Tantoo Cardinal
- Birthday
- Jul 20, 1950
- Birthplace
- McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Bio: TriviaShe is "métis," the French cognate of Spanish "mestizo," indicating a person of mixed American Aboriginal and European ancestry (usually an Algonquian ethnic group and a Celtic or/and French ethnic group). Cardinal is Cree and French.In 1993 she received an honorary degree from the University of Rochester.Daughter with husband John Lawlor, Riel. She was named… More Bio: TriviaShe is "métis," the French cognate of Spanish "mestizo," indicating a person of mixed American Aboriginal and European ancestry (usually an Algonquian ethnic group and a Celtic or/and French ethnic group). Cardinal is Cree and French.In 1993 she received an honorary degree from the University of Rochester.Daughter with husband John Lawlor, Riel. She was named after Louis Riel, the Métis father of Manitoba (which originated as a quasi-independent Métis nation, of which Riel was the first and only president).Other children, Cheynne and CliffordWas member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994.
Tantoo Cardinal Videos
The Hi-line
Older Than America
Edge Of Madness
Postmark Paradise
The Education Of Little Tree
Filmography
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Mom, Dad and Her (2008)
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Older Than America (2008)
- Actor
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Mothers&Daughters (2008)
- Celine
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Luna: Spirit of the Whale (2007)
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Unnatural and Accidental (2006)
- Actor
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