Joshua Whitehead

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Joshua Whitehead

Country

Canada

Birth - Death

Occupation

Poet, Writer

Notable Achievements

Lambda Literary Award

Description

An Oji-Cree, Two-Spirit storyteller and academic from Peguis First Nation on Treaty 1 territory in Manitoba. His poem “mihkokwaniy” won Canada’s History Award for Aboriginal Arts and Stories (for writers aged 19–29 (2016). Notable works include 'Johnny Appleseed' (2018, Lambda Literary Award) and 'Making Love With the Land' (2022). Winner of Canada Reads.

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