Dakota Brant
Dakota Brant is a Canadian First Nations writer and activist.
Brant was born August 11, 1987, at Six Nations of the Grand River Territory.[1] Her citizenship belongs with the Mohawk Nation, Turtle Clan.
In 2005 she served as Miss Six Nations and travelled to Belgium and France with Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, the Canadian Minister of Veteran Affairs and a large Aboriginal delegation for the Aboriginal Spiritual Journey (ASJ). The ASJ marked the historic return of World War I and WII Aboriginal veterans to the battlefields of Europe, in Canada's 2005 Year of the Veteran. Brant was named one of five Canadian national winners of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) World Markets Miracle Makers for excellence in volunteerism and contribution to community life.[citation needed]
In 2008 the Women in Leadership Foundation recognized Brant as a Youth Aboriginal Woman in Leadership, one of four to be recognized across Canada.[2][not in citation given]
Since 2008, Brant has been a columnist for the Turtle Island News. "Turtle Talk" is a bi-weekly column discussing both political and traditional issues and histories surrounding Indigenous and Haudenosaunee communities.[3][better source needed] In 2010, she was crowned Miss Indian World.[4] She also organised the First Nations Festival at Trent University, where she reads indigenous environmental studies.[5] She was awarded a Special Youth Award at the 2011 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards.[6]
References
- ↑ Graymont, Barbara, *The Iroquois in the American Revolution*, 1972, ISBN 0-8156-0083-6 Search this book on
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- ↑ "Archived Copy". Archived from the original on January 6, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2017.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ "Dakota Brant - Member Profiles - Community - TakingITGlobal". Profiles.takingitglobal.org. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
- ↑ [1] Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Peterborough Examiner: First Nations Art Festival held at Trent University
- ↑ NAAF newsletter vol 16, p2
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