20th-century First Nations writers

Chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (1899-1981)

Canadian poet and performer (1861–1913)

Abenaki artist and filmmaker in Montreal

Indigenous Canadian actor, playwright, and physician

Canadian writer (1932–2007)

Ojibwe writer (1955-2017)

Sto:lo writer and academic

Canadian playwright and novelist (born 1951)

Cree chief, tale-teller, author

Canadian author and academic (1932-2011)

Canadian writer

Canadian writer (1929–2015)

Storyteller, author

Mohawk poet

Gertrude Bernard (June 18, 1906 – June 17, 1986), commonly known as Anahareo, was a Canadian writer, animal rights activist and conservationist of Algonquin and Mohawk ancestry. Throughout her life, she challenged cultural stereotypes of First Nations women and proved herself to be "an intrepid, resourceful, and self-reliant woman who could manage on her own in the wilderness and yet was no stranger to the customs and trappings of modern civilization". At a time when "conservation" stood for increasing the size of animal populations for the sake of hunting and trapping, she, along with G

Canadian writer

Canadian writer