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Carol Rose GoldenEagle

Freelance contributor

Carol Rose GoldenEagle was appointed Saskatchewan’s Poet Laureate in 2021. She was named as a member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2022. She is the author of the award-winning Bearskin Diary, which was chosen as the national Aboriginal Literature Title for 2017. Its French-language translation won a Saskatchewan Book Award in 2019. Her latest novel, The Narrows of Fear, was the chosen winner for a 2021 Saskatchewan Book Award. Other titles including Hiraeth, Essential Ingredients, Bone Black and Stations of the Crossed have each been shortlisted for the Saskatchewan Book Awards. Another collection of poetry, Singing to the Moon — Indigenous Poetry for Children, will be released by Medicine Wheel Publishing in 2023. Carol is Cree and Dene with roots in northern Saskatchewan.

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    Poetry

    I came into his family as a Sixties Scoop survivor. I'm thankful my dad sheltered me from harm and hatred

    Carol Rose GoldenEagle, who is a Sixties Scoop survivor, was raised as a foster child. She says her non-biological father from Sedley, Sask., never treated her like someone who didn't belong. She wrote a poem Qu'Appelle about how he was always in her corner.
    Canada Saskatchewan
    First Person

    My baby's first kick reminds me of all the Indigenous babies stripped from their families

    So much damage to Indigenous families has been done by harmful government and church policies. But as Carol Rose GoldenEagle heads into her golden years — knowing that some day she will be a kohkum — she recognizes there is the opportunity for reconciliation.
    Canada Saskatchewan
    First Person

    I've had 4 surnames; now I feel I finally have one that matches my identity

    I have had four different surnames over the course of my lifetime but only began using what I consider to be my proper name, Osawa Mikisew Iskwew, recently.
    Canada Saskatchewan