Benjamin Chee Chee, (born Kenneth Thomas Benjamin) was a Canadian artist of Ojibwa decent. He was born at Temagami, Ontario on March 26th 1944; and died in Ottawa on March 14th 1977. His early life was troubled and he lost track of his mother, who he spent many years searching for. He moved to Montreal in 1965 where he developed his love of drawing, moving back to Ottawa in 1973.