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File No. 077146 · Adjudicated
Tantoo Cardinal
Actor — Canadian actress
Born
1950
Birthplace
ANZAC, ALBERTA
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
ANZAC, ALBERTA
Canadian parentage — not scored
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Alberta
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
She's one of the most celebrated Indigenous actresses in North America, having won a Canadian Screen Award at age 72 for her role in Falls Around Her.
The verdict
A Métis trailblazer who's been representing Indigenous stories on screen since the '70s, from Dances with Wolves to Killers of the Flower Moon. Canada knows her as a national treasure, and the feeling's mutual.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org