1. Louise Profeit-LeBlanc is an Aboriginal storyteller, cultural educator artist, writer, choreographer, and film script writer from the Northern Tutchone Nation, Athabaskan language spoken in northeastern Yukon in Canada.
10 Facts About Louise Profeit-LeBlanc
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Louise Profeit-LeBlanc grew up in the cultural lifestyle of the Na-Cho Nyak Dun, speaking the Northern Tutchone language, an endangered Athabaskan language.
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Louise Profeit-LeBlanc, was taught the craft of storytelling by her aunt Angela Sidney, who devoted her life to preserving the stories of the Tagish of Southern Yukon.
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Louise Profeit-LeBlanc, who grew up listening to stories told by her Kookum, captivated the audience with a fable about jealousy.
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Louise Profeit-LeBlanc went on to become keeper of stories from the Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation.
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Cofounder of the Yukon International Storytelling festival, Yukon and the Society of Yukon Artists of Native Ancestry, Louise Profeit-LeBlanc has attempted to ensure the voice of her people is heard and will be protected for the future generations.
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Louise Profeit-LeBlanc identified four categories of Aboriginal storytelling in the Yukon;.
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Louise Profeit-LeBlanc was cofounder of the Society of Yukon Artists of Native Ancestry.
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Louise Profeit-LeBlanc worked as Coordinator of the Aboriginal Arts Office at the Canada Council for the Arts in Ottawa, Ontario where she served the needs of many Aboriginal artists of Canada and abroad.
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Louise Profeit-LeBlanc served on the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada.