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Mishi Donovan (1964 - 2013) was a Canadian actress, musician, First Nations activist and HIV/AIDS educator.〔("Resilient singer was passionate about healing" ). ''Windspeaker'', Vol. 30, No. 12 (2013).〕 A Chippewa Cree originally from the Turtle Mountain region, she was taken from her birth family in the Sixties Scoop and was raised entirely by Caucasian foster families.〔 In the 1980s, Donovan was a court worker with Native Counselling Services in Edmonton, Alberta, and later became a director of Feathers of Hope, a First Nations HIV/AIDS charity, after her adopted brother Ken Ward came out as HIV-positive.〔"Alarming' rise in number of HIV natives; Sharp increase this year". ''Edmonton Journal'', June 19, 1993.〕 Having long written and performed music as a personal hobby, she signed to Sunshine Records in 1993 after submitting some demo recordings to the label, and released her debut album ''Spirit in Flight'' in 1995. She followed up with two further albums, ''The Spirit Within'' in 1997 and ''Journey Home'' in 2000. ''The Spirit Within'' won the Juno Award for Aboriginal Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 1998,〔"McLachlan's building a Juno legacy; Our Lady Peace named Group of the Year". ''Kingston Whig-Standard'', March 23, 2988.〕 and ''Journey Home'' was a shortlisted nominee for the same award at the Juno Awards of 2001.〔"Aboriginal nominees to be saluted in March". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 15, 2001.〕 As an actress, Donovan had roles in the television series ''Big Bear'' and ''MythQuest''. Late in her life, Donovan revealed that she had been diagnosed with dystonia,〔 and died in 2013 at age 48.〔 ==Discography== *''Spirit in Flight'' (1995) *''The Spirit Within'' (1997) *''Journey Home'' (2000) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mishi Donovan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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