List of First Nations people

This is a partial list of famous people who are members of the First Nations.

A

 * Aatsista-Mahkan, Blackfoot chief
 * Abishabis, Cree religious leader
 * A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye, Blackfoot chief
 * Evan Adams, Sliammon actor, doctor and health policy
 * Mary Kawennatakie Adams, Mohawk basket maker
 * Agouhanna, chief of Hochelega
 * David Ahenakew, politician
 * Freda Ahenakew, author
 * Frederick Alexcee, Tsimshian-Iroquois woodcarver
 * Jerry Alfred, musician
 * Almighty Voice (Cree), fugitive
 * Anahareo (Gertrude Bernard), author
 * Anna Mae Aquash, Mi'kmaq activist
 * Nathaniel Arcand, actor
 * Jeannette Armstrong, author, artist and activist
 * Arron Asham, NHL hockey player
 * Shawn Atleo, chief
 * Auoindaon, Wyandot chief

B

 * James Bartleman, diplomat and author
 * Francois Beaulieu, northern prospector and guide
 * Adam Beach, actor
 * Big Bear, Cree chief
 * Jackson Beardy, Ayisini painter
 * Billy-Ray Belcourt, writer
 * Perry Bellegarde, politician and leader of the Assembly of First Nations
 * Rykko Bellemare, actor
 * Kwena Bellemare-Boivin, actress
 * Rebecca Belmore, Ojibwe conceptual artist
 * Ethel Blondin-Andrew, politician
 * Dempsey Bob, Tahltan-Tlingit woodcarver
 * Columpa Bobb, actor, playwright and poet
 * Rodney Bobiwash, scholar and activist
 * Steven Bonspille, Mohawk chief
 * Milton Born With A Tooth, activist
 * James Bourque, activist
 * Joseph Brant, Mohawk leader
 * Mary Brant, Mohawk leader
 * T. J. Burke, politician

C

 * Douglas Cardinal, architect
 * Harold Cardinal, writer and political leader
 * Lorne Cardinal, actor
 * Tantoo Cardinal, actor
 * Kate Carmack, possible finder of the gold deposits in the Yukon
 * Nadine Caron, first female First Nations Canadian general surgeon
 * Dawson Charlie, co-discoverer of gold in the Yukon
 * Jonathan Cheechoo, ice hockey player
 * Chief Lady Bird, (aka Nancy King), Chippewa and Potawatomi artist, illustrator, educator and community activist
 * Byron Chief-Moon, Kainai Nation American-born actor
 * Matthew Coon Come, former NationalAssembly of First Nations
 * Harold Crowchild, last surviving Tsuu T'ina veteran of World War II
 * Crowfoot, Blackfoot chief
 * Bert Crowfoot, broadcaster and journalist

D

 * Brian Deer, Tionerahtoken (Mohawk) librarian from Kahnawake, laid the foundation for the Brian Deer Classification System (BDCS)
 * Demasduit, one of the last Beothuk people
 * Andy de Jarlis, Métis fiddler
 * Paul DeVillers, politician
 * Bonnie Devine, Ojibway conceptual artist
 * Donnacona, chief of Stadacona site of present-day Quebec City
 * Armond Duck Chief, country singer-songwriter
 * Willie Dunn, filmmaker, folk musician, playwright and politician
 * Jeremy Dutcher, musician
 * Lillian Dyck, Canadian Senator

E

 * Georges Erasmus, politician
 * Ron Evans, politician

F

 * Gary Farmer (b. 1953), Cayuga actor and filmmaker
 * Jerry Fontaine, politician
 * Phil Fontaine, former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
 * Rainbow Sun Francks, Plains Cree actor

G

 * James Gabriel, Grand Chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
 * Jonathan Genest-Jourdain, politician
 * Dan George, actor and Salish chief
 * Dudley George, protester killed near Camp Ipperwash
 * Leela Gilday, Dene musician
 * James Gladstone, Canadian Senator
 * Michelle Good, writer and lawyer
 * Graham Greene, Oneida actor
 * Mary Greyeyes-Reid, first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Forces
 * Guujaaw, Haida, carver, musician and political activist

H

 * John Harding (Sha ko hen the tha), chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
 * Elijah Harper, politician
 * Rinelle Harper, advocate for victims of violence
 * Jimmy Herman, actor
 * René Highway, dancer and actor
 * Tomson Highway, playwright, novelist, and children's author
 * Tom Hogan, Ojibway painter
 * Kaniehtiio Horn, actress

I

 * Ilona Verley, Nlaka'pamux drag queen most known for competing in Canada's Drag Race

J

 * Alex Janvier, Dene Suline-Saulteaux artist
 * Chief William Jeffrey, Tsimshian hereditary chief, activist and carver
 * Edward John, political leader
 * Mary John, Sr., leader of the Dakelh or Carrier people
 * Pauline Johnson, writer and performer
 * Dr. Gene Joseph, Wet'suwet'en Nadleh'dena First Nations librarian, founder of the Xwi7xwa Library
 * Edith Josie, writer

K

 * Stephen Kakfwi, premier of the Northwest Territories
 * Tina Keeper, activist, actress and politician
 * Keish (Skookum Jim Mason), discovered gold in the Yukon
 * Wab Kinew, musician and broadcaster, premier of Manitoba
 * Chester Knight, musician

