Joy is ten years old, living in Apex, Nunavut - a suburb of Iqaluit -and loving life. Her little sister Allashua may be annoying, but all in all Joy loves living at the top of the world in Apex. But when Joy begins to notice her parents...
Indigenous materials
- Author:Folger, NapatsiSummary:
- Author:Green, Ross GordonSummary:
Canada's criminal justice system has had a troubled relationship with Aboriginal people. This discord can be seen in disproportionally high rates of incarceration and in the limited recognition given by the conventional system to the...
- Author:George, Doris, Philpot, Don K.Summary:
A magical children's picture book, written in Cree and English, depicting the transformation of a barren landscape into a rich natural world where an elderly couple can spend their remaining days. Rooted in the historical displacement...
- Author:Ratt, SolomonSummary:
A residential school survivor finds his way back to his language and culture through his family's traditional stories. When reflecting on forces that have shaped his life, Solomon Ratt says his education was interrupted by his...
- Author:Ward, KellySummary:
Join Kalla as he visits the circus and discovers the many fun-filled ways that numbers, shapes, and patterns exist in the world around us.
- Author:Baker, DarrylSummary:
Jake and Kamik are finally ready to run their first dog sled race with a full team! But there is a lot to do to prepare, and Jake must follow his uncle's lead if he and his dogs are going to be ready for the early spring race. Kamik...
- Author:Harvey, Kim SenklipSummary:
"Come along for the ride to Kamloopa, the largest Powwow on the West Coast. This high-energy Indigenous matriarchal story follows two urban Indigenous sisters and a lawless Trickster who face our postcolonial world head-on as they come...
- Author:Christopher, NeilSummary:
Each volume in the Kappianaqtut series provides readers with an in-depth academic examination of two mythological creatures from Inuit mythology. The series examines Inuit myths from an ethnographic perspective and fosters discussion on...
- Author:Lewis, MarionSummary:
The legend of Kaugjagjuk--a mistreated orphan who gains the strength to stand up for himself with a little help from the Man of the Moon--is a traditional Inuit tale told throughout the Arctic.
Re-imagined for modern audiences by...
- Author:Williams, Kayanesenh PaulSummary:
Several centuries ago, the five nations that would become the Haudenosaunee — Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca — were locked in generations-long cycles of bloodshed. When they established Kayanerenkó:wa, the Great Law of...
- Author:Rockthunder, Mary LouiseSummary:
Mary Louise (née Bangs) Rockthunder, / wêpanâkit, was an Elder of Cree, Saulteaux, and Nakoda descent. Born in 1913, raised and married at nehiyawipwatinahk / Piapot First Nation, Mary Louise, a much-loved storyteller, speaks of her...
- Author:Ratt, SolomonSummary:
A residential school survivor finds his way back to his language and culture through his family's traditional stories. When reflecting on forces that have shaped his life, Solomon Ratt says his education was interrupted by his schooling...
- Author:Philpot, Don K., George, DorisSummary:
A magical children's picture book, written in Cree and English, depicting the transformation of a barren landscape into a rich natural world where an elderly couple can spend their remaining days. Rooted in the historical displacement...
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In Keetsahnak / Our Murdered and Missing Indigenous Sisters, the tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly. This important collective volume both witnesses the significance of the travelling...
- Author:Bear, GleciaSummary:
The 25th anniversary of a historically significant collection, presented in Cree and English. kh̥kominawak otćimowiniwẃa / Our Grandmothers' Lives As Told in Their Own Words is a collection of reminiscences and personal stories...
- Author:Methot, SuzanneSummary:
An unflinching reimagining of Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing for young adults. Written specifically for young adults, reluctant readers, and literacy learners, Killing the Wittigo explains the traumatic effects of...
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A groundbreaking anthology from territory that is now known as Saskatchewan, Kisiskâciwan contains rich, oral narratives from Cree, Saulteaux, Nakoda, Dakota, Dene, Gros Ventres, and Métis cultures; speeches and letters by Treaty Chiefs...
- Author:Van Camp, RichardSummary:
One kiss, two kiss, three kiss, four! So many kisses and so many more. From bestselling author Richard Van Camp comes a delightful counting book that honors families and can be used to praise your little ones as they learn to count. Ten...
- Author:Highway, TomsonSummary:
In the 1950s, Abraham Okimasis becomes the first Indian ever to win the Trapper's Festival Dog Sled Race and, as tradition dictates, he is kissed by the festival's beautiful Fur Queen. Nine months afterward, Abraham's wife Mariesis...
- Author:Buck, WilfredSummary:
Kitcikisik / Great Sky: Stories That Fill the Night Sky, is a Cree perspective on stars and constellations. For millennia, humans have stared into the night sky and wondered. Every culture on the face of Nikawiy Aski, Mother Earth, have...