Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm is an Anishinaabe writer, poet, editor and the founder and managing editor of Kegedonce Press, an Indigenous publisher based in the territory of her people, the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation, Saugeen Ojibway Nation in southwestern Ontario. Kegedonce Press is the only established Indigenous publisher in Ontario and one of only four nationally. Her recent book, the collection of short stories The Stone Collection, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and was a finalist for a Sarton Literary Award. She wrote the recent Globe and Mail opinion piece, The cultural appropriation debate is over. It’s time for action.