Tanya Kappo

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Tanya Kappo
Born
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation
EducationUniversity of Manitoba
Known forIdle No More

Tanya Kappo (Cree)[1][2] is an Indigenous rights activist. She is one of the four women who co-founded Idle No More and was briefly the manager of community relations for Canada's National Public Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Early life and education[edit]

Kappo is from the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 8 Territory and was raised on the Northwestern Alberta Reserve in Sturgeon Lake.[1] Her father was Harold Cardinal, author of The Red Paper. She graduated the University of Manitoba with a J.D. in 2012.[2][3]

Activism and career[edit]

Kappo is one of the four women who co-founded the Idle No More movement in November 2012.[4] Kappo described the impetus for founding the movement as "the legislation facing First Nations, primarily Bill C-45".[3] Kappo co-edited the book The Winter We Danced: Voices From the Past, the Future, and the Idle No More Movement.[5][6]

Kappo was hired as the community relations for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in early 2017.[7] She resigned from the inquiry in June 2017.[8][9] In November, 2017, Kappo emceed the symposium, Indigenous Climate Action: An Indigenous led climate change initiative.[10] In 2020 she was working as a lawyer in Alberta.[11][12]

Electoral politics[edit]

In 2006, Kappo ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in the federal election in the riding of Peace River (Alberta). She lost to Conservative candidate Chris Warkentin.[13][14]

2006 Canadian federal election: Peace River
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Chris Warkentin 27,785 56.97 -8.15 $61,636
Independent Bill Given 9,882 20.26 – $101,905
New Democratic Susan Thompson 5,427 11.13 +0.02 $20,836
Liberal Tanya Kappo 4,573 9.38 -9.58 $4,298
Green Zane Lewis 1,102 2.26 -2.53 $0
Total valid votes 48,769 100.00
Total rejected ballots 113 0.23 -0.06
Turnout 48,882 54.7 +1.0

Personal life[edit]

Kappo has three children and lives in Edmonton.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Fong, Petti (2013-01-12). "Idle No More: Tanya Kappo had first epiphany as a native in derelict residential school". thestar.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  2. ^ a b "Tanya Kappo [J.D. 2012]". University of Manitoba. 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  3. ^ a b c "Jan 2013: Full interview: In conversation with Tanya Kappo". Winnipeg Free Press. 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  4. ^ Postmedia News (2012-12-21). "'We believe our future is at stake,' Idle-No-More movement founder Tanya Kappo says". National Post. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  5. ^ Sanyal, Aparna (2014-06-27). "The Winter We Danced reveals the full depth and breadth of Idle No More". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  6. ^ Semple, Angela (2015). "Review Essay: On Idle No More". Transmotion. 1 (2). doi:10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.198.
  7. ^ Still, Michael (2017-03-04). "Find out the latest developments in the MMIW national inquiry". The Signal. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  8. ^ Porter, Jody (2017-06-14). "Tanya Kappo resigns from MMIWG national inquiry staff". CBC. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  9. ^ APTN National News (2017-06-14). "Tanya Kappo resigns from missing and murdered inquiry". APTN News. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  10. ^ Copley, John (2017-12-20). "Climate Change Symposium: Solutions will require human intervention". Alberta Native News. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  11. ^ Sayers, Naomi (2020-03-20). "Indigenous needs during pandemic demand culturally competent response". The Lawyer's Daily. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  12. ^ King, Hayden; Kappo, Tanya (2016-04-14). "If we want to end indigenous suffering, we must end colonization". Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  13. ^ "Grande Prairie NEWS 2006". discoverthepeacecountry.com. 2006. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  14. ^ "Voter Information Service - Past results - Peace River (Alberta)". www.elections.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
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