Chris La Tray (born April 4, 1967) is a writer who lives in Missoula, Montana.
He published Descended From a Travel-worn Satchel, a book of haiku and haibun poetry, in 2021.
His grandparents identified as Chippewa but his father denied the family's Native American ancestry.
[5] His Métis great-great-grandfather worked an interpreter for the US Army, as he knew multiple languages, including French, English, Cree, Chippewa (Ojibwe), Dakota, and Crow (Apsalooke).
[2] La Tray keeps a bi-weekly Substack newsletter called, "An Irritable Métis."