[2] Pamela's parents decided to move the family to St. Mary's area in Frederiction in hopes of giving a better life for their children.
After her parents parted ways, she lived for several years in the uptown area of Fredericton with her mother and her 2 sisters.
[3] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Thomas University in 1994 with a double major in Native Studies and History.
[4] Palmater is active in the Assembly of First Nations and is head of the Centre for Indigenous Governance at Toronto Metropolitan University, where she is a professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration.
She worked for the federal government for over ten years, and was a director at Indian and Northern Affairs managing portfolios responsible for First Nations treaties, land claims and self-government.
[19] Indigenous nationhood: empowering grassroots citizens (Fernwood, 2015) Stretched Beyond Human Limits: Death by Poverty in First Nations (for publication in 2012).
Stretched Beyond Human Limits: Death by Poverty in First Nations (2012) 65/66 Canadian Review of Social Policy.