Dale Auger - A Sakaw Cree from the Bigstone Cree Nation in northern Alberta, and a visual artist whose vividly coloured acrylics captured the attention of many audiences. He is the author of award winning children's book, "Mwakwa—Talks to the Loon", for which he was awarded Aboriginal Children's Book of the Year in 2006; and received the 2007 R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature, along with many other honors.