Jackie Traverse
- January 6, 2024
- Activist
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Jackie Traverse Biography
| Name | Jackie Traverse |
| Birthday | Sep 30 |
| Birth Year | 1969 |
| Place Of Birth | Winnipeg |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Jackie Traverse is one of the most popular and richest Activist who was born on September 30, 1969 in Winnipeg, Canada. Jackie Traverse (born September 30, 1969) is an Indigenous (or Aboriginal) artist and activist from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Traverse in an Anishinaabe, specifically Ojibwe, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She spent her early years with her biological father living in Winnipeg, MB. Her father encouraged her early interest in art, buying her art supplies. Her early life was difficult growing up in Winnipeg’s North End when her mother died at a young age and her siblings were apprehended in the Sixties Scoop. Traverse draws inspiration in her art and activism from her experience growing up as an indigenous woman in one of Winnipeg’s toughest neighbourhoods. She studied at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba and graduated in 2009. Traverse is currently working out of Winnipeg, MB.
On November 3, 2016, Traverse released a colouring book entitled Sacred Feminine: An Indigenous Art Colouring Book published by Fernwood Publishing.
She also create murals, including the mural entitled Sweet Grass (Wiingash), painted in 2017 who was also included in the billboard project Resilience, curated by Lee-Ann Martin and produced by MAWA during Summer 2018.
In 2009, Coca-Cola announced the Aboriginal Art Bottle Program as part of a mission to showcase indigenous art at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Out of hundreds of submissions from professional and amateur indigenous artists from across Canada, fifteen sculptures were selected to be showcased across Canada and in Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics. Jackie Traverse’s submission was selected and displayed across Canada and in Vancouver during the Olympics. The fifteen winning submissions were auctioned off with proceeds going to the Aboriginal Youth Legacy Fund.
Jackie Traverse Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Activist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jackie Traverse is one of the richest Activist from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jackie Traverse 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Traverse has created three stop-motion animation films entitled Butterfly (2007), Two Scoops (2008) and Empty (2009).
Two Scoops tells the story of a traumatizing moment in her childhood when she witnessed Manitoba’s Child and Family Services apprehend her siblings as part of the Sixties Scoop. The film was shown at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival in 2008 and in Toronto, Canada and Kathmandu, Nepal at the Imaginative Film Festival in 2009. Two Scoops was screened at the National Museum of the American Indian (George Gustav Heye Center) in New York City in 2008.
In 2015, Traverse was the founder of the Indigenous Rock the Vote movement in Winnipeg. The Indigenous Rock the Vote movement inspired indigenous people across Canada to challenge historical low voter turnout rates by voting in the 2015 Canadian Federal Election.
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Jackie Ranked on the list of most popular Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Jackie Traverse celebrates birthday on September 30 of every year.