Cindy Woodhouse
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Cindy Woodhouse | |
|---|---|
| National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations | |
| Assumed office December 7, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Joanna Bernard (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1983 (age 41–42) |
| Party | First Nations Party of Canada |
| Spouse | Curtis Nepinak |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Winnipeg (BA) |
Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak (born 1982 or 1983)[1] is a Canadian First Nations (Pinaymootang First Nation) politician and the current National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.[2]
Prior to being elected as AFN National Chief, Woodhouse served as Manitoba regional chief from 2021 to 2023.
Woodhouse was raised on the Pinaymootang First Nation, spending half the week with her parents, Garnet and Lorette Woodhouse, and half the week with her grandmother, who gave her her Anishinaabe education.[1][3] Her father, Garnet Woodhouse, became chief of the Pinaymootang First Nation when Woodhouse was 4 years old, a role he held for more than 40 years.[1][4] Her great-great-great-grandfather, Richard Woodhouse, was a signatory of Treaty 2.[4] Woodhouse often attended Assembly of First Nations meetings with her parents.[1]
Woodhouse attended the Anglican-run Little Saskatchewan Day School, where she and her classmates faced "almost borderline abuse". She later attended Fairford School, where she received better treatment.[3]
Woodhouse attended the University of Winnipeg, where she earned a bachelor of arts degree.[1][3] While there, she and a small group of 15 to 20 others started a march for missing and murdered Indigenous women.[3]