Sharon H. Venne

Sharon H. Venne-Manyfingers is a Canadian scholar and activist for the implementation of traditional First Nations legal systems. She belong to the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation on Treaty 6 territory in Saskatchewan.

Education Venne is a PhD candidate in the history department of the University of Alberta. She began her educational career in 1974 with an Arts Certificate from Malaspina College. She has lectured on the recognition of Indigenous rights under the Western law paradigm and has helped many First Nations in Canada contend self-determination through the implementation of their own traditional legal systems. Venne was the Returning Officer for the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation Election, held on April 25, 1999.

Since 1981, Venne has been involved with the United Nations, attending the Commission on Human Rights for about 13 years. She has attended conferences on the implementation of the International Year for Indigenous Peoples and meetings of the Commission on Sustainable Development.

Awards and achievements She was one of the first Indigenous persons to attend Law School at the University of Victoria in 1976.

Personal life Venne is by marriage a member of the Blood Tribe within Treaty 7.