MAE LOUISE CAMPBELL
OJIBWA, SAULTEAUX, METIS | ISHKOTE ODEIMA IKWE

Born in 1934 into a family that lived off the land in northern Manitoba, Elder Mae Louise Campbell grew up rooted in nature’s cycles and Indigenous cultural values. For more than 18 years, she was the Keeper of Grandmother Moon Lodge, a healing lodge in rural Manitoba that served thousands of Indigenous women across Canada. Elder Mae Louise is the co-founder of Clan Mothers Healing Village and believes that only when women take their rightful places as healers, leaders, and grandmothers – and are respected and heard – can families and communities truly heal.

Elder Mae Louise has taught and supported people in a variety of circumstances, from post-secondary educators, students, health workers, and administrators, to women leaving prisons, to individuals suffering from addiction and beyond. For sixteen years, she was the Elder in Residence at Red River College. She currently sits on the Mayor of Winnipeg’s Indigenous Advisory Circle, the Elder for University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Social Work and was also the recipient of the National 2016 Indspire Laureate. Elder Mae Louise is now with Mount Carmel Clinic and working with the community there.

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