Elliott Doxtater-Wynn is of Odawa/ Mohawk and Delaware ancestry. He is an Indian day school survivor and an inter and multi generational residential school survivor. Elliott represents the fi rst generation of his family to not attend residential school. He was raised on the Six Nations Indian Reserve, now raising his family in North Western Ontario.
His career started after graduating from the H.B. Beal Art School in London, ON, and now holds a HBFA and BEd with Lakehead University, a member of OCT and a Masters in Inclusive Design through OCADU, specializing in Relating Indigenous Worldview Through Storytelling and Inclusive Technologies. He has also spent much of the last 30 years learning from traditional Elders and knowledge keepers as well as fi eld study research in Indigenous culture and eff ects on cultural anthropology.
Elliott is a career artist with completed works in music, writing, graphic novel, drawing, sculpture and landscape design. Among his most notable works was selected by Coca-Cola for their pavilion at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. This was in addition to designs for 2 venue sites for the Olympics and a highlighted appearance as guest artist at the Indigenous Pavillion. He has been involved in fi ne arts and First Nation cultural education for the past 20 years where he has applied his experience and knowledge as a mentor, leader and educator.
Past accolades include the Aboriginal Youth Achievement award, the fi rst Indigenous recipient of the Top 40 under 40 Chamber of Commerce Business Award for Northwestern Ontario, Thunder Bay Artist of the Year 2017, selected designs for the 2010 Olympics. Additionally he was a broadcaster for CBC Radio1, Thunder Bay for 12 years. Most recently he had been working with Keewaytinook Okimakanak communities in Northwestern Ontario to record and archive cultural knowledge and histories to be used in educational resources development.
He is currently host of the Host of INDigitl Voices Radio Show on the WAHSA Distance Education Network, 91.9 fm/YOUTUBE in Sioux Lookout ON.