Larry Loyie has written The Gathering Tree, When the Spirits Dance, and As Long as the Rivers Flow. He went to St. Bernard Mission residential school before strating wrok at 13 years of age. He recie3ved the Canada Post Literacy Award for Individual Achievement, the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, and the First Nation Communities Read Honour Book award. The Canadian Children's Book Centre also honoured his work for its exceptional calibre.