She grew up on the trap line in Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, before moving to The Pas and subsequently Churchill in 1956. A volunteer with countless community events in Churchill, she has been a member of the Manitoba Métis Federation for more than 30 years and served as president of the Churchill Local for 14 years. Now an Elder at the Local, she has been a valued storyteller for the past 15 years helping to keep the Métis culture alive. After raising her family, she turned to the Aboriginal art form of caribou hair tufting and began to create unique pieces of art by sculpting in three dimensional layers to achieve a new look and new form now known as Myrtle’s Caribou Hair Sculptures. Her works of art, which celebrate scenes of the north, have been sold around the world.
