Poet · Writer · Performer
Rosetta "Rosie"
Peters
Ihanktonwan and Hunkpati Dakota Oyate descent poet. Minnesota-based, available everywhere. Workshops, readings, performances, and keynotes that leave something behind.
How to Work Together
Book Rosie for your school, venue, or event
Workshops & Residencies
Schools, community orgs, tribal communities, and correctional facilities. Single sessions to multi-week residencies.
Readings & Performances
Solo spoken word for literary venues, festivals, libraries, and events. I've performed at The Loft, Penumbra, Bryant-Lake Bowl, and more.
Performance with JG Everest
My signature live show — spoken word with original live music by longtime collaborator JG Everest. Immersive and multi-sensory.
Speaking & Keynotes
Talks on healing, trauma, storytelling, creative resilience, and Indigenous identity for conferences and community events.
Available for regional and national travel. Pricing starts at a conversation — I scope each engagement based on your communities needs before quoting.
Featured Work
The Hummingbird's Dance
My chapbook album, recorded at Crazy Beast Studio with producer Ben Durrant and collaborator JG Everest in 2022. Spoken word woven with original composition — a record that lives somewhere between poetry collection and live performance.
Written from the territory between healing and memory, it's the most honest document of my work—where writing and performance meet.
"Poet · Writer · Performer"
Marine on St. Croix, MN
About Rosie
Rosetta "Rosie" Peters
I am a poet, writer, and performer of Ihanktonwan and Hunkpati Dakota Oyate descent, based in Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota. My work centers on healing, truth-telling, and the complexity of Indigenous identity — written and performed with a precision that disarms.
I'm a 2020 MN State Arts Board (MSAB) grantee, 2021 MRAC Next Step grantee, and 2026 MN State Arts Board Arts Experiences grantee. Published in the 2018 Yellow Medicine Review. Co-founder of the Arrow Broken Poetry Collective, which hosts a monthly open mic in Marine on St. Croix.
I've performed at The Loft, Button Poetry, Penumbra Theater, MacPhail Center for Music, Bryant-Lake Bowl, and Stillwater Prison, among others.
Coming Up
Upcoming Events
Aug 2026
Lower Sioux Indian Community Residency
Morton, MN
Sep 2026
Arrow Broken Poetry Collective Open Mic
Twin Cities, MN
Oct 2026
Čaŋšayapi Sound Garden, Storytelling, and Poetry Reading
Lower Sioux, MN
What People Say
Press & Partners
St. Croix Valley Magazine
Feature Profile
“Rosie's voice carries the full weight of her lineage — every word lands like it was earned, not written.”
Press Publications
Review
“Watching her perform is watching someone do what they were born to do. The room goes very still.”
Century College
Workshop Residency
“She doesn't just read poems — she opens something up. Students left different than they walked in.”
