Nick G. Sibbeston was born in Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, in 1943. He became the first Indigenous northerner to earn a law degree, served as the fourth Premier of the Northwest Territories, and represented the NWT in the Senate of Canada for eighteen years. A residential school survivor, he spent his career advocating for Indigenous rights and northern self-determination.
His memoir, You Will Wear a White Shirt, was published by Douglas & McIntyre in 2015.