Eva Ottawa is an

Atikamekw The Atikamekw are the Indigenous inhabitants of the subnational country or territory they call ('Our Land'), in the upper Saint-Maurice River valley of Quebec (about north of Montreal), Canada. Their current population is around 8,000. One o ...

political figure. She was the first women to be elected Grand Chief of the

Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw The Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw (CNA) (French language, French for "Council of the Atikamekw Nation"), officially named Atikamekw Sipi - Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw, is a tribal council in Quebec, Canada. It is composed of the three Atikamek ...

and the first Indigenous woman to lead the Conseil du statut de la femme du Québec. She received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 and the Médaille Premiers Peuples in 2019. She is currently a law professor at the University of Ottawa.

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Indigenous leaders in Canada First Nations women Atikamekw people 1971 births Living people University of Ottawa faculty {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub