Edward Gamblin (1948–2010) was a Canadian country rock singer and songwriter, who was one of the most influential early stars of First Nations music. Born in 1948 at Cross Lake, Manitoba, Gamblin was a member of the Cree people. At the age of five, he was sent to the residential school at Norway House, where he remained until transferring to the residential high school at Portage la Prairie in his teens. He left high school at 16 and hitchhiked to Winnipeg, where he stayed briefly before returning to Norway House, where he formed his first band, Cree Nation, in 1966. He married his childhood Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
