Melaw Nakehk'o

Biography

Melaw Nakehk'o is a Dehcho Dene and Denesuline artist, actress, and traditional moose hide tanner from the Northwest Territories of Canada. Her professional debut came with the 2015 film The Revenant, where she played the role of Powaqa, an Arikara woman kidnapped by French fur trappers. A passionate advocate for revitalizing traditional Indigenous artistic practices, Melaw has also founded the First Nations organization Dene Nahjo.