When Carol Rose GoldenEagle was a child, attending Easter church services, she recalls the annual ritual of the priest presenting plaques depicting the stages of Christ's persecution to his resurrection, referred to as the "stations of the cross." Using these early teachings as a springboard for critical reflections, her poems look back — but more importantly, look forward to reclaiming the gifts given by Creator within Indigenous culture.

GoldenEagle's searing new poetry collection examines the dark legacy of the residential school system, church and government doctrine, and the ongoing impacts on Indigenous peoples' lives across Turtle Island. (From Inanna Publications)

Stations of the Crossed is available on Oct. 11, 2022.

Cree/Dene writer and artist Carol Rose GoldenEagle was appointed Saskatchewan's Poet Laureate in 2021. She is the author of the award-winning novel Bearskin Diary, which was chosen as the national Aboriginal Literature Title for 2017. The French-language translation entitled Peau D'ours won a Saskatchewan Book Award in 2019.

Her first book of poetry, Hiraeth, was shortlisted for a Saskatchewan Book Award in 2019. Her second novel, Bone Black, was released in 2019 to critical acclaim. Her novel The Narrows of Fear (Wapawikoscikanik) was published in 2020 and won the 2021 Rasmussen & Co. Indigenous Peoples' Writing Award (Saskatchewan Book Awards). GoldenEagle's poetry collection, Essential Ingredients, was released in 2021. She lives in Regina Beach.