After a strange and violent blizzard leaves young shaman-in-training Pitu stranded on the sea ice--without his dog team or any weapons to defend himself--he soon realizes that he is no longer in the word that he once knew. The storm has...
Indigenous materials
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Author:Johnston, AviaqSummary: - Author:Boyden, JosephSummary:
It is 1919, and Niska, the last Oji-Cree woman to live off the land, has received word that one of the two boys she saw off to the Great War has returned. Xavier Bird, her sole living relation, is gravely wounded and addicted to...
- Author:Van Camp, RichardSummary:
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. There, the young men learn to take responsibility for...
- Author:Boyden, JosephSummary:
Cree bush pilot Will Bird lies comatose in a hospital, while his wayward niece Annie arrives to sit in silent vigil by his side. Slowly their stories reveal two people previously separated by great distances, beaten and broken, and...
- Author:Charleson, KarenSummary:
Everyone knows everyone's business in the small fishing community of Kitsum. So when young Brenda Joe fears she might be pregnant, she also worries that rumours will spread quickly. Things look up when Brenda's favourite aunt, Monica...
- Author:Shannacappo, NealSummary:
Debut poetry collection by Nakawe writer, illustrator and graphic artist NShannacappo, the poetry best encapsulates the idea of someone who is Asunder. Being broken, but not staying broken and perhaps not being quite whole in the end...
- Author:Ansloos, Shezza, Ansloos, Jeffrey PaulSummary:
When the world gets too loud and chaotic, a young boy's grandfather helps him listen with wonder instead. Kids laughing, sneakers squeaking, balls bouncing--for Thunder, the sounds of the school day often brew into overwhelming noise...
- Author:Alexie, ShermanSummary:
From New York Times bestselling author Sherman Alexie and Caldecott Honor winning Yuyi Morales comes a striking and beautifully illustrated picture book celebrating the special relationship between father and son. Thunder Boy Jr. wants...
- Author:Gray Smith, MoniqueSummary:
Winner of the 2019-20 First Nation Communities READ Indigenous Literature Award. An unexpected journey can be powerful medicine. When Tilly receives an invitation to help drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket list road trip to...
- Author:Bland, Douglas L., Butlin, BonnieSummary:
A look at how a major confrontation between Canada and the First Nations could erupt, and how it might be prevented. There are few greater tragedies than a war waged by a society against itself. As Time Bomb shows, a catastrophic...
- Author:Sammurtok, NadiaSummary:
In this lovingly told book, a mother recounts for her daughter all the things she loves about her, connecting each attribute to an element of the Arctic landscape or Inuit traditional life. As her daughter's eyes glistens like the fire...
- Author:Seesequasis, PaulSummary:
Set in the early 17th century, Tobacco Wars follows the mythical and rollicking adventures of Pocahontas and playwright Ben Jonson, from the inns, alleyways and royal courts of London to pirates, perilous crossings and hostile warriors...
- Author:Long, John S., Brown, Jennifer S. H.Summary:
Honouring anthropologist Richard J. Preston and his outstanding career with the Cree in northern Quebec, Together We Survive presents new research by Preston's colleagues, former students, and family members who - like him - have...
- Author:Cardinal, WillSummary:
One of the greatest marathon runners of all time, Tom Longboat was one of the best-known athletes of the western world in the early 20th century.*Longboat was an astonishing long-distance runner who grew up on the Six Nations reserve...
- Author:Goodluck, LaurelSummary:
A little boy wants a chance to shine on his own but discovers that being apart from his large and lively Native family isn't necessarily better in this heartwarming and humorous picture book. When Russell gets a part in the school play...
- Author:Carlson, Keith Thor, Lutz, John Sutton, Schaepe, David M., McHalsie, Naxaxalhts’i – Albert “Sonny”Summary:
"Towards a New Ethnohistory" engages respectfully in cross-cultural dialogue and interdisciplinary methods to co-create with Indigenous people a new, decolonized ethnohistory. This new ethnohistory reflects Indigenous ways of...
- Author:Herriot, TrevorSummary:
In the wake of colonization, in a landscape of loss and dispossession, can we rediscover ways to share the land with other creatures and one another? Towards a Prairie Atonement addresses this question by enlisting the help of a Métis...
- Author:Macpherson, MargaretSummary:
In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the '60s and '70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare her own white privilege, her multitude of unexamined microaggressions, and how her childhood was shaped by...
- Author:Oosten, Jarich, Miller, Barbara Helen, Buijs, Cunera, Laugrand, Frédéric, Olsthoorn, Thea, Rasing, Willem C.E., Van Dam, Kim, Zorgdrager, NellejetSummary:
The transfer of knowledge is a key issue in the North as Indigenous peoples meet the ongoing need to adapt to cultural and environmental change. In eight essays, experts survey critical issues surrounding the knowledge practices of the...
- Author:Roanhorse, RebeccaSummary:
While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinaetah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters. Maggie Hoskie is...
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