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Some of her many notable film roles include the Oscar-winning Dances With Wolves, Legends of the Fall, Black Robe, Smoke Signals, Wind River, Where the Rivers Flow North and the lead role in Falls Around Her. She says it was a small community in the bush yet she felt a sense of strength in the way she was raised, which also included teaching herself to act. She was born in Fort McMurray, Alberta, the eldest of three children, and raised in the rural town of Anzac. It would be an understatement to say Cardinal has come a long way from her roots. More specifically, her appointment to the Order recognized her contributions to the growth and development of Aboriginal performing arts in Canada.Ĭardinal has also received honorary doctorates from four universities. The lifetime achievement honor for Cardinal was the latest in a long list of awards which also includes being made a Member of the Order of Canada, a distinction established by Queen Elizabeth II in 1967 to honor extraordinary achievement to the nation. It is a career encompassing more than 120 roles.

To many people in the Native and Indigenous communities, Tantoo Cardinal (Cree/Métis) is revered as a grande dame of acting.Īt the prestigious Governor General's Performing Arts Awards in her home country of Canada earlier this year, Cardinal received the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award honoring her 50-year career in film, television and theater.