Julian Brave NoiseCat Biography

Julian Brave NoiseCat is a Canadian-American writer, filmmaker, and activist, an enrolled member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq’escen of the Secwepemc Nation and a descendant of the Lil’Wat Nation. Raised in Oakland, California, by his non-Native mother, he studied history at Columbia University and earned a graduate degree from Oxford. NoiseCat’s debut documentary, “Sugarcane” (2024), co-directed with Emily Kassie, investigates abuse at a residential school tied to his family, earning a Sundance Directing Award and an Oscar nomination. His forthcoming book, “We Survived the Night" (2025), blends memoir, journalism, and Indigenous history. A prominent advocate for climate justice and Indigenous rights, he spearheaded the campaign for Deb Haaland’s historic appointment as the first Native American to serve as U.S. Interior Secretary. His journalism, featured in The New York Times and The New Yorker, earned the 2022 American Mosaic Journalism Prize. NoiseCat is also a champion powwow dancer.

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