HENRY HEAVYSHIELD is a Blackfoot reader and writer from Kainai (Blood Tribe First Nation) living at home on Treaty #7 territory. His work has appeared in Canadian literary magazines and journals, including Riddle Fence (2023 poetry contest winner) and The Capilano Review (2023 contest winner). He was also a 2024 Bronwen Wallace Award and Indigenous Voices Award finalist in the short fiction categories.

Read more of Heavyshield’s work in EVENT 52/3 .