North Dakota lawmakers have named Denise Lajimodiere as the state's poet laureate, making her the first Native American to hold the position
Denise Lajimodiere speaks at the Minnesota Children's Book Festival in Red Wing, Minn., on Sept. 18, 2021. Lajimodiere became North Dakota's first Native American state poet laureate in the state's history on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.
Lajimodiere, an educator who earned her doctorate degree from the University of North Dakota, said she plans to leverage her role as poet laureate to hold workshops with Native students around the state. She wants to develop a new book that focuses on them. “I’ve grown up knowing how amazing she is,” said Rep. Jayme Davis, a Democrat of Rolette, who is from the same Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa as Lajimodiere. “In my mind, there’s nobody more deserving.”
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