Shauneen Pete is from Little Pine First Nation (Treaty 6 territory) and Cowessess First Nation (Treaty 4 territory). Her father is the late Jacob Pete, and my mother is Eileen Pete (Agecoutay). Her family is Cree, Dakota, and Saulteaux. She grew up in Regina and Saskatoon (Saskatchewan). She graduated from the Indian Teacher Education Program (ITEP) at USask, where she also completed a Masters in Educational Leadership. She completed her PhD at the University of Arizona, at the Center for the Study of Higher Education. For the past 22 years she has worked as a professor and university administrator.
Shauneen Pete is the Chair, Emerging Indigenous Scholars Circle (EISC) at Royal Roads University in Victoria BC.