Milton Born With A Tooth

Milton Born With A Tooth is a Canadian political activist for First Nations rights.

Born With A Tooth first came to widespread notoriety in 1990, when the Alberta government sought to dam the Oldman River, which would have flooded Peigan burial grounds. Born With A Tooth led the Blackfoot Warrior Society in opposing the Oldman River Dam. In 1990, Born With A Tooth used an excavator in an attempt to divert the river away from the dam.

On August 2 of that year, a heavily armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police contingent arrived, and shots were fired. Born With A Tooth was arrested and charged with endangering lives and assaulting eighty officers. He was convicted and spent four and a half years in prison.

Karen Gainer was the defence lawyer for Born With A Tooth between 1990 and 1994.