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Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

カテリ・アキウェンジー＝ダム

Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Neyaashiinigmiing, Cape Croker Reserve on the Saugeen Peninsula in southwestern Ontario → Ottawa, Ontario

Career

Occupations
Writer, Poet, Editor, Spoken word artist, Communications consultant, Cultural worker
Active Years
1993-2024
Affiliations
Kegedonce Press

Awards

Manitoba Book Awards
2015
Work: The Stone Collection
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

My Heart is a Stray Bullet

1993 Poetry

Skins: Contemporary Indigenous Writing

2000 Anthology

Anthology of contemporary Indigenous writing, co-edited with Josie Douglas.

Indigenous cultures

Without Reservation: Indigenous Erotica

2003 Indigenous Erotica Anthology

Anthology of Indigenous erotica.

Indigenous erotica

Speaking True

2006 Anthology

Kegedonce Press Anthology.

The Stone Collection

2015 Short story collection

Short story collection.

Nimkii

2019 Short story

In 'This Place: 150 Years Retold'.

Bibliography

  • My Heart is a Stray Bullet (1993-2003)
  • Skins: Contemporary Indigenous Writing (2000)
  • Without Reservation: Indigenous Erotica (2003)
  • Speaking True: A Kegedonce Press Anthology (2006)
  • The Stone Collection (2015)
  • Nimkii in This Place: 150 Years Retold (2019)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Spoken word styleOral tradition
Recurring Motifs
Indigenous identityErotica

Legacy

Canadian Anishinaabe writer and publisher promoting Indigenous literature through Kegedonce Press.

Trivia

  • Mixed ancestry from Chippewas of Nawash First Nation.
  • Founder of Kegedonce Press, one of few Indigenous publishing houses.