Lynda Prince

Lynda Prince is a Canadian First Nations advocate and politician who served as Tribal Chief of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council from 1994 to 1997. She is considered Canada's first female Grand Chief. to a family of 15 siblings. She was sent to a residential school at 5 years old, She was reelected as Tribal Chief in 1995 and 1996. She worked on Carrier self-government, and a framework agreement was signed in April 1997. She called for a full scale enquiry into the abuse at residential schools. She was succeeded by Mavis Erickson.

Her uncle, Raymond Prince, fought in the Second World War with the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.

Prince's experiences in the Catholic run residential school pushed her away from Christianity, through later in life she reconnected with the religion.

In 1999 she joined a mission of 100 Indigenous leaders to the Israeli Knesset. She was involved in the creation of the Indigenous Embassy, Jerusalem, and has endorsed the embassy being led by the Maori community.

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