Roxanne Martin
Bezhik Anungo Kwe (One Star Woman) is an Anishinaabe artist, educator, author, jingle-dress dancer, LGTBQA2+ activist and small-business entrepreneur. She is the niece and goddaughter of artist Cecil Youngfox. Roxanne is from Wiikwemkoong First Nation and Serpent River First Nation, she is of the Eagle clan.
Roxanne Martin
Stormkateri92 · Photographed personally at the event at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre Previously published: Gave permission for Algoma University Archives to use this image on the biography page of Roxanne · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Roxanne Martin
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- Visual Artist, Educator, Author Roxanne Martin / Bezhik Anungo Kwe (One Star Woman) is an Anishinaabe artist, educator, author, jingle-dress dancer, LGTBQA2+ activist and small-business entrepreneur.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- illustrator
- Education
- Algoma University · Nipissing University · Cambrian College
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Bezhik Anungo Kwe (One Star Woman) is an Anishinaabe artist, educator, author, jingle-dress dancer, LGTBQA2+ activist and small-business entrepreneur. She is the niece and goddaughter of artist Cecil Youngfox. Roxanne is from Wiikwemkoong First Nation and Serpent River First Nation, she is of the Eagle clan.
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• Name — Roxanne Martin • Website — roxannemartin.weebly.com • Field — Visual Artist, Educator, Author Roxanne Martin / Bezhik Anungo Kwe (One Star Woman) is an Anishinaabe artist, educator, author, jingle-dress dancer, LGTBQA2+ activist and small-business entrepreneur. She is the niece and goddaughter of artist Cecil Youngfox. Roxanne is from Wiikwemkoong First Nation and Serpent River First Nation, she is of the Eagle clan.
Career
Career
Martin was educated in Theatre Arts Production at Cambrian College in Sudbury, Ontario. She holds a BFA from Algoma University and a B.Ed. from the Schulich School of Education at Nipissing University. She has been heavily involved in Ojibwa language preservation through her series of children's books Baby WayNa made for infants to the age of five. Beginning in 2015 Martin began working with the Teach for Canada program, she currently has taught kindergarten to grade 6 in Lac Seul, Eagle Lake and Wabigoon First Nations.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• 'Maamaandaawinam,' "She has a vision", at 180 Projects Gallery in Sault Ste. Marie, March 28 – 31, 2013 • Youth Solidarity Exhibition, Art Gallery of Ontario, June 22 - November 15, 2014
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• Michaelle Jean Foundation Youth Solidarity Award Recipient 2014
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