GEORGE LITTLECHILD,
ARTIST
George, a member of the Plains Cree Nation, was born in Edmonton, Alberta and spent the first part of his life in Hobemma on the Ermineskin Reserve.
George received his Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia. George’s work has been shown in galleries across Canada, the United States, Japan and Europe. His work has gained him international status as a First Nations artist.
George has written and illustrated a children’s book, This Land is My Land, published by Children’s Book Press, Emeryville, California. George currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
LINDA FRIMER,
ARTIST
Linda was born in the small mining town of Wells, British Columbia.
Linda’s painting is a unique blend of magic realism and is reflective of her deep spiritual connection to the lush mountain forest, surrounding her home and her Jewish cultural identity. Linda studied painting and printmaking and graduated from the Emily Carr College of Art in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Linda has participated in group and solo exhibitions throughout North America. In March of 1994, she was honoured as a Jewish Woman of the Year by N’Shei Chabad, an international Jewish Women’s group.
In Honour of Our Grandmothers is the second of Linda’s books, her first was entitled A Wilderness Journey, published in August 1994.
GARRY GOTTFRIEDSON,
AUTHOR
Garry, of Okanagan, Shuswap and Cree Descent, was born in Kamloops, British Columbia.
Garry graduated with diplomas in Education and Adult Instruction from Vancouver Community College. He has also received certificates in Native Adult Instruction through Okanagan College and British Columbia’s Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour. Garry is currently teaching English at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in Merritt, British Columbia.
Garry has had a very active career in writing; he has been published in Bombay Gin, Boulder, Colorado, Gatherings Volume 1 & 2, Penticton, British Columbia, World Indigenous Anthology, Why Dee, Australia and Mapouche Publications, Chile, South America.
REISA SMILEY SCHNEIDER
AUTHOR
Reisa was born in Montreal, Quebec.
Reisa received her Bachelor of Social Work and her Masters of Social Work Degrees from McGill University. Reisa returned to school in 1979 at the British Columbia Institute of Technology to study Broadcast Journalism.
Reisa has worked as a freelance writer/broadcaster, publishing magazine articles and producing radio documentaries for CBC. She is presently living in Vancouver, British Columbia.
