* James Gabriel, Grand Chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
* Jonathan Genest-Jourdain, politician
* Dan George, actor and Salish chief
* Dudley George, protester killed near Camp Ipperwash
* Leela Gilday, Dene musician
* James Gladstone, Canadian Senator
* Michelle Good, writer and lawyer
* Graham Greene, Oneida actor
* Mary Greyeyes-Reid, first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Forces
* Guujaaw, Haida, carver, musician and political activist

## H

* John Harding (Sha ko hen the tha), chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
* Elijah Harper, politician
* Rinelle Harper, advocate for victims of violence
* Jimmy Herman, actor
* René Highway, dancer and actor
* Tomson Highway, playwright, novelist, and children's author
* Tom Hogan, Ojibway painter
* Kaniehtiio Horn, actress

## I

* Ilona Verley, Nlaka'pamux drag queen most known for competing in Canada's Drag Race

## J

* Alex Janvier, Dene Suline-Saulteaux artist
* Chief William Jeffrey, Tsimshian hereditary chief, activist and carver
* Edward John, political leader
* Mary John, Sr., leader of the Dakelh or Carrier people
* Pauline Johnson, writer and performer
* Dr. Gene Joseph, Wet'suwet'en Nadleh'dena First Nations librarian, founder of the Xwi7xwa Library
* Edith Josie, writer

## K

* Stephen Kakfwi, premier of the Northwest Territories
* Tina Keeper, activist, actress and politician
* Keish (Skookum Jim Mason), discovered gold in the Yukon
* Wab Kinew, musician and broadcaster, premier of Manitoba
* Chester Knight, musician

## L

* Melina Laboucan-Massimo, climate justice advocate
* Oscar Lathlin, politician
* George Leach, musician
* Reggie Leach, ice hockey player
* Mary Leaf, Mohawk artist specializing in basketmaking
* Ange Loft, Kanien'kehá:ka Kahnawà:ke (Mohawk) performing artist
* Tom Longboat, distance runner
* Morley Loon, musician
* Loma Lyns (Whitefish Lake Ojibway), musician

## M

* George Manuel, former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations
* Maquinna, chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth
* Lee Maracle, poet and author
* Leonard Marchand, politician
* Donald Marshall, Jr., wrongly convicted of murder
* Mungo Martin, Kwakwaka'wakw woodcarver
* Matonabbee, Chipewyan hunter and leader
* Matooskie (also known as Nancy McKenzie)
* Duncan McCue, journalist
* Deborah McGregor (Whitefish River Ojibway), environmentalist, educator
* Claude McKenzie, singer-songwriter
* Gerald McMaster, Siksika First Nation-Red Pheasant First Nation artist, author, curator
* Henri Membertou, Mi'kmaq leader
* Billy Merasty, actor
* Gary Merasty, politician
* Ovide Mercredi, politician
* Mattie Mitchell, Mi’kmaq Chieftain, explorer
* Gilbert Monture, honorary chief of the Mohawk tribe
* Alwyn Morris, athlete
* Norval Morrisseau, Ojibwe artist
* Daniel David Moses, poet and playwright
* Tara Lee Morin, writer
* Will Morin, politician
* Ted Moses, politician

## N

* Nahnebahwequa, Ojibwa spokeswoman and Christian Missionary
* Darlene Naponse, filmmaker and writer
* David Neel, Kwakwaka'wakw conceptual artist, print-maker and author
* Ellen Neel, Kwakwaka'wakw woodcarver
* Aaron Nelson-Moody, woodcarver
* Sandra Lovelace Nicholas, Canadian Senator
* Shelley Niro, New York-born Six Nations of the Grand River Mohawk artist and filmmaker
* Ted Nolan, ice hockey player and coach
* Nonosabasut, leader of the Beothuk people
* Kaúxuma Núpika, prophetess

## O

* Kim O'Bomsawin, filmmaker
* Alanis Obomsawin, filmmaker
* Diane Obomsawin, artist and animator
* Daphne Odjig, Odawa-Potawatomi painter
* Bernard Ominayak, elected leader of the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
* Joseph Onasakenrat, Mohawk chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
* Oronhyatekha, first Aboriginal medical doctor
* Helen Betty Osborne, Manitoba woman, kidnapped and murdered

## P

* Francis Pegahmagabow, sniper, Military Medal winner
* Peter Penashue, politician
* Tahmoh Penikett, actor
* Elizabeth Phillips, Cheam elder, Halq’emeylem specialist
* Piapot, leader, diplomat, warrior, horse thief, and spiritualist
* Poundmaker (Pitikwahanapiwiyin), Cree chief
* Susan Point, Coast Salish artist
* Chief Pontiac, Odawa war leader
* Gary Potts, former chief of Temagami First Nation
* Gaylord Powless, lacrosse player
* Ross Powless, lacrosse player
* Carey Price, NHL hockey player
* Tommy Prince, war hero
* William Prince, singer-songwriter

## Q

* Carl Quinn, singer-songwriter

## R

* Bill Reid, Haida jeweler, sculptor and artist
* Sandrine Renard, newscaster on the Naked News
* Waubgeshig Rice, writer and broadcaster
* David A. Robertson, Indigenous graphic novelist and writer
* Robbie Robertson, songwriter and guitarist
* Carla Robinson, television journalist
* Eden Robinson, writer
* Eric Robinson, politician

## S

* Samian, musician
* Fred Sasakamoose, ice hockey player
* Gregory Scofield, writer
* Alfred Scow, Judge and Hereditary Chief
* Bev Sellars, Secwepemc writer and chief
* James Sewid, former chief councilor of the Kwakwaka'wakw
* Shanawdithit, believed to have been the last surviving member of the Beothuk people
* Crystal Shawanda, musician
* Shingoose, musician
* Jay Silverheels, Mohawk actor best known for performing as The Lone Ranger's companion Tonto
* Sheldon Souray, ice hockey player
* Ralph Steinhauer, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
* Shayla Stonechild, actress and podcaster
* Cree Summer, voice actress

## T

* Drew Hayden Taylor, playwright and journalist
* Gordon Tootoosis, Cree/Stoney actor best known as Albert Golo on North of 60
* Walter Patrick Twinn, Canadian Senator
* Tecumseh, military leader, War of 1812
* Jeff Thomas, photographer
* Dahti Tsetso, Dehcho environmentalist and educator
* Arielle Twist, poet
* Jaylene Tyme, drag entertainer

## V

* Diyet van Lieshout, musician
* Roy Henry Vickers, Tsimshian artist
* Florent Vollant, Innu singer-songwriter

## W

* Barbara Wardlaw, interim leader First Peoples National Party of Canada
* Frank Whitehead, politician
* Joshua Whitehead, writer
* Massey Whiteknife, businessman and musician
* David B. Williams, Ojibway painter and printmaker
* Kona Williams, forensic pathologist
* Myron Wolf Child, activist, public speaker and politician

## Y

* Greg Younging, member of the Opsakwayak Cree Nation, editor and expert on First Nations copyright