Van 't Schip was born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, and was raised in Powell River, British Columbia, where he grew up playing youth football in the small community before his family moved back to the Netherlands in 1972.
Maxwell was born in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada, her parents, Patrick "Pat" and Rena Maxwell, own a salon where she worked as a licensed hairdresser.
Stokes has been composer in residence at the biannual International Choral Kathaumixw Festival in Powell River, British Columbia, B.C. since 1994, creating large oratorio works often with First Nations themes, stories, elders, dancers, and soloists, performed with massed choirs and orchestra.
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A Coast Salish from the Sliammon First Nation near Powell River, British Columbia, he is best known internationally for his roles in the films of Sherman Alexie, as Thomas Builds-the-Fire in the 1998 film Smoke Signals and Seymour Polatkin in the 2002 film The Business of Fancydancing.