He is an enrolled member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe of Minnesota.
[2] Henry's first novel, The Light People (1994), explores Chippewa life and culture and the style takes some of its elements from the Chippewa style of oral story telling.
He co-authored the textbook Ojibwa [3] and has released a book of poetry, The Failure of Certain Charms, (Earthworks).
In 2022, he published a second poetry collection, "Spirit Matters", (Holy Cow!
Gordon has also published short stories and poems in various journals and anthologies.