Leroy Little Bear
Leroy Little Bear is a member of the Small Robes Band of the Blood Indian Tribe, Blackfoot Confederacy, and was born and raised on the Blood Indian Reserve. He is the former director of the American Indian Program, Harvard University, and the current chair of Native Studies, University of Lethbridge. In 2003, Little Bear was awarded the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Education and in 2006 received an honourary doctorate from the University of Lethbridge. He has written several articles and co-edited three books that include Pathways to Self-Determination: Canadian Indians and the Canadian State (1984), Quest for Justice: Aboriginal Peoples and Aboriginal Rights (1985), and Governments in Conflict and Indian Nations in Canada (1988). He contributed to the book Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision (2000). Little Bear is recognized as a leader in the advancement of North American Indian philosophy.
