Annita McPhee facts for kids

Annita McPhee is the former three-term president of the Tahltan Nation in British Columbia, Canada. She was also named National Native Role Model by Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson in 2000 and won the Aboriginal Woman of Distinction Award.

Education

McPhee attended the University of Victoria law school and Thompson Rivers University social work school. Her family placed a strong emphasis on education.

Political career

McPhee was a key player in negotiating more than $2 billion in agreements for the Tahltan Nation over the Northwest Transmission Line, BC Hydro and AltaGas projects within their territory. She also helped negotiate self-determination and taxation revenue-sharing projects. She also helped secure and protect the Sacred Headwaters from coalbed methane extraction and to save the headwaters of 3 major salmon bearing rivers; the Stikine, Skeena, and the Nass.

On April 4, 2019, McPhee signed papers to seek the New Democratic Party candidacy in the Canadian federal riding of Skeena—Bulkley Valley.