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Duke Redbird
Chippewa:
Born: 1939 -- Saugeen Reserve, ON
Died: n/a
Achievements:
  1. President of the Ontario Métis and Non-status Indian Association
  2. Vice-president of the Native Council of Canada
Works:
  1. I Am a Canadian
  2. We Are Métis

Eden Robinson
Haisla / Heiltsuk:
Born: 1968 -- Kitamaak Reserve, BC
Died: n/a
Achievements:
  1. Winifred Holtby Prize for the best first work of fiction in the Commonwealth
  2. New York Times Editor's Choice
  3. New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Works:
  1. Traplines (1998)
  2. Monkey Beach (1997)
  3. Blood Sports (2005)

Harry Robinson
Okanagan:
Born: 1900 -- Oyama, BC
Died: 1990 -- Keremeos, BC
Achievements:
Works:
  1. Write It On Your Heart: The Epic World of an Okanagan Storyteller (1989)
  2. Nature Power: In the Spirit of an Okanagan Storyteller (1992)
  3. Living by Stories: A Journey of Landscape and Memory (2005)
  4. Captive in an English Circus

J. Spencer Rowe
Ojibwa:
Born: 1962 – Curve Lake First Nation, ON
Died: n/a
Achievements:
  1. McLaughlin College, York University, 10th Annual Prize for Poetry (2002)
  2. Earned degrees from Ontario College of Art and Design; University of Victoria and York University
Works:
  1. The Last of the Dodo’s: Voice of the Two Spirit (2005)

Armand Garnet Ruffo
Ojibwa:
Born: 1955 -- Chapleau, ON
Died: n/a
Achievements:
  1. Canadian Authors'Association Prize for Poetry 2000
  2. Archibald Lampman Poetry Award 2001
  3. CBC Arts Performance Showcase Competition for Drama 2002
Works:
  1. Opening In The Sky (1994)
  2. Grey Owl: the Mystery of Archie Belaney (1996)
  3. At Geronimo's Grave (2001)