Tenille Campbell

She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia;[2] where she studied with Richard Van Camp.[3] Her MFA dissertation was titled Nuniyé Tehlgh-th : land of the wolf, and was a "young adult novel tells the story of Kelly Estatheneh, a young Dene woman living at the English River First Nation reserve in Northern Saskatchewan."[4] As of November 2017, she is a PhD candidate in the Department of English at the University of Saskatchewan.[5] Her PhD research is focused on Indigenous Literature.[1][6]

Her artistic works often focus on Indigenous people in Canada. She is the owner of Sweetmoon Photography that specializes in capturing photographs of Indigenous people.[1] Her photography has appeared in Radio Canada International,.[7] University of Saskatchewan News,[8] and Eagle Feather News.[9] Additionally, a photograph from her series entitled Urban Indigenous Woman was selected as the cover image for the second edition of A Recognition of Being by Kim Anderson.[10] Her portrait photography portfolio includes work with Chelsea Rooney and Roseanne Supernault. She is also the co-creator of tea&bannock, a blog which was "born out of a desire for a sense of community with other Indigenous women photographers – a place that feels like you are sitting around a table, enjoying tea and bannock."[11][12]

Campbell was selected by Lisa Charleyboy, host of CBC's New Fire, as the first guest on the show to talk about #IndianLovePoems. Of the collection said: "I couldn't put it down. I truly saw myself reflected within those pages, and I also saw every Indigenous woman I know."[13] Jesse Thistle of UMFM's At The Edge Of Canada: Indigenous Research echoed the sentiment saying: "there were some representations and images of incredibly strong Indigenous men...some of the healthiest, some of the loveliest...being an Indigenous man myself, I immediately latched on to those, and I was like 'oh I so want to be that type of person."[14]

In 2017, Campbell was named one of CBC Saskatchewan's "Future 40".[1]

Poetry

• #IndianLovePoems (poetry, 2017).
• #KissingIndigenous (photographic series, in progress)
• Contributor to Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas (ed. Allison Hedge Coke)
• nedi nezu (Good Medicine) (poetry, 2021).