[3] She has written a collection of poetry called Billboard in the Clouds, which won the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas First Book Award in 2001, and some of her other work also appears in The Journal of Military Experience, Volume II.
[2] Among other things, Rancourt is also a singer/songwriter, a personal fitness trainer, a percussionist, an herbal educator, and a dance instructor.
[2] Rancourt's poems have been praised for their vivid imagery and simple, elegant style.
It addresses at least three themes: poems about childhood include descriptions of nature, her parents, and grandparents; ancestral poems cover stories Rancourt has heard conveying deep connections between her people and their land; and poems about contemporary life cover such topics as Rancourt's life with her son, her current home, and her military experience.
Her second poetry collection was the 2017 publication murmurs at the gate, in which she explored, using fictional events and others from her own life, the lives and experiences of people who survived different forms of hardship.