Ta'Kaiya Blaney (born 2001) is a

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( Tla A'min) actress, singer, speaker, and

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. Blaney is an ambassador for the Native Children's Survival Indigenous Children Fund and Salish Sea Youth Foundation and is known for giving speeches at

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meetings around the world.

Awards and achievements

For her work in the 2017 film '' Kayak to Klemtu'', Blaney won a

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for Best Lead Performance. She has also appeared in the films ''

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'' and ''

Monkey Beach ''Monkey Beach'' is a supernatural mystery novel written by the Indigenous Canadian author Eden Robinson. It was published by Vintage Canada in 2000, being Eden's first novel. It was the recipient of the 2001 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, which ...

''. In 2020, she was the recipient of an Indspire Award. Blaney released her first song and music video, "Shallow Waters", at age 10.Mike Hager, "Vancouver teen Ta'Kaiya Blaney's voice captures the world's attention". ''

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'', 31 December 2015. She won the award for Best Music Video at the 2016

American Indian Film Festival The American Indian Film Festival is an annual non-profit film festival in San Francisco, California, United States. It is the world's oldest venue dedicated solely to Native American/First Nations films and prepared the way for the 1979 formati ...

for "Earth Revolution".

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* 2001 births Living people 21st-century Canadian actresses 21st-century First Nations musicians 21st-century Canadian women singers 21st-century First Nations women Actresses from British Columbia Canadian film actresses First Nations actresses First Nations activists First Nations women singers K'omoks Musicians from British Columbia Indspire Awards {{Canada-activist-stub