Activités spéciales

IN ENGLISH

Copresentation with ISO-BEA, Indigenous Screen Office

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Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel

Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, Turtle Clan

From: Kanehsatà:ke Kanien’kehá:ka Homelands

Documentarian – Visual Artist, Indigenous Human Rights and Environmental Rights Activist

A graduate from the New York Film Academy in documentary film making in December 2021, provided Ellen with new tools in her advocacy to reclaim the narrative of stories of Indigenous peoples. In May of 1990 Ms. Gabriel graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, major visual arts.

Ms. Gabriel was well-known to the public when she was chosen by the People of the Longhouse and her community of Kanehsatà:ke to be their spokesperson during the 1990 “Oka” Crisis; to protect the Pines from the expansion of a 9-hole golf course in Kanehsatà:ke, the colonial imposed name of “OKA”.

Ms. Gabriel is a Steering Committee member with Indigenous Climate Action addressing the needs and solutions to the violations of Indigenous peoples’ human rights, the climate crisis and environmental rights.

In 2004, Ellen Gabriel was elected president of the Quebec Native Women’s Association a position which she held for 6 ½ years, until December 2010.

Awards:

· In 2005 Ms. Gabriel received the Golden Eagle Award from the Native Women’s Association of Canada;

· 2008 International Women’s Day Award from the Barreau du Québec/Québec Bar Association

· August 2008 Ms. Gabriel was the recipient of the Indigenous Women’s Initiative “Jigonsaseh Women of Peace Award” for her advocacy work.

· August 2024, Best short documentary, Présence Autochtones for Kanéntenhs – When the Pine Needles Fall

· April 2025, la Grand Prix award from the Conseil des arts de Montreal

Her new film Deskaheh – Quest for Justice premiere at Montreal International First Peoples Festival 2025.