Oshichikesiwuk Nanipek

Faith Turner (nee Wapachee) was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. A Moose Cree First Nation member currently living on her home reserve on Moose Factory Island, which is located in James Bay, Ontario. Her roots are from the Eeyou Istchee Quebec Cree Territory, where her grandparents are from as well as her mother was born in Ruperts House (Waskaganish, QUE) Faith found her voice on paper and shares as a dreamer, writer and children's storyteller.

Faith developed an Indigenous Youth program called Waashtewen (translation meaning Light) which is based on Land, Art and Story. She is specially trained in different areas as a facilitator through the YMCA Life Skills Coaching certification level 2 and graduated with a diploma in Native Social Work and Indigenous Trauma Therapy. Her poetry has been published in Redwire Magazine, SEVEN Magazine, and in an anthology of poems.

In 2013, a poem entitled An Indigenous Women’s Prayer was published in -Honouring Indigenous Women Volume 2 which has had a cross country book launch where she did a public reading in Toronto in 2014. Faith completed the Indigenous Writers Program in 2013 at the renowned Banff Centre of the Arts. During her residency portion at the Banff Centre she did a public reading of Moose Factory on stage which was well received and can be found on YouTube. She shared the stage with her mentors Tomson Highway and Witi Ihimaera. She was also mentored by Lee Maracle and Michelle Thrush through the Indigenous Writers Program. A writing piece entitled Poverty has been included in a collection entitled Dreaming in Indian: Native American Voices published under Annick Press.

In 2014 she was asked to be a part of the Luminato Festival in Toronto to do a live reading of her poem entitled Poverty. Faith was trained in 2015 through the Indigenous Reporters Program administered by Journalists for Human Rights.

In June 2021, Faith accepted an invitation to be a member of Audibles Indigenous Writers Circle where she worked with mentor Chelsea Vowel and the industry's top literary professionals as well as other Indigenous authors Richard Van Camp, Kim Wheeler and Tanya Talaga.

In 2022 she was shortlisted for the Barbara Laronde Emerging Artist Award for her writing. Faith is actively pursuing her first YA novel as her first children's book, about a Moose Factory is now set to be printed and will be available 2024.