Lise Erdrich

Lise Erdrich is a counselor and health educator at the Circle of Nations Indian School in Wahpeton, North Dakota. She is of Native American and German descent and is enrolled in the Turtle Mountain Band of Plains Ojibway. Her grandfather, a tribal leader and historian, encouraged her interest in writing and in the Ojibway language and culture. Lise's writing has appeared in literary magazines and anthologies.