Joe, Dr. Rita b. March 15, 1932 d. March 21, 2007 Poet, writer, human rights activist. She was considered the "Poet Laureate" of the Mi'kmaq (Micmac) nation and ambassador for aboriginal arts and culture throughout Canada and the United States. Dr. Rita Joe's poems gently presented the First Nations experience within Canada, and urged compassion and cooperation between peoples. Born Rita Bernard on Whycocomagh reserve in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, she was raised in foster homes after her parents died. Then she entered Shubenacadie Residential...[Read More] (Bio by: Milou) Holy Family Cemetery, Eskasoni, Nova Scotia, Canada
b. March 15, 1932 d. March 21, 2007