GoldenEagle's first book, Bearskin Diary, won the 2017 Aboriginal Literature Award and was the First Nation Communities READ selection for 2017-2018. It was also shortlisted for three Saskatchewan Book Awards (for the Aboriginal Peoples' Writing Award, Fiction Award and First Book Award)
Author is well-known and well-connected. She is the first Aboriginal woman to anchor a national newscast (CBC Newsworld) in Canada. She was also the original host of In-Vision News on APTN and the anchor of CBC News Northbeat on CBC Radio North
GoldenEagle was winner of the 2009 National Aboriginal Achievement Award