Early life and family
Acoose was born in Broadview, Saskatchewan, Broadview, Saskatchewan, and attended the Cowessess Indian Canadian Indian residential school system, Residential School in the 1960s. Her cultural roots stemmed from the Zagime Anishinabek (Saulteaux) First Nations in Canada, First Nation and the ''Ninankawe'' Marival Métis people (Canada), Metis. Her father's mother was Madelaine O'Soup, adopted daughter of O'Soup, Chief of the Anishnabe at O'Soup Reserve. Her father's father was Paul Acoose, from the nearby Sakimay Reserve. Paul was the son of Samuel Acoose, an esteemed Buffalo Runner, and Samuel was descended from Quewich, who travelled with Waywayseecapo.Works
Acoose was Saskatchewan's first Native Affairs columnist for the ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix''. She also regularly contributed to the ''Regina Leader-Post'', the ''Prince Albert Herald'', Aboriginal Voices, New Breed and Windspeaker. In 1995, Toronto's Women's Press published her book ''Iskwewak Kah Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak''. A copy of her Masters Thesis ''Iskwewak--Kah' Ki Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak: Neither Indian princesses nor squaw drudges'' is freely available online''.'' Acoose was interviewed in the 2006 National Film Board of Canada documentary ''Finding Dawn'', about murdered and missing Aboriginal women in Canada.References
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