Etuk, un jeune Inuit, s’ennuie dans la toundra. Il ne connaît pas la signification du mot « inuksuk » mais un jour, il en fabrique un qui s’anime et qui devient son ami. Il ira même faire la chasse avec lui, ce dont il rêve depuis...
Indigenous materials
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Author:Rocque, Marie, Maingon, Marie-Pierre, Therrien, JoanneSummary: - Author:Antane Kapesh, AnSummary:
"The book contains two works in English translation (the original Innu appears en face throughout), and these deal with topics such as loss of hunting territory, the residential school system, and police brutality."--
- Author:Clapsaddle, Annette SaunookeSummary:
Nineteen-year-old Cowney Sequoyah yearns to escape his hometown of Cherokee, North Carolina, in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. When a summer job at Asheville's luxurious Grove Park Inn and Resort brings him one step closer to...
- Author:Webstad, PhyllisSummary:
Learn the meaning behind the phrase, 'Every Child Matters.' Orange Shirt Day founder, Phyllis Webstad, offers insights into this heartfelt movement. Every Child Matters honours the history and resiliency of Indigenous Peoples on Turtle...
- Author:Wiebe, Sarah MarieSummary:
"Near the Ontario-Michigan border, Canada's densest concentration of chemical manufacturing surrounds the Aamjiwnaang First Nation. Living in the polluted heart of Chemical Valley, members of this Indigenous community report a declining...
- Author:Treuer, AntonSummary:
Treuer, an Ojibwe scholar and cultural preservationist, answers the most commonly asked questions about American Indians, both historical and modern. He gives a frank, funny, and personal tour of what's up with Indians, anyway.
- Author:Arthurson, WayneSummary:
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...
- Author:Quigley, DawnSummary:
First grader Jo Jo Makoons knows how to do a lot of things, but there's one thing Jo Jo doesn't know how to do: be fancy. She has a lot to learn before her Aunt Annie's wedding. Favorite purple unicorn notebook in hand,...
- Author:Churchill, WardSummary:
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...
- Author:Ross, IanSummary:
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...
- Author:McDowell, JimSummary:
Father August Brabant (1845–1912) was the first Roman Catholic missionary to live and work among indigenous peoples on the west coast of Vancouver Island during the colonial period. He endured long periods of isolation, built a number...
- Author:Shaheen-Hussain, Samir, Blackstock, Cindy, Gabriel, Katsi'tsakwas EllenSummary:
Launched by healthcare providers in January 2018, the #aHand2Hold campaign confronted the Quebec government's practice of separating children from their families during medical evacuation airlifts, which disproportionately affected...
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Canada's residential schools: the legacy describes what Canada must do to overcome the schools' tragic legacy and move towards reconciliation with the country's first peoples. For over 125 years Aboriginal children suffered abuse and...
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Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to ?civilize and Christianize? Aboriginal...
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Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to "civilize and Christianize" Aboriginal...
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Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to "civilize and Christianize" Aboriginal...
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Canada's residential schools: reconciliation documents the complexities, challenges, and possibilities of reconciliation by presenting the findings of public testimonies from residential school survivors and others who participated in...
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Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to "civilize and Christianize" Aboriginal...
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While the northern experience of residential schools was unique in some ways, the broader themes remain constant. Children were taken from their parents, often with little in the way of consultation or consent. They were educated in an...
- Author:Truth and Reconciliation Commission of CanadaSummary:
This is the Final Report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these schools. This report, the summary volume, includes the...
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