Stone Collection

Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (she/her/hers) is a writer, publisher, activist, and member of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, on the Saugeen Peninsula in Ontario. An Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Kateri’s publications encompass poetry, fiction, non-fiction, radio plays, television and film, libretti, graphic novels, and spoken word. Her teaching and creative work is firmly decolonial—a practice of cultural resurgence, affirmation, and survivance. Kateri is also the founder, publisher, and art director for Kegedonce Press, for which she was awarded the 2025 Ivy Award to recognize her substantial contributions to Canadian publishing.

• Prologue: PICKING STONES 1 It’s Not So Much 5 The Blackbird Cage 23 The Stone Eater 35 The Palace 41 Calcified Horses 57 Mashkii-akii 63 Mirrors 75 Butterflies Are Free 83 the day I learned to fly 89 whale song in riverain park 113 Chloe 117 Touching Sky 133 Epilogue: THE DREAMING AND THE WAKING 143

A Story Circle Network Finalist for the Sarton Women’s Book Award for Young Adult Fiction