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  • The scout : Tommy Prince
    Auteur:
    Robertson, David
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    A search down a wooded path for a well-hit baseball turns into an encounter between Pamela and a veteran soldier standing in front of a monument. The statue commemorates the heroism of Sgt. Tommy Prince, the most decorated Aboriginal...
  • The rebel : Gabriel Dumont
    Auteur:
    Robertson, David
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    For Tyrese, history class is the lowest point of his school day. This is, until his friend Levi reveals a secret - a secret that brings history alive, in the form of one Gabriel Dumont. Through Dumont, a great Metis leader of the...
  • The poet : Pauline Johnson
    Auteur:
    Robertson, David
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    Although Kathy loves poetry, she is far too shy to recite it in front of her class. But the story of Pauline Johnson, renowned as the Mohawk Princess, inspires Kathy to overcome her stage fright. Pauline, from the Grand River Reserve in...
  • The peacemaker : Thanadelthur
    Auteur:
    Robertson, David
    Sommaire:

    When Cole's teacher catches him drawing rather than listening in class, he gives Cole a special assignment: an oral presentation on an important Aboriginal figure. Cole will do almost anything to avoid speaking in public -- even...
  • The land of Os : John Ramsay
    Auteur:
    Robertson, David
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    When Richard's class from Big Spirit School takes a canoe trip, he and his classmates chance upon an ederly woman. She tells them the story of her grandfather, John Ramsay, of the Sandy Bar community on Lake Winnipeg. Ramsay's land was...
  • The ballad of Nancy April : Shawnadithit
    Auteur:
    Robertson, David
    Sommaire:

    When a mishap delays Jessie at the end of a school day, she takes a shortcut home. But the shortcut turns into an adventure, as Jessie is transported through time and space, to early 19th-century Newfoundland. There she meets...
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