Doris Jeanne MacKinnon was born on a farm in northeastern Alberta and attended school in the historic town of St.Paul-des-Métis. She has a PhD in Indigenous and post-Confederation Canadian history and an MEd in Adult Education. An independent researcher and postsecondary instructor, she lives in Alberta.
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