Tracey Lindberg

Tracey Lindberg
Tracy Lindberg at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2015
Lindberg at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2015
Occupationnovelist, academic, teacher
NationalityKelly Lake Cree Nation, Canadian
Period2010s-present
Notable worksBirdie
Website
Official website

Tracey Lindberg is a writer, scholar, lawyer and Indigenous Rights activist from the Kelly Lake Cree Nation in British Columbia.[1] She is Cree-Métis and a member of the As'in'i'wa'chi Ni'yaw Nation Rocky Mountain Cree.[2][3]

She won the Governor General's Gold Medal with her dissertation on "Critical Indigenous Legal Theory," and her academic work has awarded her a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Traditional Knowledge.[4] Lindberg works with Elders and Spiritual Leaders in Indigenous communities to record and translate Indigenous laws.[4] She has taught law at Athabasca University, the University of Ottawa before moving to the University of Victoria.[5]

Her debut novel, Birdie, was published in 2015 and is a national best-seller.[6] It presents the path of healing through the main character, Bernice Meetos, a Cree woman who is trying to reconcile with her tragic past.[7] It has been said that Birdie demonstrates the effects of colonization, intergenerational trauma on Indigenous families and speaks to the universal story of self-discovery.[7] The novel was selected for the 2016 edition of Canada Reads, where it was defended by entrepreneur Bruce Poon Tip.[8] The novel was also a finalist for an Alberta Literary Award, the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize and a long-listed selection of the International DUBLIN Literary Award[9]

Lindberg also performs as a blues music singer.[10]

  1. ^ Deerchild, Rosanna (March 6, 2016). "The darkness and light of Birdie reflects author Tracey Lindberg's own life story". Unreserved (CBC Radio One). Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  2. ^ mrdugan. "Bio". traceylindberg.ca. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  3. ^ "Tracey Lindberg, Distinguished Visiting Indigenous Faculty Fellow | JHI". humanities.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
  4. ^ a b "Lindberg, Tracey". University of Ottawa Faculty of Law - Common Law Section. Archived from the original on 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  5. ^ "Tracey Lindberg - University of Victoria". UVic.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  6. ^ "Law of the land: Tracey Lindberg's debut novel, Birdie, puts Cree poetics in the spotlight". National Post, June 15, 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Indigenous book recommendations | The Reflector". The Reflector. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  8. ^ "Meet the Canada Reads 2016 contenders". CBC Books, January 18, 2016.
  9. ^ "Tracey Lindberg". Kingston WritersFest. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
  10. ^ "Tracy Lindberg : Staff & Faculty : Centre for World Indigenous Knowledge and Research : Athabasca University". indigenous.athabascau.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-11-22.