Marcelline Picard-Kanapé
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Marcelline Picard-Kanapé CQ, a.k.a. Marcelline P. Kanapé, (born 1941 in Betsiamites [now Pessamit] in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec)[1] is considered one of the great specialists in education among First Nations in Canada, distinguishing herself since the 1950s.[2] She was the first Innu teacher in Quebec, the first Aboriginal person to serve on the Conseil supérieur de l'éducation, and the first female Innu chief.