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Shirley Bear was born on 16 May, 1936, is an A 20th-century canadian women writer. Discover Shirley Bear's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?
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Shirley Bear Height, Weight & Measurements
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Shirley Bear Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Shirley Bear worth at the age of 86 years old? Shirley Bear’s income source is mostly from being a successful writer. She is from . We have estimated Shirley Bear's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Shirley Bear (May 16, 1936 – November 19, 2022) was a Tobique First Nation artist, traditional herbalist, poet, and activist.
She was an original member of the Wabanaki language group of New Brunswick.
The daughter of Susan Paul-Bear and Noel Bear Jr., she was born on the Negootgook reserve in New Brunswick, attended the Collège Maillet in Saint-Basile and went on to study photography and painting in New Hampshire.
In 1968, she received a Ford Foundation fellowship.
Her work has appeared in exhibitions at the Clement Cormier Gallery in Moncton, at the Université Saint-Louis in Edmundston, as well as in group exhibitions in Canada and the United States.
In 1980, Bear became involved with the Tobique Women's Group, starting with activities at the Big Cove Reserve involving the unjust treatment of single mothers and housing.
Later in the year, Bear was invited by the Tobique Women's Group to participate in a meeting of Aboriginal women interested in establishing a political body that would represent Indigenous women from the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
In 1990, she was curator for a touring exhibition of art by Indigenous women, Changers: A Spiritual Renaissance.
She was the subject of Minqwon Minqwon, a short NFB film by Catherine Martin produced in 1990.
Bear advocated for work to be done to attain the peaceful existence that existed between men and women in North America before the arrival of the Europeans.
Shirley Bear was a longtime advocate for the rights of Indigenous women.
In 2002, she received the New Brunswick Arts Board's Excellence in the Arts Award.
In 2011, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery organized a major retrospective exhibition called Nekt wikuhpon ehpit — Once there lived a woman, The Painting, Poetry and Politics of Shirley Bear (curated by Terry Graff).
Her work is included in the collections of the National Indian Art Centre, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Carleton University, First Nations House of Learning at the University of British Columbia, the University of Moncton, and the Canadian Museum of History's permanent collection.
Works held at the New Brunswick Art Bank include Crane Woman, Abenaki Woman, and Moose with a Woman's Spirit.
In 2011, she was named to the Order of Canada.
Her work has been collected in a variety of anthologies, including The Color of Resistance: A Contemporary Collection of Writing by Aboriginal Women.
Some of her well-known books include:
