Duncan Mercredi (born 1951) is a Cree and Métis poet from

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. Mercredi was born in Misipawistik

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, where he grew up. At sixteen he moved to

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, where he attended high school and moved to Winnipeg shortly thereafter. He has written four volumes of poetry. Beginning with ''Spirit of the Wolf: Raise Your Voice'' in 1991, his works also includes ''Dreams of the Wolf in the City'', ''Wolf and Shadows'' and ''Duke of Windsor: Wolf Sings the Blues'' and most recently a career-spanning compilation called ''mahikan ka onot: The Poetry of Duncan Mercredi''. In 2020, he became the second (after

Di Brandt Di Brandt (born 31 January 1952) (née Janzen) often stylized as di brandt, is a Canadian poet and scholar from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She became Winnipeg's first Poet Laureate in 2018. Life and career Brandt grew up in Reinland, a Mennonite farmin ...

) and current Poet Laureate of Winnipeg. In 2021, he won the Manitowapow Award at the

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