Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton was an Inuvialuk elder, knowledge keeper, author, and an artisan. She was born in Ballie Island, Canada, on June 7, 1936. Her family traveled the high Arctic. Her older sister would read to her. She wanted to read and asked her parents to send her to a residential school. Her first book, Fatty Legs: A True Story, recounts her experiences at the school and how she handled being mistreated. Her other books include A Stranger at Home (2011), When I was Eight (2013), and Not My Girl (2014). Writing was a way for her to process her past and reconnect with her heritage. Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton, First Nations author, died in her apartment in Fort St. John, B. C., on April 21, 2021 after suffering from lung disease and diabetes. She was 84.
Lisa Nasson is a Mi'kmaq actor, director and storyteller from Millbrook First Nation, Nova Scotia. She studied acting at George Brown College in Toronto, and studied Classical Theatre with the Birmingham Conservatory at the Stratford Festival. Lisa has taught at the Neptune Theatre School in Halifax, and the Young Peoples Theatre in Toronto. Lisa was also the Associate Artistic Director at Native Earth Performing Arts in Toronto. She began her journey with Fatty Legs as Maragret-Olemaun's voice with Xara Choral Theatre in 2012, and has played the role many times since then. Oleamaun's voice has echoed in all of Lisa's work since her first run of the theatre production, and is forever grateful for her courage, strength, and resilience.
Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton was an Inuvialuk elder, knowledge keeper, author, and an artisan. She was born in Ballie Island, Canada, on June 7, 1936. Her family traveled the high Arctic. Her older sister would read to her. She wanted to read and asked her parents to send her to a residential s...
