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Alan Syliboy (born 8 September 1952) is a Mi'kmaw artist, author, and musician from Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia, Canada. Syliboy began working in various artistic mediums beginning the the 1970s, includes as painting, mixed media, illustration and video. He has also published books and created film and music. His work is influenced by Mi’kmaw petroglyphs, particularly those located in Kejimkujik National Park, as well as quillwork and Mi'kmaw traditional oral stories. and has been exhibited a numerous galleries across Canada and the world. A proponent of making art accessible, particularly within his own community, Syliboy designed T-shirts and paints drums. Syliboy also creates murals, with his work featured in the main terminal at Halifax Stanfield airport. Syliboy presented his portrait of Grand Chief Membertou to Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Halifax in 2010. The portrait is on permanent display at Government House in Halifax. Syliboy received the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002. Sylliboy continues to live in Millbrook First Nation and his studio is based in Truro.

Early life and career
Syliboy born 8 September 1952 in Millbrook First Nation near Truro, Nova Scotia. He often went from Millbrook to Truo with his grandmother to sell baskets. Syliboy began drawing as a child and cites his grandparents as an early influence, encouraging him to become an artist. Syliboy left school in grade nine and was working at his uncle's cabinet shop. He met and was mentored by Wolastoqiyik artist Shirley Bear in the 1970s when she came to Millbrook to host workshops and recruit artists. He credits the project with giving him his first paint set and he studied with her privately in 1972. Although he was interested in pursing art, it took a him a few years to find his path, later taking up studies at the at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design.

Syliboy's art, a butterfly design, was featured on a two-hundred dollar gold coin minted by the Royal Canadian Mint in 1999 as part of a series entitled Celebrating Canadian Native Cultures and Traditions. Syliboy received the Queen's Jubilee Medal in 2002.

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James Earl Prosper (1925-2023) was a Mi'kmaw engineer and Indigenous rights activist. Jim Prosper was the first Mi'kmaw person to receive a degree in engineering in Canada.

Articles to improve
Articles to Improve:
 * Christina Sharpe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Sharpe
 * Julian Taylor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Taylor_(singer)
 * Lara Kramer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Kramer
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwena_Bellemare-Boivin
 * Ian Williams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Williams_(writer)
 * Sierra Noble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Noble
 * Robert Adetuyi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Adetuyi
 * Archie Alleyne (musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Alleyne
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryad_Assani-Razaki
 * d’bi young anitafrika https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D'bi_Young
 * Columpa Bobb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columpa_Bobb
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Lukin_Linklater
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Whitehead
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Foggo
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Beaucage
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waawaate_Fobister
 * Dwayne Morgan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Morgan

Ryan Rice is a Mohawk of Kahnawake, Quebec and is a curator, artist, and professor at OCAD University, in Toronto, Ontario.

Education
Master of Arts degree in Curatorial Studies from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York, graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and received an Associate of Fine Arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Career
His curatorial career spans over 20 years in museums and galleries. Rice served as the Chief Curator at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, NM and also held curatorial positions at the Aboriginal Art Centre (Ottawa, ON), named curatorial fellowships with the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (Victoria, BC) and the Walter Phillips Gallery (Banff, AB), and Aboriginal Curator-In-Residence at the Carleton University Art Gallery. He published numerous works, including nonfiction and poetry.