Chipewyan Dene artist John Rombough was born in the remote community of Sioux Lookout, in Northern Ontario Canada. As a young adult, Rombough began searching for his birth parents and soon found his biological father, Alfred Catholique, living in the small community of LutselK’e on the eastern shore of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. Warmly welcomed by the Catholique family, John moved to LutselK’e in order to rediscover his cultural identity. John Rombough is recognized as a role model throughout the Northwest Territories  and takes his role very seriously. His paintings are instrumental in conveying a message to the youth, a message of encouragement,  leadership,  strength, will power, and determination.