Eva Ottawa
Law professor
Eva Ottawa, an Atikamekw from Manawan, earned a sociology degree in 1996 and a law degree in 2002. She has held various strategic positions in her community and nation. In 2006, she was elected Grand Chief of the Atikamekw Nation by universal suffrage and was then re-elected in 2010. She held the position until 2013. She is currently doing her master's degree in law at the University of Ottawa, specializing in customary adoption, while assuming various governance mandates with the Atikamekw First Nation.
