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Shirley Cheechoo

Eastmain, Quebec, Canada

Shirley Cheechoo CM (Cree: ᔒᓕᒋᒍ born 1952) is a Canadian Cree actress, writer, producer, director, and visual artist, best known for her solo-voice or monodrama play Path With No Moccasins, as well as her work with De-Ba-Jeh-Mu-Jig theatre group. Her first break came in 1985 when she was cast on the CBC's first nations TV series Spirit Bay, and later, in 1997, she found a role on the CBC's TV series The Rez.

She was named chancellor of Brock University in July 2015,[1] the institution's first female and first aboriginal chancellor.

Filmography
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Christmas in the Clouds
2001 • Betty
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Johnny Greyeyes
2000 • Shirley
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Backroads
2000 • Ruby
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Silent Tears
1997
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Song of Hiawatha
1997 • 1st Old Woman
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Place of the Boss: Utshimassits
1996 • Narrator
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Medicine River
1993 • Candy
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The Wake
1986