James Gladstone
At a glance:
- Series: Magill's Choice: American Indian Biographies, Revised Edition
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History, Canadian History
Article abstract: James Gladstone was the first aboriginal senator in Canada.
Although of Métis and Cree ancestry, James Gladstone attended an Anglican mission school on the Blood Reserve in Alberta. He spoke fluent Blackfoot and married Janie Healy, a Blood tribe community member, in 1911. It was not until 1920 that he became a treaty member of the Kainai (Blood) tribe. Before he was a political figure, he was a typesetter, then an interpreter and scout for the mounted police on the Blood Reserve. He was then a successful farmer on the reserve, owning some 800...
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