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Smokii Sumac is a Ktunaxa poet whose first book of poetry, you are enough: love poems for the end of the world was published in 2018 by Kegedonce Press. In addition to writing Sumac dedicates much of his work to the LGBTQ community. He identifies as a two-spiritand trans masculine. He currently lives in both Nogojiwanong (Peterborough, Ontario) and Ithaca, NY with his family and their dog.

Sumac grew up in Invermere, British Columbia. He attended the David Thompson Secondary School. He has talked openly about his alcoholism, addiction and recovery.

His work has been published in Write Magazine, Electric City Magazine and Canadian Literature. In 2017 the Indigenous Voices Award was presented to Sumac for his unpublished poetry including his #haikuaday, which he posted on social media. He has performed at various events and venues including the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in 2017, the Queer Arts Festival in 2018 and PoetryNOW: 11th Annual Battle of the Bards in 2019. Currently, Smokii Sumac is a PhD Candidate in Indigenous Studies at Trent University, where he is researching "coming home" stories from a Ktunaxa adoptee and two-spirit perspective.

Publications
-'there are hierarchies of grief'. 2016 Canadian Literature.

-"All My Relations": Aunties, Cousins, And Indigenous Methods Of Recognition. 2017 Write Magazine.

- "No Pipelines On Stolen Native Land". 2017 Electric City Magazine.

"Two Spirit and Queer Indigenous Resurgence through Sci-Fi Futurisms, Doubleweaving, and Historical Re-Imaginings: A Review Essay" published on July 31, 2018 for Kent University.

Videos
'You Are Enough' at the 2017 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word.

Sumac reading a poem and article about high functioning CPTSD at the 2017 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word.

'Oldest Tree In The World' at the 2017 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word.

'It's Time Now, Young One' at the 2017 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word.