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词条 Noel Starblanket
释义

  1. Early years

  2. Education

  3. Career

  4. Further reading

  5. References

  6. External links

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Noel Starblanket (born 1946) is a First Nations leader in Canada. For two terms from 1976 to 1980 he was chief of the National Indian Brotherhood (today known as the Assembly of First Nations).

Early years

He is a Cree from the Starblanket Indian Reserve near Balcarres, Saskatchewan, in Treaty 4 territory.

Education

He spent 11 years at Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School and was abused while there.[1][2] Some of his memories are recorded in The Survivors Speak: a report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada[3] and the e-book Shattering the Silence, plus a Regina filmmaker, Trudy Stewart, produced a short documentary titled From Up North "featuring a deeply personal and moving account of Elder Noel Starblanket and his painful experiences attending the Qu’Appelle Indian Residential School."[4]

Attended law school at the University of Saskatchewan.[5]

Career

At 24, he became one of the youngest reserve chiefs in Canada. He "was elected Third Vice-Chief of the Executive of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians (FSIN)" and "served as Director of Treaty Rights and Research".[5] At 29 he "was elected president of the National Indian Brotherhood, what is today called the Assembly of First Nations. He was re-elected in 1978."[1]

As part of the "Indian Film Crew", an early effort in Indigenous filmmaking at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), he worked on the groundbreaking 1969 documentary film, You Are on Indian Land.[6]

In 1973 a film (27 min.) titled [https://www.nfb.ca/film/starblanket/ Starblanket] was released by the NFB. At age twenty-six, "he was one of the youngest Indigenous chiefs in North America - twice elected chief of the Starblanket Reserve, and also elected vice-president of all-Saskatchewan Indigenous organization,"[7] FSIN as noted above.

Was asked to consider the position of Assistant Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs, in 1980.[8]

Spoke at the Economics conference at the World Assembly of First Nations when President of the National Indian Business Association (NIBA).[9]

In the documentary Starblanket: A Spirit Journey, filmed in 2006, he shares his life stories and healing journey. 

Starblanket, Morley Watson and Vern Bellegarde "initiated the idea to form a competitive Native hockey team"[5] and in 1992 "a small group of people applied to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey leagues board of governors. Lebret was subsequently granted an expansion franchise, and the Lebret Eagles was formed."[5]

In 2018, he serves as Elder-in-residence at Scott Collegiate, and works with the University of Regina's Office of Indigenization.[1]

Further reading

  • Saskatchewan Indian: Noel Starblanket new NIB Pres. (September 1976)
  • Saskatchewan Indian: National Indian Brotherhood: 9th Annual General Assembly (September 1978)
  • Collections Canada: Noel Starblanket profile

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://leaderpost.com/life/qc/irreverent-politician-respected-elder-noel-starblanket-is-precious-to-saskatchewans-indigenous-community|title=Revered politician, respected elder: Noel Starblanket is precious to Saskatchewan's Indigenous community|last=Melnychuk|first=Mark|date=May 16, 2018|work=Regina Leader-Post|access-date=November 16, 2018}}
2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://panow.com/article/517034/residential-school-survivors-hope-report-brings-healing|title=Residential school survivors hope report brings healing|last=Martel|first=Kevin|date=June 2, 2015|work=paNOW|access-date=November 16, 2018}}
3. ^{{Cite book|url=http://trc.ca/|title=The survivors speak : a report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.|last=|first=|publisher=Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada|year=2015|isbn=978-0-660-01985-7|location=Truth and Reconciliation Commission|pages=}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://nationtalk.ca/story/film-screening-recounts-painful-residential-school-experiences-u-regina|title=Film screening recounts painful residential school experiences – U Regina|last=ahnationtalk|first=|date=May 24, 2017|work=NationTalk|access-date=January 9, 2019}}
5. ^{{Cite book|title=Starblanket, Noel (1946-)|last=Thompson|first=Christian|work=Indigenous SK Encyclopedia|publisher=University of Regina Press|year=2005|isbn=|location=https://teaching.usask.ca/indigenoussk/index.php|pages=}}
6. ^{{cite web|last1=Tracey|first1=Andrew|title=Now Reconciled: Nearly 50 years later, the director of a landmark First Nations film gets his rightful recognition|url=http://press.tiff.net/the-review/now-reconciled/|website=Toronto International Film Festival|accessdate=4 May 2017|language=en|date=24 February 2017}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.nfb.ca/film/starblanket/|title=Starblanket|last=Brittain|first=Donald|date=1973|website=National Film Board of Canada|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=November 16, 2018}}
8. ^{{Cite journal|last=Wuttanee|first=Deanna|date=November 1980|title=Noel Starblanket for Assistant Deputy Minister?|url=|journal=Saskatchewan Indian|volume=10(11)|pages=25|via=}}
9. ^{{Cite journal|last=L.|first=K.|date=August 1982|title=Developing an economic base|url=|journal=Saskatchewan Indian|volume=12(6)|pages=28|via=}}

External links

  • Past National Chiefs of NIB/AFN
  • Watch the documentary Starblanket at NFB.ca
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