Hear Rita Mestokosho read selected poetry"Rita Mestokosho is the first Innu poet to have published a collection in Quebec, Eshi uapataman Nukum. Comment je perçois la vie, Grand-Mère (1995). She was born in the Ekuanitshit community (Mingan) in 1966, and still lives there today After collegiate studies in Quebec City and Montreal, she undertook political science studies at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Returning to her home village, she has worked in the educational field. A mother of two children, she sees work with youth as the basis for the future. For some years now she has been working on the creation of an Innu mitshuap uteitun, a cultural centre in her community." as quoted on the Native Lynx website for author credited.