Nahanni Fontaine

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

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| office = Minister of Families

| premier = Wab Kinew

| term_start = October 18, 2023

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| predecessor = Rochelle Squires

| office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Johns

| term_start1 = April 19, 2016

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| predecessor1 = Gord Mackintosh

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| party = New Democratic

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}

| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

| alma_mater = University of Winnipeg (BA)
University of Manitoba (MA)

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| residence = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Nahanni Fontaine (born 1971)[https://books.google.com/books?id=zfTktNcUtKMC&dq=Nahanni+Fontaine&pg=PR13 Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair] Google Books is a Canadian provincial politician, who was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding of St. Johns in the 2016 and 2019 elections.{{cite news|title=Manitoba election results|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2647832/manitoba-election-results-2016-a-live-riding-by-riding-breakdown-of-the-vote/|access-date=20 April 2016|work=Global News|date=19 April 2016}} She held the seat for the NDP after incumbent MLA Gord Mackintosh did not seek re-election.

Fontaine was interviewed for the Tina Fontaine episode the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network documentary series on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Taken. Despite sharing the same surname, the two are not related.{{cite web |title=Injustice is a way of Indigenous life, say advocates dismayed at verdict in Tina Fontaine murder trial |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-february-23-2018-1.4547552/injustice-is-a-way-of-indigenous-life-say-advocates-dismayed-at-verdict-in-tina-fontaine-murder-trial-1.4548471 |website=CBC News: The Current |publisher=CBC News |access-date=15 August 2021 |quote=Nahanni Fontaine, who is no relation to Tina Fontaine, has worked to bring attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.}}

On March 10, 2021, Nahanni Fontaine was removed from the House for the rest of the day for saying the Progressive Conservatives "just don't give a crap" about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people.{{cite tweet|number=1369780443684302851|user=NahanniFontaine|title=Today, I was kicked out of the House and not allowed to return for the day. Why?Because I said the PCs don’t gi…|date=10 March 2021}}