Rita Bouvier

Rita Bouvier is a Métis educator and poet. Her poetry mixes English with Cree and Michif words and phrases.

Life

Bouvier was born in 1950 in Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, where she lived until moving to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she currently resides. Bouvier holds a M.Ed. from the University of Saskatchewan.

Published works

Awards

Bouvier's first book of poetry, Blueberry Clouds was published in 1999 by Thistledown Press and was nominated for the 2000 First People's Publishing Saskatchewan Book Award. Bouvier was also honoured in 2010 with a Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Award. nakomowin’sa for the seasons was the 2016 winner of the Saskatchewan Rasmussen, Rasmussen & Charowsky Aboriginal Peoples’ Writing Award.