Kitotam
- Author Name: John McDonald
- Award Year: 2022
- Publisher: Radiant Press
- Publication Date: 2021
- ISBN: 9781989274507
- Author Website: http://artbyjohnmcdonald.weebly.com
About the Book
The Neyhiyawak (Plains Cree) word “Kitotam” translates into English as "he speaks to it.” John McDonald writes raw poetry that captures the essence of his life and experiences as an urban Indigenous youth during the 1980s in Northern Saskatchewan. This is a glimpse of the people, events, and trauma that influenced the person he has become: storyteller, spoken-word artist, and a meticulous caretaker of the history of his ancestors.
About the Author
John McDonald is a multi-disciplinary writer and artist originally from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. A sixth-generation direct descendant of Chief Mistawasis of the Plains Cree, John’s writings and artwork have been displayed in various publications, private and permanent collections, and galleries around the world. John is one of the founding members of the P.A. Lowbrow art movement, and is the Vice President of the Indigenous Peoples Artists Collective. John has studied at England’s prestigious University of Cambridge, in July 2000 he made international headlines by symbolically ‘discovering’ and ‘claiming’ England for the First Peoples of the Americas. He is the author of Childhood Thoughts and Water, 2020. John lives near Christopher Lake, Saskatchewan.