November 12, 2021

Sto:lo author and poet Lee Maracle dies at the age of 71

Lee Maracle, a Sto:lo author and poet who helped pave the way for Indigenous writers, has died at the age of 71. Maracle was one of the first published Indigenous authors in Canada. Her work often featured Indigenous women facing patriarchy and colonialism.

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