Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith

Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith

Peguis First Nation

Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith is a Saulteaux woman from Peguis First Nation. Christine is an author, editor, and journalist who graduated from the University of Toronto with a specialization in Aboriginal Studies in June 2011 and went on to receive her Master’s in Education in Social Justice in June 2017.

Christine's memoir These Are The Stories: Memories of a 60s Scoop Survivor was published by Kegedonce Press in 2021. She has edited two recent, acclaimed anthologies—Silence to Strength: Writings and Reflections on the Sixties Scoop (Kegedonce Press, 2022) and Bawaajigan: Stories of Power [with Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler] (Exile Editions, 2019). Christine is currently working on a YA novel tentatively titled Heading Back to the Rez (James Lorimer & Company, 2025) and a second collection in an Exile Editions anthology series, also co-edited with Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler, is in the works.

Christine has written for the Native Canadian, Anishinabek News, Windspeaker, FNH Magazine, New Tribe Magazine, Muskrat Magazine and The Piker Press. Her first non-fiction story “Choosing the Path to Healing” appeared in Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices from Marginalized Spaces edited by Michelle Sewell (2006).

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Christine is an Indigenous woman working to amplify the voices and stories of fellow First Nations/Metis/Inuit people. As a sole proprietorship, Christine offers the following services:

Editing (includes copy editing and developmental editing).
Cultural Sensitivity Readings.
Beta Reading of partial or full manuscripts.
Digital Content Editing.
Textbook Proofreading.
Curriculum Development (especially pertaining to Indigenous ways of knowing).
Mentoring: the craft of writing; platform development for sharing your stories and viewpoints.

Please contact Christine for any questions or inquiries.