Duke Redbird

Name:
Duke Redbird
Date of Birth:
Occupation:
Poet, Journalist, Academic, Actor
Children:
Jay Bell Redbird
Years active:
1960s-present
Known for:
I Am Canadian, Loveshine And Red Wine, We Are Métis

Duke Redbird - Biography Summary


Duke Redbird (born 1939) is an Aboriginal Canadian poet, journalist, activist, businessman, actor and administrator, best known as a key figure in the development of First Nations literature in Canada.

An Ojibwe from the Saugeen First Nation in Southwestern Ontario, he became a ward of the Children's Aid Society at nine months of age after his mother died in a house fire. Raised predominantly by Caucasian foster families, he began writing as a way to deal with the anti-aboriginal racism he faced in schools.



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