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In 2010, she won the Orlando Poetry Prize for her poem "The Impermanence of Human Sculptures." [ 7 ] In 2013 she appeared on TEDx ABQ with a talk called "Igniting Healing." In 2015, Winder co-curated "Sing Our River Red," a traveling exhibit of single earrings to raise awareness of Canada's epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women . [ 8 ]
Winner of the Indigenous Voices Award, English Poetry for This Wound Is a World (2018) [38] Winner of the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize, This Wound Is a World [39] CBC's best book of 2017, Canadian poetry category, This Wound Is a World [40] Winner, P. K. Page Founder's Award for Poetry, "Love Is a Moontime Teaching", (2017) [41] Rhodes Scholar (2016)
The poems describe Maliseet homeland, also known as Wolastoqiyik, and Paul's own thoughts on the rights and continuation of indigenous people in the northeast. This poem, as her most popular, is known for giving a voice to the African American community and the discrimination they face, although this was not her main goal of these poems.
Jagardoo: Poems from Aboriginal Australia, published in 1978, is the second collection of poems by Noongar playwright and poet Jack Davis, often referred to as the 20th Century's Aboriginal Poet Laureate.
Al Hunter is an Anishinaabe writer [1] who has published poetry in books and journals, taught extensively, and performed internationally. A member of Rainy River First Nations and former chief, Hunter has expertise in land claims negotiations, and is a longstanding activist on behalf of indigenous rights and wellness, and environmental responsibility.
John-Kehewin has worked for the Canadian Ministry of Children and Families. [2]John-Kehewin released her first graphic novel, Visions of the Crow, in 2023, with illustrations by Nicole Marie Burton.
Inspired by Rita Joe's poem, "I Lost My Talk," and her challenge for Indigenous youth to "find their voices, share their stories, and celebrate their talents," Canada's National Arts Centre launched the Rita Joe National Song project. The project called on youth from five First Nations' communities in Canada to write, record, and create a music ...
2012: Scanlon Prize for Indigenous Poetry, for Connection Requital. [18] [19] 2006: Australian Council for the Arts – Promotional And Presentation Grant Award Literature Board; 2996: Nominated, NBC Banjo Awards, Poetry Prize, for New and Selected poems: Munaldjali, Mutuerjararera [2]