[citation needed] At the age of sixteen, she left home and broke ties with her family.

[citation needed] While Halfe attended high school, she developed an interest in writing.

[7] Halfe earned a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Regina and a certificate in Drug and Alcohol Counselling from the Nechi Institute.

[1] In 1990, Halfe was first published in the collection Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada.

The use of code-switching shows a fragmentation of history, culture, and land base which cannot be conveyed through English alone.

[12] She tells women's stories to explore the link between creation and knowledge in Cree storytelling.

[3] The white space represents the settler-colonial idea of terra nullius and, therefore, signifies erasure, a loss of language, and an inability to speak.

Cahoots Magazine has praised her use of Aboriginal spirality and feminist exposure in Bear Bones & Feathers.

The judges from these events have stated that Halfe's poetic storytelling reflects the harm inflicted by Canada's residential school system, calling her verses "heartbreaking and hopeful" and noting her attention to creating a healing atmosphere through specific use of Cree language and culture.

Cheryl Petten for the Saskatchewan Review had noted that readers not only responded intellectually to Halfe's The Crooked Good but emotionally as well.

[17] Louise Halfe has won many awards and has received positive recognition as an independent Canadian author and poet.

After making her debut, Halfe won third place in the League of Canadian Poets' Historical Poetry Contest.

[1] Her first book of poetry, Bear Bones & Feathers, won the Milton Acorn People's Poet Award in 1996.