Wayne Keon (born 1946) is a Nipissing First Nation author and poet and member of Nipissing First Nation, an Ojibway tribe. Background Wayne Keon was born in 1946 in Pembroke, Ontario. Keon obtained a business administration degree from Northern Institute of Technology in Kirkland Lake, Ontario in 1969. he worked for mining corporation Rio Algom which amalgamated with Billiton and finally BHP Billiton to become the largest mining corporation in the world and was able to travel extensively, including North and South America, Australia and Europe. The company encouraged Keon's writing and gave their South American colleagues studying English copies of his books. Published works * *Different Masks. 1990. Edited by J. Alvin Speers, Aardvark Enterprises, Canada. *Sacred Climaxes. 1990. Edited by Jiri Jirasek, Cosmic Trend, Canada. *First People, First Voices. 1983. Edited by Penny Petrone. University of Toronto Press, Canada. *Many Voices. 1977. Edited by David Day, Marilyn Bowering, J.J. Douglas Ltd, Canada *Sweetgrass: An Anthology of Indian Poetry, 1972. Edited by Wayne Keon, Ronald Keon, and Orville Keon, Algoma Printing Service, Canada. Music performances of Wayne Keon's work *Teach Me To Dance (2014), Written by Wayne Keon / Arranged and Performed by Mia Bee *Storm Dances (1996). Featured in performance presenting 'Storm Dances' - selection of improvised music and poems from STORM DANCER. Performers William Beauvais, Julian Knight, Mhari Fyfe, Wednesday, June 1996 at Orillia, Ontario *Storm Dances (1995). Featured in performance presenting 'Storm Dances' - selection of improvised music and poems from STORM DANCER. * performers William Beauvais, Julian Knight, Mhari Fyfe, Fall 1995 at Toronto, Ontario *Storm Dances (1994). Featured in performance by Improv Cafe presenting 'Storm Dances' - selection of improvised music and poems from STORM DANCER. Performers William Beauvais, Julian Knight, Mhari Fyfe, Wednesday, March 16, 1994, at THE ART BAR, Matyas Cellar, 840 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto, Ontario *Three Impressions (1973). Musical arrangement commissioned for the Ontario Youth Choir, CBC taping Arrangement composed by Norma Beecroft, Poems from Sweetgrass, "shell," "fall," and "sundown." Discography *"Sunsets & Dreams", music album *"lo tech no tech & no retakes", music album
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