Indigenous Artists and Atheletes
Below is a list of Indigenous artists and athletes that you may wish to learn more about with your students.
Actors/ Actresses
Adam Beach (Saulteaux)
Ashely Callingbull-Burnham (Cree)
Chief Dan George (Coast Salish)
Eric Schweig (Inuk/Chippewa/Dene)
Gary Farmer (Cayuga)
Gordon Tootoosis (Cree/Stoney)
Graham Greene (Oneida)
Jani Lauzon (Métis)
Jay Silverheels (Mohawk)
Kaniehtiio Horn (Mohawk)
Kawennahere Devery Jacobs (Mohawk)
Madeline Ivalu (Inuk)
Margo Kane (Cree/Saulteaux)
Michelle Latimer (Métis/Algonquin)
Michelle Thrush (Cree)
Nathaniel Arcand (Cree)
Roseanne Supernault (Métis/Cree)
Tantoo Cardinal (Métis)
Tom Jackson (Cree)
Athletes
Alwyn Morris (Mohawk) – Canoeist/Kayaker
Bridgette Lacquette (Métis) – Hockey
Caroline Calve (Algonquin) – Snowboarding
Caroline Darbyshire-McRorie (Métis) – Curling
Casey Price (Ulkatcho) – Hockey
Cody Jamieson (Mohawk) – Lacrosse
Fred Sasakamoose (Cree) – Hockey
Gaylord Powless (Mohawk) – Lacrosse
George Armstrong (Anishinaabe) – Hockey
Jeremy Thompson (Onondaga) - Lacrosse
Jerome Thompson (Onondaga) – Lacrosse
Jesse Cockney (Inuk) – Snowboarding
Jodin Tootoo (Inuk) – Hockey
Kenneth Moore (Cree) – Hockey
Lyle Thompson (Onondaga) - Lacrosse
Mary Spencer (Anishinaabe) – Boxing
Miles Thompson (Onondaga) - Lacrosse
Reggie Leach (Anishinaabe) – Hockey
Rene Bourque (Métis) – Hockey
Roger Allen (Gwich’in) - Skiing
Roseanne Allen (Gwich’in) - Skiing
Sharon Firth (Gwich’in) - Skiing
Shirley Firth (Gwich’in) - Skiing
Spencer O’Brien (Haida) – Snowboarding
Theoren Fleury (Métis) – Hockey
Tom Longboat (Onondaga) – Runner
Waneek Horn-Miller (Mohawk) – Water Polo
Musicians
A Tribe Called Red
Aasiva (Inuit)
Buffy Sainte-Marie (Cree)
Crystal Shawanda (Anishinaabe)
Digging Hearts (Anishinaabe)
Drezus (Cree)
Jeremy Dutcher (Maliseet)
Kontiwennenha:wi Akwesasne Women’s Singers (Mohawk)
Logan Staats (Haudenosaunee)
Northern Cree (Cree)
Shawnee (Mohawk)
Tanya Tagaq (Inuk)
The Jerry Cans (Inuit)
Wab Kinew (Anishinaabe)
Visual Artists
Alex Janvier (Dene/Saulteaux) (Member of Indigenous Group of Seven*)
Andy Everson (Northwest Coast)
Bill Reid (Haida)
Carl Ray (Cree) (Member of Indigenous Group of Seven*)
Chief Dan George (Coast Salish)
Christi Belcourt (Métis)
Daphne Odjig (Odawa-Potawatomi) (Member of Indigenous Group of Seven*)
Eddy Cobiness (Anishinaabe) (Member of Indigenous Group of Seven*)
Jackson Beardy (Anishinaabe/Cree) (Member of Indigenous Group of Seven*)
Jane Ash Poitras (Cree)
Joseph Sanchez (Pueblo) (Member of Indigenous Group of Seven*)
Kenojuak Ashevak (Inuk)
Luke Marston (Coast Salish)
Norman Tait (Nisga’a)
Norval Morriseau (Anishinaabe) (Member of Indigenous Group of Seven*)
Robert Davidson (Haida)
Susan Point (Coast Salish)
*formerly known as “Indian Group of Seven”
