Mary was born in a tent at a caribou crossing on Little Duck Lake, near Caribou Post in northern Manitoba. Her family and community were relocated abruptly by the Federal Government of Canada in 1956. Mary trained as a nurse, raised a family and turned to filmmaking in 1990, co-producing and co-directing Nuhoniyeh: Our Story, a Gemini Award winning documentary history of the Sayisi Dene. Today, Mary lives in Whitehorse, Yukon and Tadoule Lake, Manitoba. Aydaygooay, her first animated production, was created to help reclaim language and culture.
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