Mishi Donovan (1964 - 2013) was a Chippewa Cree, Canadian actress,
musician, First Nations activist and HIV/AIDS educator.[1]A Chippewa
Cree originally from the Turtle Mountain region, she was taken from
her birth family in the Sixties Scoop and was raised entirely by
Caucasian foster families.[1] In the 1980s, Donovan was a court worker
with Native Counselling Services in Edmonton, Alberta, and later
became a director of Feathers of Hope, a First Nations HIV/AIDS
charity, after her adopted brother Ken Ward came out as
HIV-positive.[2]Having long written and performed music as a personal
hobby, she signed to Sunshine Records in 1993 after submitting some
demo recordings to the label, and released her debut album Spirit in
Flight in 1995. She followed up with two further albums, The Spirit
Within in 1997 and Journey Home in 2000. The Spirit Within won the
Juno Award for Aboriginal Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of
1998,[3] and Journey Home was a shortlisted nominee for the same award
at the Juno Awards of 2001.[4]As an actress, Donovan had roles in the
television series Big Bear and MythQuest.
musician, First Nations activist and HIV/AIDS educator.[1]A Chippewa
Cree originally from the Turtle Mountain region, she was taken from
her birth family in the Sixties Scoop and was raised entirely by
Caucasian foster families.[1] In the 1980s, Donovan was a court worker
with Native Counselling Services in Edmonton, Alberta, and later
became a director of Feathers of Hope, a First Nations HIV/AIDS
charity, after her adopted brother Ken Ward came out as
HIV-positive.[2]Having long written and performed music as a personal
hobby, she signed to Sunshine Records in 1993 after submitting some
demo recordings to the label, and released her debut album Spirit in
Flight in 1995. She followed up with two further albums, The Spirit
Within in 1997 and Journey Home in 2000. The Spirit Within won the
Juno Award for Aboriginal Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of
1998,[3] and Journey Home was a shortlisted nominee for the same award
at the Juno Awards of 2001.[4]As an actress, Donovan had roles in the
television series Big Bear and MythQuest.
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