Duke Redbird
Canadian poet, journalist, activist, actor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Duke Redbird (born 1939) is an Indigenous Canadian poet, journalist, activist, businessman, actor and administrator, best known as a key figure in the development of First Nations literature in Canada.[1]
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Duke Redbird | |
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Born | 1939 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | poet, journalist, academic, actor |
Years active | 1960s-present |
Notable work | I Am Canadian, Loveshine and Red Wine, We Are Métis |
Children | Jay Bell Redbird |
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An Ojibwe from the Saugeen First Nation in Southwestern Ontario,[2] he became a ward of the Children's Aid Society at nine months of age after his mother died in a house fire.[3] Raised predominantly by white foster families, he began writing as a way to deal with the anti-indigenous racism he faced in schools.[3]