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Prince’s experiences in the Catholic run residential school pushed her away from Christianity, through later in life she reconnected with the religion.<ref name=”:1″ /> She doesn’t self identify as a Christian, despite holding those beliefs and working with Christian Indigenous groups in North America and worldwide. she brought 120 drums to Native communities in the United States for “Christian ceremonies as a way of encouraging American Indians to worship in the ways of their culture”.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mariposa Revival Center {{!}} Honoring Native Americans |url=https://mariposarevivalcenter.org/nativeamericans.php |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=mariposarevivalcenter.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 February 2001 |title=Drums of Thunder in Valley |url=http://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A70895962/STND?u=tplmain&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=2c0f0e86 |archive-url= |work=Fresno Bee |pages=B5}}</ref> |
Prince’s experiences in the Catholic run residential school pushed her away from Christianity, through later in life she reconnected with the religion.<ref name=”:1″ /> She doesn’t self identify as a Christian, despite holding those beliefs and working with Christian Indigenous groups in North America and worldwide. she brought 120 drums to Native communities in the United States for “Christian ceremonies as a way of encouraging American Indians to worship in the ways of their culture”.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mariposa Revival Center {{!}} Honoring Native Americans |url=https://mariposarevivalcenter.org/nativeamericans.php |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=mariposarevivalcenter.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 February 2001 |title=Drums of Thunder in Valley |url=http://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A70895962/STND?u=tplmain&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=2c0f0e86 |archive-url= |work=Fresno Bee |pages=B5}}</ref> |
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In 1999 she joined a mission of 100 Indigenous leaders to the Israeli Knesset.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 September 1999 |title=American Natives Tour Israeli Parliament |url=http://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A74905525/STND?u=tplmain&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=dea64227. |archive-url= |work=Anchorage Daily News |pages=B4}}</ref> She was involved in the creation of the [[Indigenous Embassy, Jerusalem]], and has endorsed embassy being |
In 1999 she joined a mission of 100 Indigenous leaders to the Israeli Knesset.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 September 1999 |title=American Natives Tour Israeli Parliament |url=http://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A74905525/STND?u=tplmain&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=dea64227. |archive-url= |work=Anchorage Daily News |pages=B4}}</ref> She was involved in the creation of the [[Indigenous Embassy, Jerusalem]], and has endorsed embassy being by the [[Maori]] community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Nations Of North America Welcome Māori Pacific Leaders Of Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem {{!}} Scoop News |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO2406/S00039/first-nations-of-north-america-welcome-maori-pacific-leaders-of-indigenous-embassy-jerusalem.htm |access-date=2025-11-09 |website=www.scoop.co.nz}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 14:05, 17 November 2025
Lynda Prince is a Canadian First Nations advocate and politician who served as Tribal Chief of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council from 1994 to 1997.[1] She is considered Canada’s first female Grand Chief.[2][3]
She was born in Tache, British Columbia[3] to a family of 15 siblings.[4] She was sent to a residential school at 5 years old,[2] and experienced the abuse first had.[3][4]
She was appointed Executive Director of the Carrier Sekani Family Services in 1993, a position she held for a year.[5] She was reelected as Tribal Chief in 1995 and 1996.[6][7] She worked on Carrier self-government,[8] and a framework agreement was signed in April 1997.[9] She called for a full scale enquiry into the abuse at residential schools. [10] She was succeeded by Mavis Erickson.[11]
Her uncle, Raymon Prince, fought in the Second World War with the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.[12]
Prince’s experiences in the Catholic run residential school pushed her away from Christianity, through later in life she reconnected with the religion.[3] She doesn’t self identify as a Christian, despite holding those beliefs and working with Christian Indigenous groups in North America and worldwide. she brought 120 drums to Native communities in the United States for “Christian ceremonies as a way of encouraging American Indians to worship in the ways of their culture”.[13][14]
In 1999 she joined a mission of 100 Indigenous leaders to the Israeli Knesset.[15] She was involved in the creation of the Indigenous Embassy, Jerusalem, and has endorsed embassy being led by the Maori community.[16]
