Biographies

QOdilia Galvan Rodriguez (Lipan Apache\Chicana) became a
writer and political activist early in life. She currently lives with
her 8 year old son Hawk in San Francisco Bay Area. Her writings
have appeared in several anthologies, magazines and literary jour-
nals.

Armand Garnet Ruffo is Ojibway from Chapleau, Northern On-
tario. He currently divides his time between Northern Ontario, Ot-
tawa, and Penticton, B.C. where he is an instructor at the En’owkin
International School of Writing. Armand’s first book of poetry Open-
ing In The Sky is published by Theytus Books Ltd.

Colleen Seymour is a Secwepemc from Kamloops. She is very
honoured to be working at a school which strongly supports
Secwepemc Immersion in all aspects.

Trixie Te Arama Menzies, born 1936 in Wellington, is a New Zea-
lander of Tainui and Scottish descent. She is taking a break from
full-time teaching this year.

Russell Teed is a Metis from Yellowknife, N.W.T. He is presently a
student in the En’owkin International School of Writing in Penticton,
B.C. Russell is 32 years old.

Kelly Terbasket is a member of the Similkameen band of the
Okanagan Nation. She is a part-time student at the En’owkin Cen-
tre and is a full-time mother of Madeline, a 11 month old baby.
These poems are Kelly’s first published works.

Jan Waboose is an Anishinabe Ojibway Writer. She has had writ-
ings published in Sweet Grass Road (Native Women’s Resource)
and The Colour Of Resistence (Sister Vision Press). She is from
Northern Ontario.

Jean Wasegijig is Odawa Ojibway, from the Wikwemikong Re-
serve in central Ontario. Jean graduated from Douglas College in
New Westminster, B.C. with a diploma in Association of Applied
Arts.She is a researcher and writer.

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