Kelli Marshall

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Kelli Marshall is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) from the Mississauga territory of Hiawatha First Nation. She represents the Pike Clan. Her most important jobs are, a Mother, sister, friend, and provider. She is a Professional dancer, facilitator, teacher, and storyteller. She has been dancing since she could walk, and has been taught in most forms of dance. She has been teaching workshops, and dance classes on Indigenous style dancing for six years.

Kelli has preformed, all over Canada, and throughout the United States. She went to a school for the arts, and has been preforming since childhood. She is currently involved in the production of a child’s cartoon that teaches anishinaabemowin. Teaching about her culture is one of her passions, as her GrandFather went to residential school, and her family has suffered greatly from his life there. She hopes to help heal those wounds through education and inclusion. Kelli studies the Indian Act both for herself, her family and to help schools create a foundation for learning about Indigenous issues.

 

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