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Annita McPhee is the former three-term president of the Tahltan Nation in British Columbia, Canada. She was also named National Native Role Model by Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson in 2000 and won the Aboriginal Woman of Distinction Award.

Education

McPhee attended the University of Victoria law school and Thompson Rivers University social work school. Her family placed a strong emphasis on education.

Political career

McPhee was a key player in negotiating more than $2 billion in agreements for the Tahltan Nation over the Northwest Transmission Line, BC Hydro and AltaGas projects within their territory. She also helped negotiate self-determination and taxation revenue-sharing projects. She also helped secure and protect the Sacred Headwaters from coalbed methane extraction and to save the headwaters of 3 major salmon bearing rivers; the Stikine, Skeena, and the Nass.

On April 4, 2019, McPhee signed papers to seek the New Democratic Party candidacy in the Canadian federal riding of Skeena—Bulkley Valley.

References

1. Massey, Josh (11 July 2014). "Tahltan elect a new president for their central council". Terrace Standard.
2. ^ "Annita McPhee joins race for NDP nomination". Smithers Interior News. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
3. "Presentation of the National Native Role Models". Government of Canada, Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, Information and Media Services. 14 April 2000.
4. "Featured Video of the Day: Ms. Annita McPhee on Indigenous Lands & Food Security". NationTalk. 11 May 2015.
5. Ernst, Ric (11 July 2014). "Annita McPhee at Her North Vancouver Home". Vancouver Sun.
6. "Aboriginal women say discrimination from society is holding the community back". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 June 2015.
7. "Women of influence - politics and community". Vancouver Sun. 29 October 2010.
8. "Tahltan First Nation, B.C., sign run-of-river power agreements". News1130. 6 May 2014.
9. Laxer, Gordon (2015). After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians. Douglas & McIntyre.

Bibliography

• Anita McPhee, Indigenous Leadership Award Honoree at Ecotrust

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