Cree - Other Notable People

Other Notable People

  • Janice Acoose, author, of Sakimay (Saulteaux) and Ninankawe Marival Métis ancestry
  • Nathaniel Arcand, actor
  • Irene Bedard, actress
  • Mary Katherine Campbell, former Miss America pageant titleholder
  • Harold Cardinal, writer, political leader, teacher, and lawyer
  • Lorne Cardinal, actor
  • Tantoo Cardinal, actor
  • Jonathan Cheechoo, NHL hockey player
  • Theoren Fleury, retired NHL hockey player, humanitarian, spokesperson, and author
  • Edward Gamblin, musician
  • Michael Greyeyes, actor
  • Tomson Highway, playwright, librettist of the first Cree-language opera
  • Tyson Houseman, actor
  • Cody Lightning, actor
  • Wilton Littlechild, lawyer, former Member of Parliament
  • Delia Opekokew, lawyer and activist
  • Bronson Pelletier, actor
  • Romeo Saganash, Member of Parliament for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Quebec
  • Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer
  • Cree Summer, singer/actress
  • Richard Throssel (1882–1933), photographer
  • Michelle Thrush, actor
  • Gordon Tootoosis, actor
  • Shania Twain, singer
  • Alfred Young Man (b. 1948), educator, writer, curator, artist

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