| Edmund Metatawabin | |
| Birth Place: | Fort Albany, Ontario |
| Occupation: | Chief, author, Indigenous advocate. |
| Period: | 1980s-present |
| Nationality: | Mushkegowuk Cree |
| Notableworks: | Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History |
Edmund Metatawabin is a First Nations chief and writer, whose 2014 memoir Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.[1]
A former chief of the Fort Albany First Nation in Ontario,[2] he published Up Ghost River, cowritten with journalist Alexandra Shimo, as a memoir of his childhood experience in Canada's Indian residential schools system.[3]