Siku Allooloo

Siku Allooloo (born 1986) is an Inuk/Haitian/Taíno writer, artist, facilitator, filmmaker, and land-based educator from Denendeh ("the Land of the People"), Northwest Territories, and Pond Inlet, Nunavut in Canada. Allooloo's works incorporates the legacies of resistance to settler colonialism and revitalization of Indigenous communities. Through her writing, visual art, and activism, Allooloo fights against colonial violence on Indigenous women. She has been widely recognized for her leadership in grassroots activism, particularly in advocating for land and water protection. She won Briarpatch magazine's 2016 creative nonfiction contest with the piece titled "Living Death".