Joe, Rita

Rita Joe (1931), a member of the Mi'kmaq First Nation, was born in Whycocomagh, Cape Breton Island, NS. She has won several awards, including the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia Prize and the National Aboriginal Achievement Award. An officer of the Order of Canada, she has published four books of poetry and an autobiography, "Song of Rita Joe: Autobiography of a Mi'kmaq Poet" (1996).