Mother and daughter go to the Native American center for a poetry reading by Erdrich's sister Heid.!
Heid E. Erdrich
Native American poet and author from Minnesota
Heid E. Erdrich (born November 26, 1963) is a poet, editor, and writer.
Erdrich.
Erdrich is Ojibwe enrolled at Turtle Mountain.
Early life and education
Heid Ellen Erdrich was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, and was raised in Wahpeton, North Dakota.[1] She comes from a family of seven siblings including sisters Louise Erdrich (well-known contemporary Native writer of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction) and Lise Erdrich (also a published writer).
Their father Ralph (German-American) and mother Rita (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) taught at a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school[2] for the Turtle Mountain Band.[3] Their maternal grandfather, Patrick Gourneau, was the tribal chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe from 1953 to 1959 and fought against Indian termination.[4]
Erdrich graduated from Dartmouth College in 1986 with a B.A.
in Literature and Creative Writing. She earned