Elder Ruth Christie, C.M., O.M.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Ruth Christie is a cherished, community-based scholar, knowledge keeper and storyteller. A member of the Peguis First Nation, she began her career in nursing and worked among a unique cadre of Indigenous nurses focused on healing their communities. She then undertook the in-depth pursuit of her family history, recording her vast oral knowledge of the early relations between Indigenous and European settlers in Manitoba. She has significantly advanced scholarship on this subject, and has contributed to film and television productions that honour her ancestors’ rich legacy.