April 15, 2022
The Ucross Foundation recently welcomed their 2022 Native American Fellows
Author: Hugh Cook
The Ucross Foundation’s 2022 Native American Fellows recently finished their two-week fellowship after being welcomed earlier this month. M.L. Smoker, a poet and Savannah LeCornu, a visual artist were this year's awardees.
Smoker, who is Nakoda, Dakota, and Lakota, is originally from the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana and served as a Montana Co-Poet Laureate from 2019-2021. LeCornu is Tsimshian (Wolf Clan), Haida, Athabascan, Nez Perce and First Nations Nisga’a, originally from Ketchikan, Alas...