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Dr. Duke Redbird is an Elder from the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, on the shores of Lake Huron. A celebrated Indigenous Visionary as well as an established public intellectual, poet, broadcaster, and filmmaker, Dr. Redbird is also a highly sought after keynote speaker. He is an Elder and Advisor to various public and private organizations, and his online presence brings his breadth of cultural knowledge and artistic practice to the benefit of a global audience.

Dr. Redbird is instrumental in the implementation of innovative multimedia, technologies and beyond, bringing an Indigenous approach to art education that was rooted in his pioneering work at OCAD University. A multidisciplinary artist, he brings an Indigenous lens to modern art and design, and has aided in the emergence of a vibrant Indigenous presence on the contemporary cultural scene. Dr. Redbird’s outstanding contribution to culture, literature, human rights, legacy stretches far beyond his work in Canada.

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Dr. Duke Redbird

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Dr. Duke Redbird is an Indigenous intellectual, poet, painter, broadcaster, filmmaker and orator. He brings his breadth of cultural knowledge and artistic practice to the benefit of a global audience. Dr. Redbird is instrumental in the implementation of innovative multimedia technologies, bringing an Indigenous approach to arts education that is rooted in his pioneering work at OCAD University. His legacy stretches far beyond his work in Canada. His art has been exhibited and his poetry has been published and translated in anthologies around the world.

Dr. Redbird has been described as a multifaceted artist, practicing across a number of disciplines including literature, painting, theatre, cinema and most recently rap poetry. A well known broadcaster and television personality, he is in demand as a public speaker in university, community college and elementary school settings. He delivers a unique perspective from his heritage that is both a positive and optimistic alternative to how we view our universe in the 21st century.

DUNN, Marty. Red on White : The Biography of Duke Redbird. Toronto : New Press, 1971. Pp (6),1-120,(2). Illustrated. 4to, red cloth, gilt lettering tospine. "Marty Dunn is a 31 year old Toronto-bred multi-media artist and wr iter. graduate of Journalism at Ryerson Institute, he worked as a photographer-reporter for the Windsor Star and the Toronto Telegram, an experience that convinced him that there had to be something better. He explored the new life-styles developing in the early Yorkville village of the late fiftiesand early sixties before moving to Vancouver where he spent six years deve loping collage techniques with acrylics. After a few showings of his work in small galleries and an unsuccessful application to the Canada Council, hereturned to Toronto where he teamed up with Duke Redbird to write a film t reatment for the National Film Board on the life of Tecumtha—the Pawnee Indian Chief who changed history in the War of 1812—and several scripts for CBC rad/o. Red on White was designed by the author as a marriage between the lineal, print-oriented world of the book an

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