Evelyn Poitras

Evelyn Poitras is Cree and Saulteaux from the Peepeekisis Nation in Treaty 4 Territory (now known as Saskatchewan).  Her undergraduate degrees are in Film and Video Studies and Indian Studies.  Evelyn has also completed an Honors Certificate in Indian Studies and a Post Grad Diploma in Aboriginal Agriculture and Land Management.  Her interests include the numbered Indian Treaties, sovereignty issues including Indigenous governance, and Indigenous community development.  Her personal project work includes the Peepeekisis Kiskimanacihk Treaty Enforcement and the George Poitras Memorial Foundation.  Evelyn has completed the documentaries:  "To Colonize A People: The File Hills Indian Farm Colony"  on the history of her band Peepeekisis and "Buffalo: A Memorial" a personal family story told within the context of the Indian Residential School experience.