Esther Tailfeathers, born and raised on the Blood Reserve. Graduated from University of North Dakota School of Medicine, completed her Family Medicine Residency in Edmonton at the University of Alberta. Has worked in many Native communities including The Blackfeet Reservation in the Emergency Room, the Blood Reserve for almost 20 years, and served the remote northern community of Fort Chipewyan. She was the Medical Lead of the Indigenous Wellness Core for AHS until June of 2023. She is most proud of organizing a relief mission to Haiti after the earthquake, a team made up of Blood Tribe paramedics, nurses and health care workers which took care of more than 2000 patients during their relief effort.

Most recently she has worked with her community in response to the Fentanyl Crisis which started in the fall of 2014. The Opioid Crisis and community strategies of Harm Reduction, Treatment and addressing upstream determinants in her home community has been where the concentration of her work over the last 10 years.

She is most proud of her 2 Children; Elle-Maija Tailfeathers who is an award-winning actor and filmmaker winning Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Night Raiders and most recently Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a dramatic series for Little Bird, Piinaakoyim Seen From Afar, who is a tribal council member for Blood Tribe and who recently won the heavyweight title in Boxing at a recent Tournament.