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Kahn-Tineta Horn (born 16 April 1940, New York City) is a Mohawk political activist, civil servant, and former fashion model. Since 1972, she has held various positions in the social, community and educational development policy sections of the Canadian federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
- 16 April 1940 (age 83), New York City
- Early Life
- National Indian Council
- Activism
- Kanesatake Resistance
- Feminism
- Other Work
Kahentinetha Horn’s name has been translated in multiple ways. Currently, two common translations are "she makes the grass wave" or “flying over the land” in the Kanyen’kehà:ka (Mohawk) language. According to Horn, the first born of six sisters, her name translates as “she is out front, before the others.” Horn is a member of the Mohawk Bear Clan o...
In the early 1960s, Kahentinetha Horn became a director of the National Indian Council (NIC). This organization was created in 1961 to represent the political, economic and social issues of Status Indians (see Indian Status), Non-Status Indians and Métis (see Congress of Aboriginal Peoples). As a young woman, Horn was the target of abuse from other...
Kahentinetha Horn’s activism began at a young age. As a teenager, she wrote letters to editors and to government departments and agencies advocating for Indigenouscauses. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Horn was active in Indigenous civil rights movements. Horn founded and directed the Indian Legal Defence Committee from 1967 to 1971. This organiza...
Kahentinetha Horn and her daughters Waneek Horn-Miller and Kaniehtiio Horn were notable participants in the 1990 land dispute between the Kanyen'kehà:ka people and the town of Oka, Quebec. Horn worked as a negotiator in the Kanesatake Resistance, also known as the Oka Crisis. Her participation in negotiations was based upon her extensive knowledge ...
Kahentinetha Horn’s activism has also been related to issues in the women’s movement. In the 1960s, she was an early opponent of forced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada. She advocated for the importance of women’s place in the home, as a means of passing on traditions to children. However, she also supported women’s independence. Horn pr...
Kahentinetha Horn has assisted Indigenous communities with title and land claims disputes. She has served as director of the Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with Native Peoples. This organization performs advocacy work with Indigenous peoples and provides education about Indigenous cultures. As publisher of the Mohawk Nation News, Horn highlighted ...
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Horn was a successful fashion model in the 1960s, but it wasn’t enough. She used her fame and political clout to overturn just about every well-set colonial table of oppression she came across. Now a living legend and arguably one of the first Indigenous celebrities in Canada, Horn, 79, was breezy and irreverent, sitting between Robertson and ...
Mar 8, 2021 · Carnival Queen Kahentinetha Horn tries her hand at the controls of a Viscount aircraft. A newcomer to Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA), she was crowned Queen of the Sir George Williams College Winter Carnival in Montréal just one week after she joined TCA.
May 19, 1972. The New Yorker, May 27, 1972 P. 28. Talk story about Kahn-Tineta Horn, a young Mohawk Indian woman, prominent among North America's Indian activists. Student audiences often...
Aug 29, 2019 · Two months later, fellow CIYC member Kahn-Tineta Horn (Kahnawá:ke), argued against Cardinal’s idea. Not against Indigenous students speaking out, but against collaboration with the CUS. Her...
N THE EARLY 6O'S Kahn-Tineta Horn, a young Mohawk model, got the attention of the Canadian press (media) not only by her beauty but by her articulation of Indian grievances and her demands for justice. Soon after Red Power was organized threatening to use force.
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