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    What is a Poet Laureate?  It is a famous or well respected poet appointed by a government or institution to write poems for special events.

    Chris LaTray is an enrolled member of the Little Shell Tribe (Metis).  His book, One-Sentence Journal won several awards: 2018 Montana Book Award, the 2019 High Plains Book Award (Best First Book), and finalist for the 2019 High Plains Book Award (Best Book by Indigenous Writer). 

    The Little Shell tribe has only recently (2019) received federal recognition.   It took over a century to achieve federal recognition.  Montana recognized the tribe in 2000.  

    The Metis people are well known for their music, especially their fiddle music.   

     

    TPS Album:  Chris La Tray and Montana Little Shell Tribe https://tpsteachersnetwork.org//teaching-native-american-history/chris-la-tray-and-montana-little-shell-tribe 

    Storyteller Chris La Tray Selected as Montana’s Next Poet Laureate

    https://montanafreepress.org/2023/08/15/storyteller-chris-la-tray-selected-as-montanas-next-poet-laureate/ 

    Montana’s Poet Laureate

    https://art.mt.gov/poet_laureate 

    The Day That Finally Came https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQdDwxgQntY 

    Interview With Chris La Tray, Metis Cultural Historian  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8yQaEMl2ko 

    Poet Chris La Tray Reads in Butte  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZttApbF-h6E 

    Poets in Montana - Chris La Tray  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zix-3nocrI8 

    Veterans History Project Art Showcase: Operation Song and Jamie Fox  https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8991/   Operation Song, a Tennessee based not-for-profit program that pairs veterans, active duty military and their families with professional songwriters to help them tell their stories.

    • Jamie Fox is a Metis musician.  I included this link to feature the Metis music and to draw attention to the Veterans History Project Art Showcase.  


    125 Years Later https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/us/little-shell-montana-tribe.html

      Metis    Little Shell Tribe    Montana    Poet Laureate    Chris La Tray    Poetry  

      Mary Johnson    Neme Alperstein  

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