Background
Born in northeastern Alberta, she is a descendant of Gabriel Dumont.
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Marilyn Dumont
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An educator and writer, Dumont holds an Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia.
Career
Her work is widely anthologized. Barkwell, Lawrence J. “Marilyn Dumont” in Women of the Métis Nation. Winnipeg: Louis Riel Institute, 2010.
Achievements
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1997: Gerald Lampert Award, A Really Good Brown Girl 2001: Alberta Book Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains 2001: Writer"s Guild of Alberta Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains 2007: McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award, That Tongued Belonging.
Awards
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McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award; Gerald Lampert Award 1997: Gerald Lampert Award, A Really Good Brown Girl 2001: Alberta Book Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains 2001: Writer's Guild of Alberta Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains 2007: McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award, That Tongued Belonging The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet.McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award; Gerald Lampert Award 1997: Gerald Lampert Award, A Really Good Brown Girl 2001: Alberta Book Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains 2001: Writer's Guild of Alberta Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry, Green Girl Dreams Mountains 2007: McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award, That Tongued Belonging The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet.