b'ARTS & CULTUREreaders to not be enticed by all of thatmeaningful attention has come fromwith another one set to come out in kind of future. Belcourt also wantsmuch closer to home. There was an2024. He also just recently launched readers to understand that queerIndigenous newspaper from Alberta.a digital magazine with the goal of Indigenous people live complex lives,They ran a story about me, and it wasmaking the world of publishing more full of both pain and beauty, but thatdistributed to bingo halls, and thatsaccessible to LGBTQ+ Indigenous the beauty is whats most important. how my grandparents got a copy,writers in North America, and eventually Belcourts third book, A History ofhe says. Theres just something soeven beyond. Its in a very incipient My Brief Body, includes essays andsweet about that. I like doing work withphase, says Belcourt, but Im very vignettes on grief, colonial violence,Indigenous media because it reachesexcited to see what that turns into. joy, love and queerness. Published inmy community and my family. August 2020, A History of My Brief BodyThe magazines name, oteh nkn, isa became a number-one national best- As for what comes next, Belcourt saysCree phrase Belcourts mosum trans-seller, a Globe & Mail Best Book and ahes always working on more books,lates to in the near future. finalist for the 2020 Governor Generals Literary Award for Non-Fiction.From the outset of his writing, Belcourt notes that, almost by default, he has had to embrace various kinds of media, initially publishing his first set of poems on a self-made blog. This was done in part, says Belcourt, because I didnt know how to participate in the literary world or in publishing. It made sense to me since I had the tools to put my own work on my website. Belcourt eventu-ally received his first book deal after an editor from a publishing house came across his work online.JFK Law represents Indigenous communities throughout Canada. Although his main medium is print,We work with our clients to advance their Nations, protect their Belcourt also believes that it makesrights and build their economies.sense to embrace various digitalDriven by a passion for justice, we offer creative legal solutions technologies: I think its important toand work towards meaningful change.have those territories of reaching your audience because reading is not every-ones primary motive of taking in mediaLitigation & Dispute ResolutionConsultation, Accommodation or culture.Using the courts strategically to& Regulatory Review Belcourts fourth book, A Minor Chorus,advance your Aboriginal & Making the Crown respect about northern Alberta and the prisonTreaty Rights the duty to consult and system, was published in 2022. Amongaccommodateother award attention, this first novelComplex Negotiations Capacity and Governancefrom Belcourt was longlisted for theSecuring and implementingHelping build strong, Scotiabank Giller Prize. your communitys rights throughsustainable communitiesBelcourt and his work have continuedcomplex negotiationsto receive steady media attention from across Turtle Island and well asToronto Office Victoria Office Vancouver Officeinternationally. Last September, he wasTF: 1 888 687 8388 P: 250 405.3460 TF: 1 888 687.8388in France working on a segment withSuite 5600, 100 King Street West 816 - 1175 Douglas Street 340 - 1122 Mainland StreetEnglish language programs, providingToronto, ON M5X 1C9Victoria, BC V8W 2E1 Vancouver, BC V6B 5L1a perspective to French viewers about contemporary IndigenousWorking Together for Justice & Reconciliationstruggles. However, while Belcourt feels that taking on these kinds ofwww.jfklaw.caroles is important, some of his most INDIGENOUS INNOVATORS, ICONS & INFLUENCERS |ISSUE 1, 2023 27'