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| Name | Sandra Lamouche |
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| Location | Alberta |
| Biography | Sandra Lamouche is a Nehiyaw Iskwew (Cree Woman) from the Bigstone Cree Nation in Northern Alberta and married into the Piikani Nation in Southern Alberta. She received her B.A. in Native American Studies from the University of Lethbridge in 2007. She completed her M.A. from Trent University in Indigenous Studies. Her thesis is titled –Nitona Miyo Pimadisiwin (Seeking a Good Life) Through Indigenous Dance” which examines Indigenous Dance as a Social Determinant of Health and Well Being. In 2019 she received an Esquao Award for her leadership in Indigenous Education. In 2017 Sandra was the first ever Champion Women's Hoop Dancer at the inaugural Inter-mountain All-woman's Hoop Dance Contest in Salt Lake City Utah. She is a two-time TEDx Speaker and does presentations and storytelling. Her published writing, includes blog posts, magazine articles, academic articles, anthologies, poetry and she is working on two children's books with Orca Books and a youth novel with Highwater Press. |
| Publications | –We Belong to the Drum” Childrenês Book. Orca Book Publishers. (2023). –Gaze”. Poetry Undressed. Online. (July 2021). –Indigenous Trauma Wisdom and Dance.” Blog post. Arts Unite. (July 2021). "Indigenous Peoples Day: Beauty and Struggle." Blog post. Everactive Schools. (June 2021). S. Lamouche. –Live in the Movement”. Dance Current Magazine. (Spring 2021). S. Lamouche, L. Yeardley. –A Blackfoot Movement Story”. Be Fit For Life (2020). S. Lamouche. –Sacred Sisters in the Sacred Circle: A photo essay of one Nehiyaw (Cree) family and the power of Spirit”. Keetsahnak, Our Sisters: Walking with Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. (2018). Eds. M. Campbell, K. Anderson and C. Belcourt. T. Cardinal, L. Lambert, S. Lamouche. –Living the Good Life: A Conversation about Well-being, Education, and Culture.” Paideusis, Volume 22 (2015), No. 2, pp. 8-22. S. Lamouche. –Nehiawsko Pikiskwew: Cree Woman Speaking”. Blog Posts. (2012-2020). |
| Awards | Esquao Award- Leadership in Indigenous Education (2019) Intermountain Women's Hoop Dance Contest (2017) Intern of the Year Award 2006-2007, Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers Storyteller of the Year, Performance 2005-2006, Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers |
| Experience | M.A. Indigneous Studies (2022) Journal of Indigenous Social Development- Copyeditor/ Webmaster (2022) Defining Moments Canada- Researcher/ Writer/ Consultant (2022) Audible Canada Indigenous Writers Circle (2021) Write Over Here Online Rezidency, Banff Centre for the Arts (2021) Dual Reilities Poetry Workshop (2020) B.A. Native American Studies (2008) Tomson Highway Playwright Workshop (2005) |
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| Other Contact | www.sandralamouche.com |