Taiaiake Alfred

Gerald Taiaiake Alfred is an author, educator and activist, born in Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal) in 1964 and raised in the community of Kahnawake.[1] Alfred is an internationally recognized Kanien’kehaka professor at the University of Victoria (UVic).[1]

Alfred grew up in Kahnawake and received a B.A. in History from Concordia University, an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University.[1] He served in the US Marine Corps in the 1980s.[1]

Alfred is the current director of the Indigenous Governance Program and was awarded a Canada Research Chair 2003–2007, in addition to a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in education.[1]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Faculty Page of the Indigenous Governance Program, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria

External links

Personal web site of Taiaiake Alfred