Ruby McDonald

2019 Bio Picture

Community: Fort McPherson, NWT

Nation: Tetl’it Gwich’in

Bio: A grandmother of 8 grandchildren, a mother to 5 boys. I work as a Gwich’in Language Coordinator, I enjoy my job. I love sitting with the Elders. I feel very positive and strong that we are one day going to be speaking our aboriginal tongue. My traditional culture and Gwich’in language are the key to my living everyday.

Film(s): Gwich’in Kyuu shits’at giiniihii - Speak to Me in Gwich’in