George Rich tells the story of growing up as a Labrador Innu caught between two worlds, the settlement of Davis Inlet and the nomadic world of his ancestors.
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Collection
Collection of titles and resources by and about First Nation, Métis, and Inuit people in Canada. Titles include Fiction, Nonfiction, Children’s Books, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Plays and more!
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Author:Rich, GeorgeSummary: - Author:Robertson, DavidSummary:
A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leads Daniel to Betsy, his friend's grandmother, who tells him her story. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy was soon adopted into a loving family. A few short years later,...
- Author:Weenie, KendraSummary:
This book will resonate with those who have lived with violence and educate many who don't understand how difficult it can be to leave an abusive partner. Clearly written and interspersed with messages of hope and tips for self-care,...
- Author:Spillett-Sumner, TashaSummary:
Dez and Miikwan's stories continue in this sequel to Surviving the City. Dez's grandmother has passed away. Grieving, and with nowhere else to go, she's living in a group home. On top of everything else, Dez is navigating a new...
- Author:Clair, Peter J.Summary:
This novel tells the story of two Mi'kmaq individuals, two centuries apart. A girl named Taapoategl shows incredible faithfulness to culture and family in the most difficult of circumstances during the mid-18th century colonization by...
- Author:Archer, Lynda A.Summary:
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction — Shortlisted For Elinor Greystone, the only way forward is back into the past. At ninety years of age, Elinor, a Saskatchewan Cree artist, inveterate roll-your-own smoker, and talker to rivers...
- Author:Robertson, DavidSummary:
Narnia meets traditional Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations in an epic middle-grade fantasy series from award-winning author David Robertson.
Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families... - Author:Vermette, KatherenaSummary:
When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a...
- Author:Friesen, GeraldSummary:
Native leaders, immigrant farm families, Alberta oil barons, and political reformers all have prominent roles in this live and comprehensive history of the prairie west. Drawing upon recent research- hundreds of books, articles, and...
- Author:Hutchinson, MichaelSummary:
The Mighty Muskrats are off to the city to have fun at the Exhibition Fair. But when Chickadee learns about Grandpa’s missing little sister, who was adopted by strangers without her parents’ permission many years ago, the Mighty...
- Author:Osborne, DavidSummary:
A novel of native-white relations in North America, intimately told through the life of Daytime Smoke -- the real-life red-haired son of William Clark and a Nez Perce woman. In 1805, Lewis and Clark stumble out of the Rockies on the...
- Author:Komar, DebraSummary:
In 1921, the RCMP arrested two Copper Inuit men under suspicion that the two had murdered their uncle. Both men confessed to the crime through a police interpreter, though the "confession" was highly questionable. The Canadian...
- Author:Downey, AllanSummary:
Lacrosse has been a central element of Indigenous cultures for centuries, but once non-Indigenous players entered the sport, it became a site of appropriation – then reclamation – of Indigenous identities. The Creator’s Game focuses on...
- Author:Momaday, N. ScottSummary:
Spanning nearly fifty years, the poems gathered here illuminate the human condition, Momaday's connection to his Kiowa roots, and his spiritual relationship to the American landscape.
- Author:Corneau, MichelleSummary:
Anna explores what it means to be Mohawk, her own identity and the identity of others as she learns to follow the Eagle’s path. She learns how her culture has taught many generations to value honesty, wisdom and courage in their day-to-...
- Author:Marshall, JosephSummary:
Presents a biography of the peerless warrior who defeated the U.S. Army at the Battle of Little Bighorn. To his fellow Lakota Indians, Crazy Horse was a dutiful son and humble fighting man who, with valor, spirit, respect, and...
- Author:Marshall, JosephSummary:
A gifted storyteller and historian and a member of the Sicunga Lakota Sioux, Joseph M. Marshall III, has dedicated his entire life to spiritual fulfillment and to teaching others the essence of Lakota wisdom. In The Lakota Way ,...
- Author:Taylor, Drew HaydenSummary:
Nothing ever happens on the Otter Lake reserve. But when 16-year-old Tiffany discovers her father is renting out her room, she's deeply upset. Sure, their guest is polite and keeps to himself, but he's also a little creepy. Little do...
- Author:Manuel, Arthur, Derrickson, Ronald M.Summary:
In this book Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson challenge virtually everything that non-Indigenous Canadians believe about their relationship with Indigenous Peoples and the steps that are needed to place this relationship...
- Author:Mniyo, Samuel I., Goodvoice, RobertSummary:
This book presents two of the most important traditions of the Dakota people, the Red Road and the Holy Dance, as told by Samuel Mniyo and Robert Goodvoice, two Dakota men from the Wahpeton Dakota Nation near Prince Albert, Saskatchewan...
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