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Her new film : Oienkonton – Hanging Tobacco

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.

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