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I was born in Cumberland House, Saskatchewan on March 11, 1951. I attended school there until Grade 10. I took my Grade 11 in Prince Albert at PACI in 1968-69. I completed my Grade 12 in Nipawin at L.P. Miller High in 1970. I graduated with an undergrad degree in Geology in 1974 from Sir George Williams University Campus which is now Concordia U. at Montreal,Quebec. I also studied at U of T in downtown Toronto working on PreMasters courses. Studying hard rock or Igneus petrography from the Grenville Structural Province including Lunar Samples. Later I worked for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada in Yellowknife NWT as a geologist. Studying and recording high Grade mineralization in the MacKenzie Mountains west of Norman Wells. I also did mineral exploration in Northern Saskatchewan for Uranium deposits.I went into teacher training at NORTEP in La Ronge graduated in 1983. I received my B.Ed. degree from U.of S. in 1984. I have been an instructor and a teacher until I superannuated in 2016. Since retirement I have developed an interest to write literary works using my mother tongue Swampy Cree. I enjoy photography and art projects. I am First Nations a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. I communicate in all three Cree dialects spoken in Saskatchewan. I have studied the Ojibway Anishinabemowin or Nakawewin language at FNUC in Regina. These languages are from the Algonquian root languages. I have written a published book in Swampy Cree titled, " The Bulrush Helps The Pond", published by Gabriel Dumont Institute Publishing..I had a book published in 2022 by the University of Regina Press.Titled in Swampy Cree and translated into English as Journeys of The One To Strike The Wetigo. Written as a Memoir in Part 1 and as a set of interviews in Part 2. This book has had excellent reviews from many publications. I have taught an introductory Plains Cree language course at the U.of R. I have taught Swampy and Woodland Cree in Northern Saskatchewan First Nation's High Schools. In winter I cross country ski. In summer I enjoy paddling a canoe, do angling for fish, grow a garden, pick herbs, bike and hike. From early to late Fall I hunt water fowl, deer, moose, do some fishing and pick berries. I enjoy living in Northern Saskatchewan where I can keep active in the outdoors for any variety of reasons.I make my home in Air Ronge a village located by Lac La Ronge and the Montreal River. I speak Cree regularly with People from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, with my brother Franklin Carriere of La Ronge and sister Donna Mirasty of the Eagle Point Resort. I also phone my brother John Carriere regularly he lives in Cumberland House. I listen to Cree broadcasts with Missinippi Broadcasting Corporation(MBC) which is located in La Ronge. They broadcast throughout Saskatchewan on the FM band. I am thankful to still have Cree speakers around me who can communicate so well in Cree. I wish to continue making written Cree in Standard Roman Orthography part of my literary mark. I will continue to write in strong communicative English to expand my reader audience