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'''Kade Michael Ferris''' (January 25, 1969 – November 4, 2023) was a [[Native Americans in the United States |Native American]] anthropologist and blogger.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hilleary |first=Cecily |date=January 11, 2019 |title=Native Americans Sound Off on Shutdown, Border Wall |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2166203723/fulltext/141933DC7C434278PQ/2 |access-date=2024-07-03 |work=[[Voice of America]] |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> A citizen of the [[Turtle Mountain Chippewa]] and of [[Métis]] descent, he worked for the [[Red Lake Nation]] as an archaeologist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=March 18, 2021 |title=Kade Ferris’ Gift for Inspiring through Children’s Literature |url=https://minnesotanativenews.org/kade-ferris-gift-for-inspiring-through-childrens-literature/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Minnesota Native News}}</ref><ref name="voa">{{cite news |title='We Know Who We Are' - The Complex Issue of Métis Identity |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/we-know-who-we-are-the-complex-issue-of-metis-identity/4478421.html |access-date=16 November 2023 |work=Voice of America |date=11 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He was the author of six books on the [[Ojibwe]], [[Cree]], and Métis people.<ref name=":0" /> His book, ''Charles Albert Bender: National Hall of Fame Pitcher'' (2020), a biography of [[Chief Bender]] written for middle school readers, was highly recommended by [[American Indians in Children's Literature]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Mendoza |first=Jean |date=May 12, 2021 |title=HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Charles Albert Bender: National Hall of Fame Pitcher |url=https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2021_05_09_archive.html |access-date=2024-07-03 |work=American Indians in Children's Literature}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
Ferris earned a master of science degree in anthropology from [[North Dakota State University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stigler Lecture Series, 2013–2014 |url=https://anthropology.uark.edu/stigler-lecture-series/2013-2014.php |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=University of Arkansas, Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences}}</ref>
Ferris's brother, Jeffrey Sahl Ferris, killed himself in a Federal Courtroom by slitting his own throat ear to ear with a pen or plastic shank after he had been found guilty of reckless endangerment, terrorizing and use of a firearm in relation to a felony crime of violence in an April 2020 incident at the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9589821/North-Dakota-stalker-slashes-throat-jury-guilty.html</ref><ref>https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/turtle-mountain-descendant-kills-himself-after-guilty-verdict-in-federal-court</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2021/05/18/man-who-committed-suicide-in-courtroom-faced-7-years-in-prison-report/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/18/jeffrey-sahl-ferris-man-in-courtroom-suicide-faced/</ref>
Ferris died of cancer on November 4, 2023.<ref>https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2023/11/09/obituaries/kade-michael-ferris/118134.html</ref>
==Notable publications==
*''Charles Albert Bender: National Hall of Fame Pitcher'' (Minnesota Native American Lives)<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 20, 2020 |title=Minnesota Native American Lives book series launches for elementary students |url=https://ictnews.org/the-press-pool/minnesota-native-american-lives-book-series-launches-for-elementary-students |access-date=2024-07-03 |work=[[Indian Country Today]]}}</ref>
*''Turtle Mountain Chiefs and Headmen''
*''Tawn Kaayaash: The Old Times''
*''Bush Dances & Buffalo Hunts: Short Essays on the History of the Ojibwe and Métis''
*''Dibaajimowin Tales''
*''The Migration Story of the Anishinaabek''
*''Bush Dances & Buffalo Hunts: Short Essays on the History of the Ojibwe and Métis''
*''Giiwenh: So the Story Goes''
*''MIKWENDAAGWAD: It is remembered''
== References ==
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