Edmund Metatawabin

Edmund Metatawabin CM is a 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]

Edmund Metatawabin CM
Born	1948 (age 72–73) Fort Albany Ontario
Occupation	Former First Nations chief, Author (up ghost river) and an Indigenous advocate.
Nationality	First nations Mushkegowuk Cree
Period	1980s-present
Notable works	Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History

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]

References

1. Edmund Metatawabin is an actor and producer, known for In Jesus' Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne's Residential School (2017) and Through Black Spruce (2018)."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.