A colourful children's book written in a rhyming combination of English and Ojibwe. It's a Mitig! guides young readers through the forest while introducing them to Ojibwe words for nature. From sunup to sundown, encounter an amik...
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Collection
Collection of titles and resources by and about First Nation, Métis, and Inuit people in Canada. Titles include Fiction, Nonfiction, Children’s Books, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Plays and more!
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Auteur:George, BridgetSommaire: - Auteur:Neema, Nadine, Beaverho, Archie, Judas, JosephSommaire:
This fictional coming-of-age story traces a young girl’s reluctant journey by canoe through the ancestral lands of the Tłı̨chǫ People, as she gradually comes to understand and appreciate their culture and the significance of their fight...
- Auteur:Bird-Wilson, LisaSommaire:
A powerful short story collection from Cree-Métis author Lisa Bird-Wilson.
A nitanis (daughter) invents the mother she never knew. A fourteen-year-old girl struggles to come to terms with her feelings of abandonment. A young man...
- Auteur:Nicholson, HopeSommaire:
Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time is an anthology of science fiction and urban fantasy stories starring First Nations and Metis characters with a LGBT and two-spirit theme.
- Auteur:McLeod, DarrelSommaire:
A powerful story of resilience-a must-read for all Canadians. Growing up in the tiny village of Smith, Alberta, Darrel J. McLeod was surrounded by his Cree family's history. In shifting and unpredictable stories, his mother, Bertha,...
- Auteur:Wagamese, RichardSommaire:
Set in the dramatic landscape of the BC Interior, 16 year-old Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, Eldon, a man he barely knows. The rare moments they have shared trouble Frank, but, he answers the call, a son's duty to a...
- Auteur:Luby, BrittanySommaire:
In this lyrical story-poem, written in Anishinaabemowin and English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings.
- Auteur:Turmel, TheresaSommaire:
"Mnidoo Bemaasing Bemaadiziwin is a twenty-five year research and community based book. It brings forward Indigenous thought, history, and acts of resistance as viewed through the survivors of residential school who through certain...
- Auteur:Jones, Stephen GrahamSommaire:
He was born an outsider and lives in the shadows with his aunt Libby and uncle Darren, folk who make their way in a society that does not understand or want them. They are mongrels, mixed blood, neither this nor that. But is he really...
- Auteur:Rendon, Marcie R.Sommaire:
Cash and Sheriff Wheaton make for a strange partnership. When they find themselves staring at the dead Indian lying in the field, there's a long and dangerous way to go to find the men who killed him.
- Auteur:Maracle, LeeSommaire:
My Conversations With Canadians is the book that "Canada150" needs.Harkening back to her first book tour at the age of 26 (for the autobiographical novel Bobbi Lee: Indian Rebel), and touching down upon a multitude of experiences she's...
- Auteur:Smith, Monique GraySommaire:
A board book that celebrates happiness and invites children to reflect on the little things in life that bring them joy.
- Auteur:Voyageur, Cora JaneSommaire:
Celebrates the achievements of 100 remarkable Indigenous Albertans in the fields of art, literature, business, politics, sports, education, human rights and more. From world-renowned architect Douglas Cardinal, whose iconic designs are...
- Auteur:King, ThomasSommaire:
From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Back of the Turtle; Green Grass, Running Water and The Inconvenient Indian Thumps DreadfulWater's world is turned upside down when Nina Maslow, the producer of a true-crime reality...
- Auteur:Friesen, AngnakulukSommaire:
The northern lights shine, women gather to eat raw caribou meat and everyone could be family in this ode to small-town life in Nunavut, written in English and Inuktitut. Sisters Angnakuluk Friesen and Ippiksaut Friesen collaborate on...
- Auteur:Dennis, DarrellSommaire:
Employing pop culture examples, personal anecdote and a cutting wit, Darrell Dennis deftly weaves history with current events to entertain, inform and provide a convincing, readable overview of First Nations issues and why they matter...
- Auteur:Vermette, KatherenaSommaire:
Echo Desjardins, a 13-year-old Métis girl adjusting to a new home and school, is struggling with loneliness while separated from her mother. Then an ordinary day in Mr. Bee's history class turns extraordinary, and Echo's life will never...
- Auteur:Monaghan, Jeffrey, Crosby, Andrew C.Sommaire:
In recent years, Indigenous peoples have lead a number of high profile movements fighting for social and environmental justice in Canada. From land struggles to struggles against resource extraction, pipeline development, and fracking,...
- Auteur:Pheasant-Neganigwane, KarenSommaire:
★ “Clearly organized and educational—an incredibly useful tool for both school and public libraries.” —School Library Journal, starred reviewPowwowis a celebration of Indigenous song and dance. Journey through the history of powwow...
- Auteur:Shingoose, NahanniSommaire:
A coming-of-age story about a teen girl who experiences her Indigenous heritage in a meaningful way. Part Ojibwe and part white, River lives with her white mother and stepfather on a farm in Ontario. Teased about her Indigenous heritage...
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