Jennifer Brunet-Rentechem

Community Storytellers Lead
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Jennifer Brunet-Rentechem is an urban multicultural Kanien’kéha:ka Mohawk. She was born and raised in the Ottawa-Gatineau region but remained close to community and ceremony throughout her lifetime. She is Kanien’kéha:ka, Algonquin and French Settler on her maternal side from Kanesatake, a Mohawk First Nation on the shore of the Lake of Two Mountains in Southwestern Quebec. On her paternal side, she is Tupí-Guarani and Ukrainian from South-Central Brazil. 

Outside of her role as Lead for the Community Storytellers Project, she is a visual artist, cultural educator, and beader. For many years, she was an interpreter and storyteller in the fields of Indigenous tourism and art. During the summers, you can find Brunet-Rentechem on the powwow trail or as a vendor at a local art market—selling her prints, original paintings and beadwork.