Oshichikesiwuk Nanipek

Lawrence Martin, or Wapistan as his musical alias, is a Canadian musician and politician from Moose Factory Ontario. At the Juno Awards of 1994, he became the first winner of the Juno Award for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording for his album Wapistan Is Lawrence Martin. He was nominated two more times in the same category, at the Juno Awards of 1996 for his album Message and at the Juno Awards of 2003 for The Right Combination, an album he recorded as a duo with Vern Cheechoo.

In addition to music, Lawrence has also had a career as a politician. He became mayor of Sioux Lookout, Ontario, in 1991, becoming the first aboriginal person in the province ever elected to the mayoralty of a municipality that was not a First Nations reserve. In 1998, he was elected to his first term as grand chief of the Mushkegowuk Council, later elected for a second term. He later moved to Cochrane, Ontario, becoming executive director of the local Native Friendship Centre. He was elected mayor of that town in 2003, becoming one of the few Canadian politicians ever to have held the mayoralty of two different municipalities. He served as mayor of Cochrane until 2010.

Lawrence now works as the Director of Lands and Resources at the Mushkegowuk Council.