Profiles of Alberta Women
Anne Anderson – Supporting Information
Archival records
Dr. Anne Anderson interview. PR2012.0731/0701-0702. Provincial Archives of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
Anderson, Anne. Autobiographical speech at a banquet, 1979. St. Albert Historical Society fonds. Musèe Hèritage Museum, St. Albert, Alberta.
Awards and honours
1975 – Alberta Achievement Award
1978 – Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Alberta
1985 – Dr. Anne Anderson Park named by the Edmonton Names Advisory Committee
1991 – Order of Canada
1991 – Heritage Language Development Award, Alberta Multiculturalism Commission
1991 – Women of Distinction Award, YWCA
1992 – Inducted into the City of Edmonton’s Cultural Hall of Fame
2004 – Named one of the Edmontonians of the Century, City of Edmonton
2021 – Dr. Anne Anderson High School and Dr. Anne Anderson Community Centre established
N.d. – Edmonton Female Citizenship Award
External links and further reading
Andrews, Heather. “Dr. Anderson’s Work Preserving Cree Honored by Province.” Aboriginal Multi-Media Society. Windspeaker Publication, 1991. https://ammsa.com/publications/windspeaker/dr-andersons-work-preserving-cree-honored-province.
Cinnamon, Bruce. “The ‘Grand Lady of the Métis:’ Dr. Anne Anderson’s Mission to Preserve the Cree Language.” Edmonton City as Museum Project. 2020. https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2020/11/10/the-grand-lady-of-the-metis-dr-anne-andersons-mission-to-preserve-the-cree-language/.
Lusty, Terry. “Metis Elder, Cultural Advocate Passes Away.” Aboriginal Multi-Media Society. Alberta Sweetgrass, 1997. https://www.ammsa.com/publications/alberta-sweetgrass/metis-elder-cultural-advocate-passes-away.
Publications
Anderson, Anne. Let’s Learn Cree . . . Namôya âyiman. Edmonton: Duval House Publishing, 1998.
Anderson, Anne. Plains Cree Dictionary in the “Y” Dialect. Edmonton: Self-published, 1971.
Anderson, Anne. Dr. Anne Anderson’s Metis Cree Dictionary. Edmonton: Duval House Publishing, 1997.
Anderson, Anne. The First Metis: A New Nation. Edmonton: Uvisco Press, 1985.
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