Cassandra Blondin Burt is a two-spirit Dene Author, Storyteller, and Poet from Denendeh (Northwest Territories). They write as a columnist and reporter for Northern News Service (NNSL Media, News North, and The Yellowknifer), and recently published a debut book of poetry titled Love Letters To Divided Nations (2024). Through a deepening relationship with the land-body we call Earth, Cassandra explores a regenerative art and creation praxis that allows them to move through myriad contemporary settler-colonial social structures and ideologies with intent, and curiosity. Cassandra’s work is grounded in an exploration of healing through co-creation with Earth and story, though living in-relation with our other-than-human-relations as a radical act of personal and political rebellion, and a pathway for realizing transformative, collective healing.