2020 Virtual Gala Images
All image credits to Justine Crawford and Indigenous Voices Awards
Host Smokii Sumac, Ktunaxa poet and emcee extraordinaire
Keely Shirt (Saddle Lake Cree Nation) reading for unpublished poetry
Helen Knott (Dane Zaa, Nehiyaw, and Euro/ Prophet River First Nations) reading from her memoir
Michelle Sylliboy (L'nu/ Mi'kmaq) reading from her poetry collection
Juror Pierrot Ross-Tremblay (Esspiunnu) introducing the French categories
Naomi Fontaine (Innu) reading from her second novel, Shuni
Phyllis Webstad (Northern Secwepemc. Stswecem;c Xgat’tem First Nation) reading from her children’s book
Excerpt of Kaitlyn Purcell’s book
