Joe Buffalo (born 1976) is a

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skateboarder and actor from

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.Lisa Mayerhöfer
"Joe Buffalo: Colonialism Skateboards, remodelling, and strength in communal storycrafting"
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'', April 24, 2020. He is most noted as a two-time

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nominee for Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film, receiving nominations at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016 for ''

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'' and at the

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Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 15, 2017.

Biography

A member of the

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, he is the great-grandson of Joe Buffalo, a former deputy chief who had an acting role in the 1958 film ''

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'', and the great-grand nephew of actor

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. A survivor of the Indian residential school system, he moved to

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after school to begin his skateboarding career, although he struggled with

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issues in his early years. Since getting sober, he has also served as an advocate and speaker on indigenous mental health. He is associated with the indigenous-owned skateboard company Colonialism Skateboards, which released a professional model in 2021 that features Buffalo's student identification card from the

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printed on the top. As an actor, he has also had supporting roles in the films '' The Fish and the Sea'', ''Cake Day'' and ''

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''. He is the subject of Amar Chebib's 2021 short documentary film ''Joe Buffalo''.Pat Mullen
"Now Streaming: Joe Buffalo Shares a Survivor’s Story"
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'', October 8, 2021.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buffalo, Joe 1976 births Living people 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian male film actors Canadian skateboarders First Nations male actors First Nations sportspeople Male actors from Alberta Sportspeople from Alberta Cree people