An Antane Kapesh

An Antane Kapesh (1926-2004) was an Innu writer and activist from Schefferville, Quebec. She was a chief at Schefferville (Matimekosh) from 1965-1967. Her 1976 autobiographical book Je suis une maudite sauvagesse was published in both French and Innu and dealt with topics such as loss of hunting territory, the residential school system and police brutality.

An Antane Kapesh (1926-2004) was an Innu writer and activist from Schefferville, Quebec. She was a chief at Schefferville (Matimekosh) from 1965-1967. Her 1976 autobiographical book Je suis une maudite sauvagesse was published in both French and Innu and dealt with topics such as loss of hunting territory, the residential school system and police brutality. See less