birth_place nationality notableworks period article_title name occupation
soda creek , british columbia canadian '' they called me number one '' 1980s-present bev sellars
 bev sellars first nations chief , writer
bev sellars

bev sellars is a canadian writer , who was a finalist for the 2014 burt award for first nations , métis and inuit literature for her book `` they called me number one '' .
the chief of the xat ` sull first nation at soda creek , british columbia , she published `` they called me number one '' in 2013 as a memoir of her childhood experience in the indian residential school system .
the book also won the 2014 george ryga award for social awareness , and was shortlisted for the 2014 hubert evans non-fiction prize .
sellars was a student at the st. joseph 's residential school in williams lake , british columbia .
she later studied history at the university of victoria , and law at the university of british columbia .
first elected chief of xat ` sull in 1987 , she has also served as an advisor to the british columbia treaty commission .
