Hi, I’m Mélanie Ritchot, a writer, journalist and book editor with Métis-settler ancestry.

I grew up on Treaty 1 Territory (Manitoba) and worked for the Winnipeg Free Press before relocating to Iqaluit, Nunavut where I reported on stories across the eastern Arctic for Nunatsiaq News.

I am now based on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and specialize in writing and editing stories related to Indigenous arts, culture, and history—broadly speaking.

I am passionate about supporting the preservation of oral history and traditional knowledge through book editing.

I recently edited It's Time to Tell Our Story: A History of the Yukon Association of Non-Status Indians, and co-edited Curve! Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast. My current book editing project documents the history of Métis Road Allowance communities in Saskatchewan.

My research Indigenous art book publishing in Canada: Conversations & considerations, published in 2023, can be found here.