Chris La Tray
Chris La Tray is a Métis storyteller, a descendent of the Pembina Band of the Red River of the North, and an enrolled member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. His first book, One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays from the World at Large won the 2018 Montana Book Award and a 2019 High Plains Book Award. His latest book is the memoir Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home. La Tray is the 2023-2025 Montana Poet Laureate.
FEATURED BOOK: Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home
WEBSITE: https://www.chrislatray.com/
CHRIS’S EVENTS:
- Friday, Sept. 26 @ 10:15 a.m. – Poetry as Spiritual Practice – Holiday Inn Convention Center, Swarm Room
- Friday, Sept. 26 @ 4:00 p.m. – Listening to the Language of the Land – Holiday Inn Convention Center, Willow Room
- Friday, Sept. 26 @ 3:15 p.m. – Author Signing Event – Holiday Inn Convention Center, Ponderosa, Cottonwood, Oak, & Cedar Rooms
- Friday, Sept. 26 @ 4:45 p.m. – Individual Signing Event – Holiday Inn Convention Center, Concourse