About Taiaiake Alfred
Born 1964. Taiaiake Alfred is a Canadian writer.
Gerald Taiaiake Alfred is an author, educator and activist, born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1964 and raised in the community of Kahnawà :ke. Alfred is an internationally recognized Kanien’kehá:ka scholar.
Early life and education Alfred grew up in the Mohawk community of Kahnawà :ke and graduated from Loyola High School in Montreal. After high school, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps for three years until 1985. He then received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Concordia University, a Master of Arts and Ph.D. from Cornell University.
In 2023, he released his fourth book, titled Its All About the Land: Collected Talks and Interviews on Indigenous Resurgence, published by the University of Toronto Press.
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Author, educator and activist
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Taiaiake Alfred was born in 1964 in Montreal.
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