Dawn Marie Marchand is a member of Cold Lake First Nation in Treaty Six territory.

cîpêhcakwawêw-iskwêw (Blue Horse Spirit Woman) is a Cree and Metis artist, educator, advocate, author, writer, speaker, and mother. Her artwork seeks to find ways to remind Canadians of their original history through Treaty. Her many noted accomplishments include: art installations for the Edmonton Folk Festival in 2013, Edmonton City Hall in 2014 during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission stop in Edmonton, “Edmonton Treaty 6 Soccer ball” in 2016, Nuit Blanche in 2018. She has organized and facilitated numerous Indigenous pop-up exhibits including; the Walrus Talks-Aboriginal City art components in 2015, the first National Gathering of Elders in 2018, the facilitation of the Indigenous Artist Market Collective engagement and launch in 2018. She received an Aboriginal Role Model Award for Art in 2017, during her term as the inaugural Indigenous Artist In Residence for the City of Edmonton. In mid 2019, she relocated to Smoky Lake, AB where she opened Blue Horse Gallery and Studio. She has since added International attention with work projected in Expo Dubai in 2021 and installed permanent public art in the Stanley Milnar Library.  In 2022, she started working with Metis Nation of Alberta to create spaces that support Metis Artists in Edmonton. She continued work with Punctuate Theatre as Designer in Residence where she supported the artistic authenticity in First Metis Man of Odesa, had her work projected during the 2023 Junos and installed artwork in Banff National Park as part of their “Art in Nature” exhibit.