Eli Baxter

Eli Baxter (born 1954) is a Canadian writer,[1] who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2022 Governor General's Awards for his memoir Aki-wayn-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth.[2]

Baxter, an Anishinaabe member of the Marten Falls First Nation and a survivor of the Canadian Indian residential school system,[3] he has taught indigenous language and culture at both the elementary school and university levels,[3] most notably at the University of Western Ontario.[1]

References
  1. Joe Belanger, "Indigenous Londoner nominated for Governor General's literary award". London Free Press, October 12, 2022.
  2. Deborah Dundas, "Sheila Heti, Eli Baxter win 2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards for fiction and non-fiction". Toronto Star, November 16, 2022.
  3. Matthew Ryan Smith, "Ojibway Author, Educator, and Knowledge-Keeper Eli Baxter". First American Art Magazine, Winter 2020.


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