In past treaties, the Aboriginal people of Canada surrendered title to their lands in return for guarantees that their traditional ways of life would be protected. Since the 1950s, governments have reneged on these commitments in order...
Indigenous materials
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Author:Waldram, James B.Summary: - Author:Rogers, Janet MarieSummary:
This poetry collection creatively reveals the beautiful and bitter essences of the world from a distinctive Indigenous female voice. Speaking from her unique Mohawk perspective, the poet unapologetically sings words of wisdom and...
- Author:Simpson, Leanne BetasamosakeSummary:
Across North America, Indigenous acts of resistance have in recent years opposed the removal of federal protections for forests and waterways in Indigenous lands, halted the expansion of tar sands extraction and the pipeline...
- Author:Cuthand, DougSummary:
Cree journalist and filmmaker Doug Cuthand articulates the past, present, and future of Saskatchewan's Aboriginal people.
- Author:Cuthand, DougSummary:
Cree journalist and filmmaker Doug Cuthand articulates the past, present, and future of Saskatchewan's Aboriginal people.
In his trademark direct prose style, Cree journalist and filmmaker Doug Cuthand articulates the past,...
- Author:Nickel, Sarah A.Summary:
Established narratives portray Indigenous unity as emerging solely in response to the political agenda of the settler state. But unity has long shaped the modern Indigenous political movement. With Indigenous perspectives in the...
- Author:Kanapé Fontaine, NatashaSummary:
A celebration of the Innu land in the tradition of Joséphine Bacon. This telluric power is reminiscent of Paul Chamberland's Terre Québec. Natasha Kanapés challenge is to name her land, but also to reconcile opposites. In this...
- Author:Wickwire, WendySummary:
At the Bridge chronicles the little-known story of James Teit, a prolific ethnographer who, from 1884 to 1922, worked with and advocated for the Indigenous peoples of British Columbia and the northwestern United States. From his base at...
- Author:O'Watch, HeatherSummary:
Auntie always greets Cree in nēhiyawēwin when she comes for a visit. When Auntie arrives with a surprise gift hidden in her bag, Cree can't wait to discover what it is. The first clue? It's from the rez. As Cree tries to figure out...
- Author:Christopher, NeilSummary:
When an orphan boy named Ava finds himself cold and alone, he comes upon a group of magical tiny people who show him how it feels to have a home of his own.
- Author:Kerr, ConorSummary:
Avenue of Champions is a collection of interlinked stories that investigates the inherent connection of Indigenous peoples to the land and the permanence of culture, language and ceremony as a form of resistance to displacement. Based...
- Author:Halfe, LouiseSummary:
There are no pronouns in Cree for gender; awâsis (which means illuminated child) reveals herself through shapeshifting, adopting different genders, exploring the English language with merriment, and sharing his journey of mishaps with...
- Author:Hunt, DallasSummary:
As young Awâsis searches for the ingredients to make Kohkum's world-famous bannock recipe, they run into a variety of other-than-human relatives that help them along in their journey. Includes a pronunciation guide and Kohkum's world-...
- Author:Halfe, Louise Bernice (Sky Dancer)Summary:
A gender-fluid trickster character leaps from Cree stories to inhabit this racous and rebellious new work by award-winning poet Louise Bernice Halfe.There are no pronouns in Cree for gender; awâsis (which means illuminated child)...
- Author:Ahenakew, AliceSummary:
Born in 1912, Mrs. Alice Ahenakew grew up in a traditional Cree community in north-central Saskatchewan. As a young woman, she married Andrew Ahenakew, a member of the prominent Saskatchewan family, who later became a well-known...
- Author:Ratt, SolomonSummary:
"Building on mâci-nêhiyawêwin / Beginning Cree, Solomon Ratt's first influential Cree language resource, âhkami-nêhiyawêtân / Let's Keep Speaking Cree helps intermediate nêhiyawêwin learners begin to understand more advanced...
- Author:Okemow, SJSummary:
A debut picture book that celebrates self-love, care, and resilience with one of the most widespread plants--the dandelion. Both a love letter to the dandelion and a call to love ourselves in a difficult world, Âmî Osâwâpikones...
- Author:Scott, SimeonSummary:
A collection of conversations and interviews with 16 different speakers of James Bay Cree from the 1950s and 1960s that includes legends, reminiscences, historical narratives, stories, and conversations.
- Author:Bayle, B.J.Summary:
This special four-book collection features stories of bravery and courage about early settlers and their relationships with the indigenous peoples of Canada. B.J. Bayle's young adult fiction brings Canada's past alive on the...
- Author:Johns, JessicaSummary:
When Mackenzie wakes up with a severed crow's head in her hands, she panics. Only moments earlier she had been fending off masses of birds in a snow-covered forest. In bed, when she blinks, the head disappears. Night after night,...
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