Lee Maracle

Bobbi Lee Maracle OC (July 2, 1950 November 11, 2021) was a Canadian First Nations writer, activist and academic. Her first book, an autobiography called Bobbi Lee: Indian Rebel, was published in 1975.[1] Maracle's work focussed on the lives of Indigenous people, mainly women in Canada. She also wrote the 1993 novel Ravensong.

Lee Maracle
Maracle in 2009
BornBobbi Lee Maracle
(1950-07-02)July 2, 1950
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
DiedNovember 11, 2021(2021-11-11) (aged 71)
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
NationalitySto:lo (Canadian)
RelativesChief Dan George

Maracle was named an officer of the Order of Canada in 2018.[2]

Maracle died on November 11, 2021, at a hospital in Surrey, British Columbia at the age of 71.[3]

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