Rebecca Strong was the first Indigenous performer to win the largest cash prize in Canadian television history.
REGINA, Sask.—At the beginning of summer, an Indigenous young woman received the biggest cash prize in Canadian television history. Rebecca Strong won this prize as she was also the first First Nations woman to be crowned winner of the amateur performance show, "Canada's Got Talent."
The Indigenous singer living in Prince Albert, Sask., took home the competition's first $1 million prize at the end of the show's third season. She was voted on by viewers all across Canada.
Strong says the prize will help push her career to the next level, allow for musical growth and opportunities such as tourin...