L

 * Melina Laboucan-Massimo, climate justice advocate
 * Oscar Lathlin, politician
 * George Leach, musician
 * Reggie Leach, ice hockey player
 * Mary Leaf, Mohawk artist specializing in basketmaking
 * Ange Loft, Kanien'kehá:ka Kahnawà:ke (Mohawk) performing artist
 * Tom Longboat, distance runner
 * Morley Loon, musician
 * Loma Lyns (Whitefish Lake Ojibway), musician

M

 * George Manuel, former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations
 * Maquinna, chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth
 * Lee Maracle, poet and author
 * Leonard Marchand, politician
 * Donald Marshall, Jr., wrongly convicted of murder
 * Mungo Martin, Kwakwaka'wakw woodcarver
 * Matonabbee, Chipewyan hunter and leader
 * Matooskie (also known as Nancy McKenzie)
 * Duncan McCue, journalist
 * Deborah McGregor (Whitefish River Ojibway), environmentalist, educator
 * Claude McKenzie, singer-songwriter
 * Gerald McMaster, Siksika First Nation-Red Pheasant First Nation artist, author, curator
 * Henri Membertou, Mi'kmaq leader
 * Billy Merasty, actor
 * Gary Merasty, politician
 * Ovide Mercredi, politician
 * Mattie Mitchell, Mi’kmaq Chieftain, explorer
 * Gilbert Monture, honorary chief of the Mohawk tribe
 * Alwyn Morris, athlete
 * Norval Morrisseau, Ojibwe artist
 * Daniel David Moses, poet and playwright
 * Tara Lee Morin, writer
 * Will Morin, politician
 * Ted Moses, politician

N

 * Nahnebahwequa, Ojibwa spokeswoman and Christian Missionary
 * Darlene Naponse, filmmaker and writer
 * David Neel, Kwakwaka'wakw conceptual artist, print-maker and author
 * Ellen Neel, Kwakwaka'wakw woodcarver
 * Aaron Nelson-Moody, woodcarver
 * Sandra Lovelace Nicholas, Canadian Senator
 * Shelley Niro, New York-born Six Nations of the Grand River Mohawk artist and filmmaker
 * Ted Nolan, ice hockey player and coach
 * Nonosabasut, leader of the Beothuk people
 * Kaúxuma Núpika, prophetess

O

 * Kim O'Bomsawin, filmmaker
 * Alanis Obomsawin, filmmaker
 * Diane Obomsawin, artist and animator
 * Daphne Odjig, Odawa-Potawatomi painter
 * Bernard Ominayak, elected leader of the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
 * Joseph Onasakenrat, Mohawk chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
 * Oronhyatekha, first Aboriginal medical doctor
 * Helen Betty Osborne, Manitoba woman, kidnapped and murdered

P

 * Francis Pegahmagabow, sniper, Military Medal winner
 * Peter Penashue, politician
 * Tahmoh Penikett, actor
 * Elizabeth Phillips, Cheam elder, Halq’emeylem specialist
 * Piapot, leader, diplomat, warrior, horse thief, and spiritualist
 * Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker), Cree chief
 * Susan Point, Coast Salish artist
 * Chief Pontiac, Odawa war leader
 * Gary Potts, former chief of Temagami First Nation
 * Gaylord Powless, lacrosse player
 * Ross Powless, lacrosse player
 * Carey Price, NHL hockey player
 * Tommy Prince, war hero
 * William Prince, singer-songwriter

Q

 * Carl Quinn, singer-songwriter

R

 * Bill Reid, Haida jeweler, sculptor and artist
 * Sandrine Renard, newscaster on the Naked News
 * Waubgeshig Rice, writer and broadcaster
 * David A. Robertson, Indigenous graphic novelist and writer
 * Robbie Robertson, songwriter and guitarist
 * Carla Robinson, television journalist
 * Eden Robinson, writer
 * Eric Robinson, politician

S

 * Samian, musician
 * Fred Sasakamoose, ice hockey player
 * Gregory Scofield, writer
 * Alfred Scow, Judge and Hereditary Chief
 * Bev Sellars, Secwepemc writer and chief
 * James Sewid, former chief councilor of the Kwakwaka'wakw
 * Shanawdithit, believed to have been the last surviving member of the Beothuk people
 * Crystal Shawanda, musician
 * Shingoose, musician
 * Jay Silverheels, Mohawk actor best known for performing as The Lone Ranger's companion Tonto
 * Sheldon Souray, ice hockey player
 * Ralph Steinhauer, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
 * Cree Summer, voice actress

T

 * Drew Hayden Taylor, playwright and journalist
 * Gordon Tootoosis, Cree/Stoney actor best known as Albert Golo on North of 60
 * Walter Patrick Twinn, Canadian Senator
 * Tecumseh, military leader, War of 1812
 * Jeff Thomas, photographer
 * Dahti Tsetso, Dehcho environmentalist and educator
 * Arielle Twist, poet

V

 * Diyet van Lieshout, musician
 * Roy Henry Vickers, Tsimshian artist
 * Florent Vollant, Innu singer-songwriter

W

 * Barbara Wardlaw, interim leader First Peoples National Party of Canada
 * Frank Whitehead, politician
 * Joshua Whitehead, writer
 * Massey Whiteknife, businessman and musician
 * David B. Williams, Ojibway painter and printmaker
 * Kona Williams, forensic pathologist
 * Myron Wolf Child, activist, public speaker and politician

Y

 * Greg Younging, member of the Opsakwayak Cree Nation, editor and expert on First Nations copyright