4.4: Mika Lafond on Publishing, Poetry, and Writing.
Mika Lafond is nêhiyaw iskwêw from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. She resides in Treaty 6 territory. She is a mother, educator and author. Mika graduated from the Indian Teachers Education Program (ITEP) at the University of Saskatchewan and went on to design the Kihtwam program to engage high school youth in her community. She completed a MFA and published a bilingual poetry book. Her passion in Indigenous education has led her to pursue language revitalization, nation-building, and land based education. She is currently instructing ITEP classes and is a director of the iyinisiwin Story Institute Incorporated
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