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Gregory Scofield

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Gregory Scofield

Gregory Scofield. Courtesy University of Manitoba.

Gregory Scofield
Born July 20, 1966
Maple Ridge]], British Columbia
Occupation poet
Nationality Canada Canadian
Period 1990s-present
Notable work(s) The Gathering: Stones for the medicine wheel, Native Canadiana: Songs from the Urban Rez, Thunder Through My Veins

Gregory A. Scofield (born July 20, 1966) is a Canadian poet.[1]

Life[]

A Métis of Cree, European and Jewish descent, Scofield was born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.[1]

He has published 6 volumes of poetry and a non-fiction memoir. He has also served as writer in residence at Memorial University of Newfoundland[1] and the University of Winnipeg.[2]

In addition to his writing Scofield has been a social worker dealing with street youth in Vancouver,[1] and has taught First Nations and Métis Literature at Brandon University and the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design,[1]

Openly gay,[3] Scofield identified as Two-Spirited early in his career,[4] later choosing to identify as gay due to his lack of training in Cree spiritual tradition.[4]

Writing[]

Scofield's work draws on Cree literary traditions.[2]

Recognition[]

Scofield won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 1994 for his debut collection, The Gathering: Stones for the Medicine Wheel.[1]

In popular culture[]

He was the subject of a documentary film, Singing Home the Bones: A poet becomes himself, in 2007.[1]

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • The Gathering: Stones for the medicine wheel. Vancouver: Polestar, 1993.
  • Native Canadiana: Songs from the urban rez. Vancouver: Polestar, 1996.
  • Love Medicine and One Song = sâkihtowin-maskihkiy êkwa pêyak-nikamowin. Victoria, BC, & Custer, WA: Polestar, 1997.
  • Singing Home the Bones. Vancouver: Polestar, 2005
  • kipocihkân: Poems New & Selected (2009)
  • Louis: The heretic poem. Gibsons, BC: Nightwood, 2011.

Non-fiction[]

  • I Knew Two Métis Women: The lives of Dorothy Scofield and Georgina Houle Young. Victoria, BC: Polestar, 1999.
  • Thunder Through My Veins: Memories of a Metis childhood. Toronto: HarperFlamingo, 1999.
  • Wâpikwaniy: A beginner's guide to Métis floral beadwork (with Amy Briley & Sherry Farrell Racette). Saskatoon, CA: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2011.
  • Maskisina: A guide to northern style Métis moccasins (with Amy Briley & Sherry Farrell Racette). Saskatoon, CA: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2013.

Edited[]


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]

Audio / video[]

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I'POYI - Greg Scofield at the Nickle Arts - 720p.mov

  • Singing Home the Bones: A poet becomes himself (DVD). Vancouver: May Street Group, 2006.[5]

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Gregory Scofield at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Margaret Laurence classic inspires author Gregory Scofield". CBC Manitoba, March 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ Interview: Gregory Scofield. January Magazine, September 1999.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 June Scudeler, "Gifts of Maskihkîy: Gregory Scofield's Cree Métis Stories of Self-Acceptance". pp. 190-210 in Qwo-Li Driskill, Chris Finley, Brian Joseph Gilley and Scott Lauria Morgensen, eds. Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature. University of Arizona Press, 2011. ISBN 0816529078.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Search results = au:Gregory Scofield, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer LIbrary Center Inc. Web, June 9, 2015.

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