A manifesto for the future of Indigenous Education in Canada In Reclaiming Anishinaabe Law Leo Baskatawang traces the history of the neglected treaty relationship between the Crown and the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3, and the...
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:Baskatawang, LeoSommaire: - Auteur:Milward, David LeoSommaire:
"The horrors of the Indian Residential Schools (IRS) are by now well-known historical facts. And they have certainly found purchase in the Canadian consciousness in recent years. The history of violence and the struggles of survivors...
- Auteur:Vermette, KatherenaSommaire:
Picking up where Pemmican Wars left off, Red River Resistance sees Echo Desjardins adjusting to her new home, finding friends, and learning about Métis history. One ordinary afternoon in class, Echo finds herself transported through...
- Auteur:Fortna, Peter, Trimble, Sabina, Athabasca Chipewyan First NationSommaire:
Wood Buffalo National Park is located in the heart of Dénesułıuné homelands, where Dene people have lived from time immemorial. Central to the creation, expansion, and management of this park, Canada 's largest at nearly 45, 000...
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This collection of contemporary poetry, art, and narrative supports K-12 teachers in connecting with Indigenous voices and perspectives, bringing Indigenous works in their classrooms, and creating equitable teaching practices.
- Auteur:Fiola, ChantalSommaire:
"Returning to Ceremony is the follow-up to Chantal Fiola's award-winning Rekindling the Sacred Fire and continues her ground-breaking examination of Métis spirituality, debunking stereotypes such as "all Métis people are Catholic,"...
- Auteur:Davidson, Sara FlorenceSommaire:
Every summer, a Haida girl and her family travel up the Yakoun River on Haida Gwaii, following the salmon. While their father fishes, the girl and her brother spend their time on the land playing and learning from Tsinii (Grandfather...
- Auteur:Dumont, DawnSommaire:
Rose Okanese, a single mother with two kids, has been pushed into a corner by Rez citizens to claim some self-respect, and decides that the fastest way to do that is to run the reserve's annual marathon. Though Rose hasn't run in twenty...
- Auteur:Van Camp, RichardSommaire:
Unless there is snow on the ground, never speak their name aloud.The more they eat the hungrier they become, and they are starving. They were meant to stay undisturbed, their dismembered limbs scattered, frozen under the permafrost, but...
- Auteur:Ranville, ErrolSommaire:
Errol Ranville has been running all his life: from chronic poverty and racism in rural Manitoba; a discriminatory music business; alcohol and drug addiction; and the responsibilities that come with being regarded as a role model. Though...
- Auteur:Barker, Adam J., Battell Lowman, EmmaSommaire:
Through an engaging, and sometimes enraging, look at the relationships between Canada and Indigenous nations, Settler: Identity and Colonialism in 21st Century Canada explains what it means to be Settler and argues that accepting this...
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Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future looks to both the past and the future as it examines the foundational work of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) and the legacy of its 1996 report. It assesses the Commission's...
- Auteur:Bearhead, Wilson, Bearhead, CharleneSommaire:
Siha Tooskin (Paul) is ill in the hospital and there he learns about the combination of Western medicine and Nakota remedies that will help him get better.
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Siha Tooskin (Paul) learns from his grandmother about how a dream catcher is made, and how it will protect his baby sister from bad dreams when she is asleep.
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Siha Tooskin (Paul) has a school assignment to talk about healthy foods from his (Nakota) culture. His father teaches him about the Indigenous origins of many foods that we enjoy today.
- Auteur:Bearhead, Wilson, Bearhead, CharleneSommaire:
Siha Tooskin (Paul) and his Uncle Lenard help a school friend, Jeff learn about Nakota forms of traditional and non-traditional dance at a pow wow.
- Auteur:Bearhead, Wilson, Bearhead, CharleneSommaire:
Paul (Siha Tooskin) spends some time with his mother and they discuss the nature of life with respect to animals, the environment, and the Creator in the Nakota Indigenous tradition. There are also themes of endurance and resilience...
- Auteur:Bearhead, Wilson, Bearhead, CharleneSommaire:
Ms. Baxter, a schoolteacher, is hoping to invite Siha Tooskin's (Paul's) grandparents to visit the classroom to offer information for her science class, and she asks Paul the respectful protocol for doing so, which in Nakota...
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Siha Tooskin (Paul) learns from his grandfather about the eagle and the importance of respecting it and its feathers, along with other creatures in nature.
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Siha Tooskin (Paul) experiences a bit of teasing (bullying) about his braid and his grandfather teaches him about how he can find strength in his hair through the Nakota tradition and rise above such petty taunts.
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