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==Personal life== In 1988, LaDuke married Randy Kapashesit of [[Moose Factory]], Ontario, Canada. They had two children before separating in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Great Chief, Randy Kapashesit, Passes On |url=https://ictnews.org/archive/a-great-chief-randy-kapashesit-passes-on |agency=ICT News |date=May 13, 2012}}</ref><ref name="contemporaryauthors"/> Their daughter, Waseyabin, is on the staff of the [[Giiwedinong Treaty Rights and Culture Museum]] that opened in [[Park Rapids, Minnesota]] in 2023.<ref name="startrib" /><ref>{{cite web |title=About β Giiwedinong Treaty Rights and Culture Museum |url=https://giiwedinong.org/about |access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> Their son, Ajuawak, is a writer, actor, and director known for his appearances in ''[[Indian Horse (film)|Indian Horse]]'', ''[[Ahockalypse]]'', ''[[Once Upon A River (film)|Once Upon A River]]'', and ''[[Indian Road Trip]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Building bridges through story: Ajuawak Kapashesit on playing with genre, the power of story, and making action figure movies as a kid |url=https://minnesotanativenews.org/anishinaabe-harrison-ford-ajuawak-kapashesit-on-playing-with-genre-the-power-of-story-and-making-action-figure-movies-as-a-kid%EF%BF%BC/ |agency=Minnesota Native News |date=December 5, 2024}}</ref> LaDuke's third biological child, with her partner Kevin Gasco, was born in 1999, and she also has three adopted children.<ref name="startrib" /> On November 9, 2008, LaDuke's house in [[Ponsford, Minnesota]], burned down while she was in Boston. No one was injured, but all her personal property burned, including her extensive library and Indigenous art and artifact collection.<ref>{{cite web| title = Winona LaDuke to rebuild home destroyed by fire| publisher = [[News from Indian Country]]| date = November 17, 2008| url = http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5035&Itemid=1| access-date = November 17, 2008| archive-date = August 28, 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180828001834/http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5035&Itemid=1| url-status = live}}</ref>
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