Violet Duncan
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Violet Duncan (VioletDuncan.com) is Plains Cree and Taino from Kehewin Cree Nation. After becoming a mother of four and seeing the need for Native representation in literature, she wrote three picture books: I Am Native, When We Dance, and Let’s Hoop Dance! She has toured nationally and internationally as an author, educator, dancer, and storyteller, and facilitates workshops to promote spiritual wellness and cultural education across the United States, Canada, and Europe. She is currently the Indigenous cultural advisor at the Tempe Center for the Arts, where she aims to create space for a permanent program of Indigenous performance and practice. She lives in Mesa, Arizona.
