Leroy Little Bear (Kainai/Blackfoot)

First Indigenous Canadian to graduate (BA) from the University of Lethbridge.

BA Sources: 38

First Indigenous Canadian to earn a professional JD (Juris Doctor). A JD is considered a professional degree or second-entry undergraduate degree, as opposed to a graduate degree.

JD Sources: 40

Second Indigenous Canadian to be appointed as an assistant professor at a Canadian University. Little Bear created the second Native or Native American Studies department in Canada.

Faculty appointment Sources: 41