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Shirley Cheechoo
Eastmain, Quebec, Canada
Shirley Cheechoo CM (Cree: ᔒᓕᒋᒍ born 1952) is a Canadian Cree actress, writer, producer, director, and visual artist, best known for her solo-voice or monodrama play Path With No…
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Shirley Cheechoo CM (Cree: ᔒᓕᒋᒍ born 1952) is a Canadian Cree actress, writer, producer, director, and visual artist, best known for her solo-voice or monodrama play Path With No Moccasins, as well as her work with De-Ba-Jeh-Mu-Jig theatre group. Her first break came in 1985 when she was cast on the CBC's first nations TV series Spirit Bay, and later, in 1997, she found a role on the CBC's TV series The Rez. She was named chancellor of Brock University in July 2015,[1] the institution's first female and first aboriginal chancellor.
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2005
Johnny Tootall
Movie Director
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2003
In Shadow
Movie Director
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2003
Pikutiskaau (Mother Earth)
Movie Director
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2001
Christmas in the Clouds
Movie Betty
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2000
Johnny Greyeyes
Movie Shirley
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2000
Backroads
Movie Ruby
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1997
Silent Tears
Movie
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1997
Song of Hiawatha
Movie 1st Old Woman
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1996
Place of the Boss: Utshimassits
Movie Narrator
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1993
Medicine River
Movie Candy
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1986
The Wake
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