Heid E. Erdrich curates art exhibits, teaches, researches, and collaborates with other artists. In 2024 she was the inaugural Minneapolis Poet Laureate and in 2025 she served as the James Welch Distinguished Visiting Professor at University of Montana Missoula. Erdrich is Ojibwe and an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. Her most recent books are Boundless: Abundance in Native American Art and Literature (co-edited, Amherst Press, 2025) Verb Animate -Poems, Prose, and Prompts from Collaborative Acts (Trio House Press, 2024) and National Poetry Series winner Little Big Bully (Penguin 2020). Please click below for Heid’s official bios and bona fides. Use her official photo via this website by clicking or dragging on the image. Photo by Angie Erdrich (2021). No permission required. Miigwech!