Career
At the age of five, he was sent to the residential school at Norway House, where he remained until transferring to the residential high school at Portage la Prairie in his teens. He left high school at 16 and hitchhiked to Winnipeg, where he stayed briefly before returning to Norway House, where he formed his first band, Cree Nation, in 1966. Gamblin performed with a variety of bands over the course of his career, most notably Northern Lobo, and wrote more than 60 original songs.
In his later years, Gamblin became an activist for healing and reconciliation around the abuses of the residential school system, writing "Survivor"s Voice" and working with the Aboriginal Healing Foundation.
In 2008, Gamblin had an accident on stage, cutting his ankle. The wound became infected, and resulted in the amputation of his legal
His health continued to decline, and he died on July 27, 2010 in Winnipeg.
