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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
One of the most celebrated Indigenous actresses in North America, she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle's Best Actress award at 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
Related files
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References — en.wikipedia.org