Louise Bernice Halfe

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Louise Bernice Halfe


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Saddle Lake First Nations, Alberta, Canada
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Louise Halfe is known in Cree as Sky Dancer. She was born on the Saddle Lake First Nation reserve in Alberta in 1953. At the age of seven, she was sent away to Blue Quills Residential School in St. Paul, Alberta. She left home of her own accord when she was sixteen, breaking ties with her family and completing her studies at St. Paul's regional high school. It was at this time that she began writing a journal about her experiences.

Halfe's first book of poetry, Bear Bones and Feathers, won the Milton Acorn People's Poet award, and was a finalist for the Spirit of Saskatchewan Award, the Pat Lowther Award and the Gerald Lampert Award.

Her second book, Blue Marrow was short-listed for the Governor General Award as well as the Book of the Year
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Average rating: 4.24 · 588 ratings · 100 reviews · 14 distinct worksSimilar authors
Burning In This Midnight Dream

4.28 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions
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Blue Marrow

3.97 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions
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awâsis - Kinky and Disheveled

4.11 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions
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Bear Bones & Feathers

4.10 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions
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Resurgence: Engaging With I...

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Sôhkêyihta: The Poetry of S...

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The Crooked Good: Sky Dancer

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