Niigaan Sinclair

Niigaan Sinclair

Professor & Acting Head, Dept. of Indigenous Studies, Faculty of Arts Professorship in Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics
University of Manitoba

Niigaan Sinclair is Anishinaabe (St. Peter’s/Little Peguis) and a professor at the University of Manitoba, where he holds the Faculty of Arts Professorship in Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics and is currently Head of the Department of Indigenous Studies. He is also currently the Curator of Indigenous culture and history at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada.


In 2018, he won Canadian columnist of the year at the National Newspaper Awards for his bi-weekly columns in The Winnipeg Free Press and is a featured member of the Friday "Power Panel" on CBC's Power & Politics.


Niigaan is an award-winning writer, editor and activist who was recently named to the “Power List” by Maclean’s magazine as one of the most influential individuals in Canada.