Katłįà (Catherine) Lafferty
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About Katłįà (Catherine) Lafferty
Katłįà (Catherine) Lafferty is a northern Dene/Cree/Métis novelist, freelancer and columnist. She is a member of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation from Somba K’e (Yellowknife), Northwest Territories. She currently resides on the occupied and unceded lands of the Coast Salish peoples in lək̓ʷəŋən territory, where she is in her fourth year of the Juris Doctor in Common Law and Indigenous Legal Orders with the University of Victoria.
Indigenous northerners take back the power
For centuries, survival in the North has depended on natural, sustainable energy provided by the land and water.