Helen Knott

Helen Knott is an Indigenous spoken word poet, grassroots activist, leader and social worker from the Prophet River First Nation. She is of Dane-Zaa, Nehiyaw, Métis, and European descent. Residing in Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada, Knott has published a number of poems and short pieces of creative non-fiction in Red Rising Magazine, the Malahat Review, through CBC Arts, and in a compendium entitled ''Surviving Canada: Indigenous People Celebrate 150 Years of Betrayal''. Most recently, she published her first book, ''In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience'', and is currently writing ''Taking Back the Bones'', which has been described as an "Indigenous female manifesto". She is currently enrolled as a graduate student in the First Nations Studies program at the University of Northern British Columbia. Provided by Wikipedia