Stories of the road allowance people are old men's stories, translated by Maria Campbell and given to you in the dialect and rhythm of her village and her father's generation. In the M¿Æis oral tradition, these stories must be said...
Indigenous peoples--North America
- Auteur:Campbell, Maria, Farrell Racette, SherrySommaire:
- Auteur:Holmes Whitehead, RuthSommaire:
In Stories from the Six Worlds, it is their stories, passed down by word of mouth, that best preserve and present Mi’kmaw culture. For in their tales, the People themselves speak about their world and give us glimpses of how their...
- Auteur:Fournier, SuzanneSommaire:
The authors look at the abduction and re-settlement of Native American children by well-meaning but misguided authorities, during the cultural conflict that followed the arrival of Europeans in the New World. The children became the...
- Auteur:Reber, SusanneSommaire:
A teen's suspicious death, a shocking police cover-up and a mother's search for truth: this landmark investigation into justice and Canada's Indigenous people is re-issued and updated here for the first time in over a decade. In 1990,...
- Auteur:Álvarez, NoéSommaire:
Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noe Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who "slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do...
- Auteur:Mosionier, BeatriceSommaire:
The great plains of North America was once home to great herds of bison. The Aboriginal peoples who lived there revered the bison and relied on them for food, clothing, and shelter. Into one of these great herds, Little White Buffalo...
- Auteur:Blackstock, CindySommaire:
Spirit Bear is off on another adventure! Follow him as he learns about traditional knowledge and Residential Schools from his Uncle Huckleberry and his friend, Lak'insxw, before heading to Algonquin territory, where children teach him...
- Auteur:Arthurson, WayneSommaire:
"First Nations peoples and Native Americans in North America have long believed in the power of spirit animals or totems. They believed that these animals had lessons to teach and healing or inspirational powers: One of the strongest...
- Auteur:Page, AndreaSommaire:
The author's great-uncle John Bear King was a Sioux Indian in the First Cavalry in the Second World War. Her book follows seven Sioux who put aside a long history of prejudice against their people and joined the fight against Japan,...
- Auteur:Vermette, KatherenaSommaire:
Ma'iingan knows she is a very good singer. Conflict erupts when her little sister wants to sing just like her. The Seven Teaching of the Anishinaabe -- love, wisdom, humility, courage, respect, honesty, and truth -- are revealed in...
- Auteur:O'Dell, ScottSommaire:
A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers.
- Auteur:Church, M. A.Sommaire:
When Chip Riley's beloved granny passes away, she leaves him all her money, her land and a house that needs some tender love and care. She never mentioned the legacy comes with a Native American shifter who intends to claim Chip as his...
- Auteur:Sandford, JohnSommaire:
Lucas Davenport goes on a city-to-city search for a bizarre ritualistic killer.
- Auteur:Pettipas, KatherineSommaire:
Religious ceremonies were an inseparable part of Aboriginal traditional life, reinforcing social, economic and political values. However, missionaries and government officials with ethnocentric attitudes of cultural superiority decreed...
- Auteur:Dorries, Heather, Henry, Robert, Hugill, David, McCreary, Tyler, Tomiak, JulieSommaire:
While cities like Winnipeg, Minneapolis, Saskatoon, Rapid City, Edmonton, Missoula, Regina, and Tulsa are places where Indigenous marginalization has been most acute, they have also long been sites of Indigenous placemaking and...
- Auteur:McConkey, LoisSommaire:
- Auteur:Siggins, MaggieSommaire:
Scattered Bones is a story of the complicated, fragile and sometimes fatal relations between Indigenous people and settlers in Northern Saskatchewan in the 1920s. Aboriginal spiritual traditions are beginning to cross paths with the...
- Auteur:Gidwitz, AdamSommaire:
Among the towering fir trees of the Pacific Northwest, a famously elusive creature is in serious trouble. All Elliot wants is a nice, normal day at school. All Uchenna wants is an adventure. Guess whose wish comes true? Professor Fauna...
- Auteur:Florence, MelanieSommaire:
Une jeune femme -- une Autochtone parmi tant d'autres portées disparues au Canada -- veille sur son enfant qui doit grandir sans sa nimâmâ. La mère observe de loin les étapes importantes de la vie de sa fille -- sa première...
- Auteur:Bordas, JuanaSommaire:
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