Edmund Metatawabin

Edmund Metatawabin
Born 1948 (Age 67-68)
Fort Albany Ontario
Occupation First Nations chief, writer
Nationality Canadian
Period 1980s-present
Notable works Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History

Edmund Metatawabin is a Canadian First Nations chief and writer, whose 2014 memoir Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.[1]

A former chief of the Fort Albany First Nation in Ontario,[2] he published Up Ghost River, cowritten with journalist Alexandra Shimo, as a memoir of his childhood experience in Canada's Indian residential schools system.[3] He currently lives in his self-made log house in Fort Albany Ontario.

References

  1. "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
  2. "Meetings Will Examine Gaps in Services for Natives". Kingston Whig-Standard, April 7, 1989.
  3. "Surviving atrocities". Toronto Star, August 31, 2014.


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