Joe Buffalo

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Joe Buffalo (born 1976) is a Cree skateboarder and actor from Canada. [1] He is most noted as a two-time Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film, receiving nominations at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016 for Hello Destroyer [2] and at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2017 for Luk'Luk'I . [3] He is a 2023 recipient of the Inspire Award in the sports category. [4]

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Biography

A member of the Samson Cree Nation in Alberta, he is the great-grandson of Joe Buffalo, a former deputy chief who had an acting role in the 1958 film The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw , and the great-grand nephew of actor Gordon Tootoosis. [1] A survivor of the Indian residential school system, he moved to Ottawa after school to begin his skateboarding career, although he struggled with substance abuse issues in his early years. [5] Since getting sober, he has also served as an advocate and speaker on indigenous mental health. [6] He received the Inspire Award, in the sports category in 2023. [7]

He is associated with the indigenous-owned skateboard company Colonialism Skateboards, which released a professional model in 2021 that features Buffalo's student identification card from the Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School printed on the top. [8]

As an actor, he has also had supporting roles in the films The Fish and the Sea , Cake Day and Brother, I Cry .

He is the subject of Amar Chebib's 2021 short documentary film Joe Buffalo. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lisa Mayerhöfer, "Joe Buffalo: Colonialism Skateboards, remodelling, and strength in communal storycrafting". Discorder , April 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ Frank Peebles, "Hello Destroyer scores with critics". Prince George Citizen , January 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ "2018 Nominees Announced". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Indspire Awards". Indspire. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  5. ↑ Kyle Muzyka, "Joe Buffalo survived residential school. Then he became a professional skateboarder". Unreserved , October 9, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Skateboarding pros take sport, along with message of hope, to Indigenous youth". Calgary Herald , July 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Joe Dion Buffalo". Indspire. 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  8. ↑ Bob Kronbauer, "New skateboard features pro skater's Indian Residential School ID card". The Squamish Chief, July 16, 2021.
  9. ↑ Pat Mullen, "Now Streaming: Joe Buffalo Shares a Survivor’s Story". Point of View , October 8, 2021.
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