Eric Tootoosis

Eric Tootoosis is a renowned Plains Cree/ Nakoda traditional Knowledge keeper from Poundmaker Cree Nation. For decades, he has worked as a historian and technician of Treaty 6. An original member of the Drums of Poundmaker Singers, he performed across North America and overseas throughout the 1970's and early 80's/today, as one of the chairs of the Treaties 1-11 Council, his work continues toward preservation, protection, and perpetuation of the Treaties to a new generation of Indigenous peoples and the Canadian public. As the leader of the Poundmaker Cree Nation's Macanisak Oskapew Warrior Society, he upholds the commitment to serving his community and the Battle River Plains Cree Nations in ceremonial gatherings and events.