Elizabeth (Betsy) Albert-Peacock is a member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe. Graduate of UMD. Taught at UMD for 18 years and is now retired. She and her husband own Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing. She loves writing books for children and reading to them. Her books include: Hummingbird and the Little People, Firefly and the Boarding School, Four Hills of Life for Children, Black Bears and Blueberries (Dakota and Ojibwe versions), Little Dandelion, Dancing on Wild Rice and Makoons. She lives in Duluth, MN and Bayfield WI with her husband Tom.