Champion of a people or traitorous rabble-rouser? Political visionary or religious lunatic? Louis Riel is one of the most ambiguous figures in Canadian history, a man who stood and fell for the Métis nation. Read about the fascinating...
Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection
The Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection was launched by the Alberta libraries in partnership with the Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA). It was launched in 2019, and features titles from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba-based book publishers. The first of its kind in Canada, the Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection increases access to stories by Indigenous authors, and writings about Indigenous Peoples and Culture.
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Auteur:Chodan, Tim, Asfar, DanSommaire: - Auteur:Ratt, SolomonSommaire:
Tanisi! With the help of this book, you can learn to speak Cree! Designed as an introduction for Cree language learners, maci-nehiyawewin: Beginning Cree acts as a self-study aid--a much-needed resource in today's world where few can...
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Reclaiming crops and culture on Turtle Island Manomin, more commonly known by its English misnomer "wild rice," is the only cereal grain native to Turtle Island (North America). Long central to Indigenous societies and diets,...
- Auteur:Olson, Karen W., Foggo, Cheryl, Crate, JoanSommaire:
A diverse group of seven writers comes together to create seven tender scenes about their hopes for the future. "The seven of us, a diverse group of elders, have endured, loved, lost and celebrated life in our own ways. Now, we...
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Maple Sugar Pie is the story of Hazel Whitford and her family's past, Told through old black and white photographs, we see the events that caused deep fractures in her family and her estrangement from her husband and all but one of her...
- Auteur:Mitchell, BarbaraSommaire:
As the first inland surveyor for the Hudson's Bay Company, Philip Turnor stands tall among the explorers and mapmakers of Canada. Accompanied by Cree guides and his Cree wife, Turnor travelled 15,000 miles by canoe and foot between 1778...
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The North is changing at an unprecedented rate as industrial development and the climate crisis disrupt not only the environment but also long-standing relationships to the land and traditional means of livelihood. Memory and Landscape...
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Explores the integral roles that Métis women assumed to ensure the survival of their communities during the fur trade era and onward. Métis Matriarchs examines the roles of prominent Métis women from across Western Canada from the...
- Auteur:Whitecalf, SarahSommaire:
Strong women dominate these reminiscences: the grandmother taught the girl whose mother refused to let her go to school, and the life-changing events they witnessed range from the ravages of the influenza epidemic of 1918-20, to murder...
- Auteur:Robertson, DavidSommaire:
Cole Harper is struggling to settle into life in Wounded Sky First Nation. He may have stopped a serial killer but the trouble is far from over. A creature lurks in the shadows of Blackwood Forest, the health clinic is on lockdown by a...
- 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...
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Every culture and society has read stories in the night sky. From the careful attention of astronomers across all times and all parts of the world to the search for alien life, the stories found in the shapes of constellations to the...
- Auteur:Kennedy, Wilma, McArthur, ArmandSommaire:
Nakón-i'a wo! Beginning Nakoda is a language resource designed to help revitalize and document Nakoda, now spoken in Montana and Saskatchewan. Written for beginning learners of Nakoda (also known as Assiniboine), this workbook, arranged...
- Auteur:Kennedy, Wilma, Shawl, Tom, Collette, VincentSommaire:
A user-friendly guide that teaches core Nakoda vocabulary and how to use it in conversation. Practising Nakoda contains basic Nakoda vocabulary, organized into 30 themes (such as animals, clothing, directions, and time) and divided into...
- Auteur:Zenko, Darren, Gideon, AmosSommaire:
Embark on a journey into the spirit world of First Nations peoples with some of the most intriguing stories of ghost spirits in nature and the underworld. These stories have been passed on orally through countless generations and are...
- Auteur:Custer, Andrea, Daniels. BelindaSommaire:
A hands-on guide for parents and caregivers to develop best practices in revitalizing and teaching Cree to young children. In nēhiyawētān kīkināhk / Speaking Cree in the Home, Belinda Daniels and Andrea Custer provide an...
- Auteur:Van Camp, RichardSommaire:
As a window into the magic and medicine of the Northwest Territories, Richard Van Camp's fourth short story collection is hilarious and heartbreaking. A teenaged boy confesses to a vicious assault on a cross-dressing classmate; Lance...
- Auteur:Ratt, SolomonSommaire:
"So often, it is through humour that the big lessons in life are learned"--about adult responsibilities, honour, and respect. Cree people love to make jokes and laugh, so the tales in Woods Cree Stories are filled with wit. The book...
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Like all First Nations languages, Lillooet (Lil'wat) is a repository for an abundantly rich oral literature. In These Are Our Legends, the fifth volume of the First Nations Language Readers series, the reader will discover seven...
- Auteur:Van Camp, RichardSommaire:
Three Feathers bilingual edition includes Cree and English. Three young men-Flinch, Bryce, and Rupert-have vandalized their community and are sent by its Elders to live nine months on the land as part of the circle sentencing process....
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