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Edmund Metatawabin
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| Born | 1948 (age 75–76) Fort Albany, Ontario |
| Occupation | Chief, author, Indigenous advocate. |
| Nationality | Mushkegowuk Cree |
| Period | 1980s-present |
| Notable works | Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History |
Edmund Metatawabin CM is a First Nations chief and writer, whose 2014 memoir Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.
A former chief of the Fort Albany First Nation in Ontario, he published Up Ghost River, cowritten with journalist Alexandra Shimo, as a memoir of his childhood experience in Canada's Indian residential schools system.
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