Santee Smith

Santee Smith
Smith receiving the 2019 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize
19th Chancellor of McMaster University
Assumed office
November 21, 2019
Preceded bySuzanne Labarge
Personal details
Children1[1]
Alma materMcMaster University

Santee Smith Tekaronhiáhkhwa CM is a Canadian Mohawk multidisciplinary artist, dancer, designer, producer, and choreographer.[2][3][4] She has used her voice and research to create dance works representing Indigenous identities.[5][6] She is an advocate for Indigenous performances and is one of Canada's most dominating dance artists.[3][6] Santee Smith has amassed multiple awards throughout her career and in 2019, she was appointed Chancellor of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[3]

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  2. ^ Public Energy (September 15, 2015). "Kaha:wi Dance Theatre The Honouring". Public Energy.
  3. ^ a b c "SANTEE SMITH". KAHA:WI DANCE THEATRE. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  4. ^ "Santee Smith will be McMaster's next Chancellor". Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  5. ^ Worlding dance. Susan Leigh Foster. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England]: Palgrave Macmillan. 2009. ISBN 978-0-230-20594-9. OCLC 318670648.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ a b "Meet Artist, Santee Smith". Woodland Cultural Centre. May 14, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.