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Duke Redbird (born 1939) is an Indigenous Canadian poet, journalist, activist, businessman, actor and administrator, best known as a key figure in the development of First Nations literature in Canada.
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.
“The poet and polymath Duke Redbird, who recorded 1975’s mesmerizing Silver River with singer-songwriter Shingoose, says mainstream Canadian culture denied Indigenous people power and rights while appropriating and romanticizing their heritage.
24 Year old Duke in traditional war bonnet at his Indian Fort in Mirvish Village, Toronto 1963 Duke’s early career as an Indigenous Artist began in 1963 with the opening of Canada’s first Indian-promoted sale of Indian handcraft in the alleyway of what later became known as “Mirvish Village” in downtown Toronto.
Dr. Duke Redbird is a First Nations leader and a pioneer of Indigenous literature in Canada. He lives on a houseboat with Indigenous murals on the Toronto waterfront and has several collections of poems set to music.
Dr. Duke Redbird is an elder, poet, activist, educator, and artist. With a legacy stretching back to the 1960s, he is a pillar of First Nations literature in Canada, and has practiced a number of art disciplines including poetry, painting, theatre, and film.
Ojibwe artist and scholar Duke Redbird has been a trailblazing figure in Canadian Indigenous culture. As a spoken-word performer on the sixties folk scene, he quickly emerged as a respected Indigenous advocate, serving on the Native Council of Canada and other Indigenous organizations.
