McLeod, Neal

Neal McLeod is a painter, poet, editor, and professor who grew up Cree on the James Smith Reserve in Saskatchewan and studied at the Swedish Art Academy at Umea. His 2005 exhibition au fil de mes jours (in my lifetime), at Le Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec, was remounted at the Museum of Civilization in 2007. He has two books of poetry--Songs to Kill a Wihtikow (2005) and Gabriel's Beach (2008). Cree Narrative Memory (2007) was nominated for book of the year at the Anskohk McNally Aboriginal Literature Awards. He lives in Perterbourough, Ontario.