Kahnawake - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

  • Alwyn Morris- won a gold medal for Canada at the 1984 Olympics in Canoe/Kayak (K2)
  • Waneek Horn-Miller- Co-Captain of the Canadian National Women's Water Polo team at the 2000 Olympics
  • Chief Don Eagle - former AWA World Wrestling champion, gaining the title in 1950
  • Billy Two Rivers- former pro wrestler and former chief of Mohawk Council of Kahnawake.
  • Mary Two Axe Early (1911–1996), champion of Native Women's rights, she played a major role in having Bill C-31 implemented in Canada, and received major honors.
  • Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680) - beatified on June 22, 1980 by Pope John Paul II. Pope Benedict XVI officially announced at Saint Peter's Basilica that Kateri will be canonized a saint on October 21, 2012.
  • Louis Jackson (1843-?) - author of Our Caughnawaga's in Egypt: A Narrative of what was seen and accomplished by the contingent of North American Indian voyageurs who led the British boat expedition for the relief of Khartoum up the cataracts of the Nile (1885).
  • Peter Blue Cloud (Aroniawenrate)- Noted Mohawk poet. American Book Award winner, 1981.
  • Alex Rice - actress featured in numerous TV and film roles. Including Twilight Breaking Dawn I, and in late 2012 will reprise her role as Sue Clearwater in Breaking Dawn Part II.
  • Joseph Tokwiro Norton - former Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Chief and owner of Tokwiro Enterprises, the parent company of Absolute Poker and UltimateBet.
  • Mike Kanentakeron Phillips- actor featured is numerous TV and film roles, most notably in The Last of the Mohicans.
  • Tracey Deer - two-time Gemini Award-winning filmmaker and co-publisher of The Eastern Door, a weekly newspaper based on the reserve.
  • Greg Horn (journalist) - photojournalist and publisher/editor of Iorì:wase (www.kahnawakenews.com)
  • John Kim Bell (1952 - ) - Conductor, first Aboriginal person to conduct a symphony orchestra
  • Kaniehtiio Horn - film and television actress
  • Derek White - Official NASCAR Driver-NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
  • Robert (Bobby) Simpson - Former professional hockey player who was drafted by The Atlanta Flames

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