Myra Cree

Myra Cree (1936 — 13 October 2005) was a Canadian television presenter, radio personality, and author.

In 1975, she became the first woman and first Indigenous person to anchor Radio-Canada's Le Téléjournal. In 1990, at the height of the Oka Crisis, she founded the Movement for Justice and Peace at Oka-Kahnesatake. In 1995 Cree became a member of the National Order of Quebec.

Career In 1960, after working as a teacher for two years, Cree began working as a radio host at CKRS-Jonquière. She then moved to working in television at CHLT-TV in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Death Cree died on 13 October 2005 at the age of 68 after a battle with lung and bone cancer.