Christine Sioui-Wawanoloath (born 1952) is a

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writer and artist living in

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, Canada. The daughter of Augustin Sioui, Wendat, and Esther Wawanolett,

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, she was born in Wendake. After the death of her father while she was still an infant, the remainder of the family moved to

Odanak Odanak is an Abenaki First Nations reserve in the Central Quebec region, Quebec, Canada. The mostly First Nations population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 481. The territory is located near the mouth of the Saint-François River at its confluenc ...

. She studied photography, art and history in

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and at . She worked as

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technician, photographer, graphic artist and journalist for First Nations publications in

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Frobisher Bay Frobisher Bay is an inlet of the Davis Strait in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the southeastern corner of Baffin Island. Its length is about and its width varies from about at its outlet into the Labrador Sea ...

and

Val-d'Or Val-d'Or (, , ; "Golden Valley" or "Valley of Gold") is a city in Quebec, Canada with a population of 32,752 inhabitants according to the Canada 2021 Census. The city is located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region near La Vérendrye Wildlife R ...

. In 1985, she became program director for the Centre d'amitié autochtone in Val-d'Or. From 1992 to 2002, she was director of the non-violence program for Femmes autochtones du Québec. She then became a communications specialist for Terres en vues/Land InSights. Sioui-Wawanoloath is a painter, illustrator and the author of three plays, two of which have already been staged: ''Femme et esprit'' and ''Femme, homme et esprits''. She also creates sculptures and writes poetry and stories. Sioui-Wawanoloath provided the text for ''Le clan des oiseaux'', a show for the

400th anniversary of Quebec City Quebec City's 400th anniversary, celebrated in 2008, commemorated the founding of Quebec City in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. Quebec City is the oldest francophone city in North America. Along with Acadia, the city represents the birthplace of F ...

which featured music performed by the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec and . Her son Alexis served in the Quebec national assembly. Her sister

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was a native rights activist.

Selected works

* ''La légende des oiseaux qui ne savaient plus voler'' (1995) * ''Toloti'' (2003) * ''Natanis'' (2005)

References

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