Annita McPhee is the former three-term president of the Tahltan Nation in

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, Canada. She was also named National Native Role Model by Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson in 2000 and won the Aboriginal Woman of Distinction Award.

Education

McPhee attended the

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law school and Thompson Rivers University social work school. Her family placed a strong emphasis on education.

Political career

McPhee was a key player in negotiating more than $2 billion in agreements for the Tahltan Nation over the Northwest Transmission Line, BC Hydro and

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projects within their territory. She also helped negotiate self-determination and taxation revenue-sharing projects. She also helped secure and protect the

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from coalbed methane extraction and to save the headwaters of 3 major salmon bearing rivers; the Stikine, Skeena, and the Nass. On April 4, 2019, McPhee signed papers to seek the

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candidacy in the Canadian federal riding of

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References

Bibliography

Anita McPhee, Indigenous Leadership Award Honoree
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