Chelsea Vowel

Chelsea Vowel
Born Lac Ste. Anne
Nationality Métis Nation of Alberta
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • Writer
Website Law, Language, life: A Plains Cree speaking Métis woman in Montreal

Chelsea Vowel is a Métis writer and lawyer from near Lac Ste. Anne whose work focused on language, gender identity, and resurgence.[1] Sometimes writing as âpihtawikosisân, meaning "half-son". Her reason for choosing this name is to show a Métis perspective that normally would not reach the public otherwise. Along with this, she has been published in the Huffington Post,[2] The National Post and The Globe and Mail.[3] Co-host of the podcast Metis in Space and runner of the IndigenousXca Twitter account,[4] Vowel has been noted as a "prominent and respected Métis blogger"[5] and "one of the most visible of [the] new generation" of Métis intelligentsia.[4]

In 2014, she published two essays in the collection The Winter We Danced Voices From the Past, the Future, and the Idle No More Movement. In 2016, she released her first book, Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada, a collection of essays aimed at explaining indigenous Canadian issues to non-indigenous people.[6][7] The collection was praised for Vowel's "caustic style and astute insights"[8] and compared favorably to Thomas King's The Inconvenient Indian.[9] It earned Vowel a nomination for the Concordia University First Book Prize.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Chelsea Vowel". Portage & Main Press. 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  2. ↑ Vowel, Chelsea. "Chelsea Vowel". Huffington Post. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Bryce, Andrew Jay. "Proposing new media narratives to create an ethical space of engagement between indigenous and non-indigenous people in Canada". Royal Roads University. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 Gaudry, Adam (2015). "Métis Issues on @IndigenousXca". Aboriginal Policy Studies. University of Alberta. 5 (1). ISSN 1923-3299.
  5. ↑ Pasternak, Shiri (2016). "The fiscal body of sovereignty: to ‘make live’ in Indian country". Settler Colonial Studies. 6 (4).
  6. ↑ Deerchild, Rosana (November 27, 2016). "Chelsea Vowel takes on Indigenous misconceptions with new book". CBC. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Dudley, Michael (September 24, 2016). "A necessary dialogue: Vowel's accessible, thoughtful book a must-read for all Canadians". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Indigenous Writes". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  9. ↑ Rowe, Daniel J. (December 16, 2016). "Give the gift of knowledge, by Chelsea Vowel". The Eastern Door. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Shortlist for QWF Prizes" (PDF). Quebec Writers' Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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