Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair

Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair is an Anishinaabe academic and writer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Originally from Selkirk, Manitoba Sinclair did his undergraduate studies at the University of Winnipeg, an MA at the University of Oklahoma, and a PhD at the University of British Columbia. Sinclair is Head of the Department of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba and an activist and public speaker on Indigenous issues. He has edited or written Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water, Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories, and Winter We Danced: Voices of the Past, the Future, and the Idle No More Movement as well as a number of graphic novels. Sinclair is also a journalist for the Winnipeg Free Press and has worked as a high school teacher. He is the son of Senator Murray Sinclair.