Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after...
Indigenous peoples--North America
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Auteur:Storm, JenSommaire:Looking for a little mischief after discovering an old flare gun, Ron and Ben find themselves in trouble when the local gas bar on Agamiing Reserve goes up in flames, and they are wrongly accused of arson by the sheriff's son. As the...
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Auteur:Saigeon, LoriSommaire:A visit to his beloved grandfather helps give Justice some ideas about bullying and how he might deal with it.
When Trey bullies him and also attacks Charity, Justice can't understand why. He's afraid to tell anyone-his mother,...
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Auteur:Jordan-Fenton, ChristySommaire:Eight-year-old Margaret Pokiak has set her sights on learning to read, even though it means leaving her village in the high Arctic. Faced with unceasing pressure, her father finally agrees to let her make the five-day journey to attend...
- Auteur:Ross, IanSommaire:
Life is tense on the Partridge Crop Reserve. The Chief is in Las Vegas (again), the band is in receivership, and there’s a move on to unilaterally declare self-government. And now that the welfare cheques have gone missing, the people...
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Auteur:Churchill, WardSommaire:In this volume of incisive assays, Ward Churchill looks at representations of American Indians in literature and film, delineating a history of cultural progaganda that has served to support the continued colonization of Native America...
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Leo Desroches doesn't look Native, but his mother was Cree, so the Edmonton newspaper he writes for decides he should be their Aboriginal Issues reporter. Leo has his own issues to deal with: compulsive gambling that cost him his...
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Auteur:Touchie, Rodger D.Sommaire:Edward S. Curtis Above the Medicine Line is both an introduction to the Seattle-based photographer and a tribute to a true visionary. While Curtis’s photographs will long be his legacy, his own story is likewise compelling. Curtis built...
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Auteur:Momaday, N. ScottSommaire:Poet N. Scott Momaday reflects on his native ground and its influence on his people. He recalls stories of his childhood passed down through generations that reveal a profound, sacred connection to the American landscape and a reverence...
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Auteur:Challenger, Robert JamesSommaire:This collection of short stories is based on traditional values important to us all—respect, cooperation and kindness. Robert James Challenger's illustrations and tales reveal a world of magical birds, fish and other wildlife, who teach...
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Auteur:Netmaker, KendalSommaire:A story of success from one of the most unlikely places on the planet. The story develops on a First Nation reservation, in northern Canada. The child of a single mom of 4, living on welfare, was forever changed through a simple act of...
- Auteur:GOWER, IrisSommaire:
The wedding of Llinos Savage, the young saviour of the Savage Pottery, and the fascinating Joe Mainwaring sets the small seafront town of Swansea ablaze with gossip.
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Auteur:Doty, ThomasSommaire:A collection of traditional and original Native American stories from the American West told by master storyteller Thomas Doty. His adventures with Coyote find them journeying into the rich native culture and traditions of Doty's...
- Auteur:Vermette, KatherenaSommaire:
Les Sept enseignements des Anishinaabeg (l'amour, la sagesse, l'humilité, le courage, le respect, l'honnêteté et la vérité) sont au cœur de ces sept histoires pour enfants. Se déroulant en milieu urbain et mettant...
- Auteur:Van Camp, RichardSommaire:
Three Feathers bilingual edition includes Slavey 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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Auteur:Smallman, ShawnSommaire:In the traditional Algonquian world, the windigo is the spirit of selfishness, which can transform a person into a murderous cannibal. Native peoples over a vast stretch of North America—from Virginia in the south to Labrador in the...
- Auteur:McMurtry, LarrySommaire:
McMurtry turns his attention to George A. Custer, a complex man who has captivated historians for over a century. From graduating last in his class at West Point to leading the ill-fated 7th Cavalry in the attack at Little Bighorn,...
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Auteur:McBride, KarenSommaire:Since coming home to Spirit Bear Point First Nation, Hazel Ellis has been dreaming of an old crow. He tells her he's here to help her, save her. From what, exactly? Sure, her dad's been dead for almost two years and she hasn't quite...
- Auteur:Languedoc, ClaudetteSommaire:
In August 1947, Mary Brock travelled to Northwestern Ontario to start a teaching job at an Indian residential school where she doesn't give up buoyed by her ideals and pragmatism.
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Auteur:Harjo, JoySommaire:From poet laureate of the United States comes this collection of poems in which the joys and struggles of the everyday are played against the grinding politics of being human.
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