Kahn-Tineta Horn

Kahn-Tineta Horn
Kahn-Tineta ("she makes the grass wave"), or Kahentinetha
Kahn-Tineta Horn in 1963.
Mohawk leader
Personal details
Born16 April 1940 (1940-04-16) (age 84)
Brooklyn, New York, USA[1]
Children4, including Waneek Horn-Miller and Kaniehtiio Horn[2][3]

Kahn-Tineta Horn (born 16 April 1940, New York City) is a Mohawk political activist, civil servant, and former fashion model.[4][5] 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.[6] She is a member of the Mohawk Bear Clan of Kahnawake.[7]

Horn and her daughters were notable participants in the 1990 Oka Crisis.[8][9] Her daughter, Waneek Horn-Miller (born 1975), was stabbed in the chest by a soldier's bayonet while holding her younger sister, Kaniehtiio, then aged 4; a photograph of the incident, published on the front page of newspapers, symbolized the standoff between Mohawks and the Canadian government.[10] Waneek became a broadcaster, and co-captain of Canada's first women's national water polo team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[11] Kaniehtiio is now a film and television actress.[12] Her eldest daughter, Dr. Ojistoh Horn, is a traditionally minded family medicine physician in Akwesasne.

  1. ^ https://thediscoverblog.com/2021/03/08/kahentinetha-horn-flying-over-the-land/
  2. ^ Kenneth L. Williams (2004-04-03). "Kahente Horn-Miller a Role Model for Higher Learning". Canku Ota. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  3. ^ "Dr. Ojistah Horn". AboriginalSexualHealth.ca. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  4. ^ Max Dashu (2005). "Matrix Cultures". Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  5. ^ "McGill launches first high-performance camp for aboriginal teens". Newsroom - McGill University. 2006-05-17. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  6. ^ Bennett McCardle. "Kahn-Tineta Horn". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  7. ^ "Kahn-Tineta Horn". Tribal Ceremonies: Tribal Warriors for Peace. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  8. ^ Kahn-Tineta Horn (1991). "Beyond Oka: Dimensions of Mohawk Sovereignty". Studies in Political Economy. 35: 29–41. doi:10.1080/19187033.1991.11675451. ISSN 1918-7033. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  9. ^ "Federal Courts Reports - Canada ( Attorney General ) v. Horn ( T.D. ), [1994] 1 F.C. 453". Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  10. ^ Starkman, Randy (July 29, 1999), "From Oka battles to Pan Am glory", Toronto Star
  11. ^ "Pan Ams' Waneek Horn-Miller an Oka Crisis survivor". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  12. ^ Griffith, John (October 9, 2009). "Mohawk actress rooted in family and community". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2010.