Heid E. Erdrich is an Ojibwe poet. She was born on November 26, 1963 in Breckenridge, Minnesota. She was raised in Wahpeton, North Dakota where her Ojibwe mother and German father taught at the Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school. Erdrich has written many pieces and has also received many fellowships and awards for her work using biology, history, spirituality, motherhood and her heritage as Ojibwe and German to make each of her pieces meaningful.