These stories and poems by both new and veteran Native American writers burst with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride.
Indigenous peoples--North America
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Author:Smith, Cynthia LeitichSummary: -
Author:Brown, Jennifer S. H.Summary:In 1670, the ancient homeland of the Cree and Ojibwe people of Hudson Bay became known to the English entrepreneurs of the Hudson’s Bay Company as Rupert’s Land, after the founder and absentee landlord, Prince Rupert. For four decades,...
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Author:Vermette, KatherenaSummary:Amik tells Moshoom about his wonderful school. Then his grandfather tells him about the residential school he went to, so different from Amik's school, so Amik has an idea... The Seven Teaching of the Anishinaabe -- love, wisdom,...
- Author:Vermette, KatherenaSummary:
Album jeunesse à partir de 4 ans, faisant partie de la collection Les Sept enseignements. Amik raconte à Moshoom pourquoi il aime tant sa merveilleuse école. Puis c'est au tour de son grand-père de lui décrire le pensionnat...
- Author:Duthu, N. BruceSummary:
Duthu highlights the major events, the differing principles, and the evolving perspectives that have governed relations among the Native American Indian tribes, the federal government, and the states.
- Author:Huebner, AndrewSummary:
Army scout James Bradley, documented as the first person to discover the massacre, and his two men are ordered to follow the trail of the Sioux Indians reportedly responsible. August Huebner and William Gentle lead the rest of the...
- Author:Proverbs, WendySummary:
Based on the true story of the author's biological mother and aunt, this middle-grade novel traces the long and frightening journey of two Kaska Dena sisters as they are taken from their home to attend residential school. When Maddy...
- Author:Mehlmann, GloriaSummary:
Adam's Tree is a fictional account of life on the Cowesses First Nation in Saskatchewan during the 1940's and 50's.This period in history finds forces like regulatory policy, World War II, systemic racism, and the long reach of the...
- Author:King, ThomasSummary:
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Author:Waterton, Betty, Blades, Ann, Greene, GrahamSummary:This enhanced e-book, in celebration of Groundwood's 35th anniversary, includes a read-aloud feature of the story narrated by Graham Greene.Simon has always longed to catch a salmon. But when his luck suddenly changes and an eagle...
- Author:Dumont, MarilynSummary:
Marilyn Dumont's Metis heritage offers her challenges that few of us welcome. Here she turns them to opportunities in a voice that is fierce, direct, and true, she explores and transcends the multiple boundaries imposed by society...
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Author:Bartleman, JamesSummary:A novel of love and betrayal dealing with the biggest issues facing Canada’s Indigenous peoples today. In the summer of 1972, a float plane carrying a team of child welfare officials lands on a river flowing through the Yellow Dog...
- Author:Hoy, BenjaminSummary:
Often described as the longest undefended border in the world, the Canada-US border was born in blood, conflict, and uncertainty. At the end of the American Revolution, Britain and the United States imagined a future for each of their...
- Author:Arthurson, WayneSummary:
Undercover as a homeless man, Leo Desroches, a half-Cree, half-French-Canadian reporter in Edmonton, has his hands full both on the job and in his personal life. As he tries to reconnect with his estranged son and fight his urge to...
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Author:Hearne, Samuel, McGoogan, KenSummary:Widely recognized as a classic of northern-exploration literature, A Journey to the Northern Ocean is Samuel Hearne's story of his three-year trek to seek a trade route across the Barrens in the Northwest Territories. Hearne was a...
- Author:Blackhawk, Ned.Summary:
Blackhawk presents a history of Native America from the time shortly before the expeditions of Christopher Columbus to the present. Focusing on the Columbian Exchange, Indians and the American Constitution, American Indian Removal, the...
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Author:Vanderhaeghe, GuySummary:Wesley Case is a former soldier and son of a Canadian lumber baron who sets out into the untamed borderlands between Canada and the United States to escape a dark secret from his past. He settles in Montana where he hopes to buy a...
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Author:Olsen, SylviaSummary:Murphy and his three friends are nervous about trying out for the soccer team at their new school, but a diagnosis of leukemia proves more challenging than anything they encounter on the field.
- Author:Hystad, CalebSummary:
As the villagers work hard at their chores, Raven works equally hard avoiding them. After escaping to the forest, he finds himself in the middle of a dispute over a giant salmon. With the help of The Great Spirit, Frog, and the animals...
- Author:Robertson, David Alexander, Henderson, ScottSummary:
LA SÉRIE 7 GÉNÉRATIONS est une bande dessinée épique en deux volumes et quatre histoires : Pierre, Cicatrices, Rupture et Pacte. Elle raconte la saga d’une famille autochtone sur trois siècles et sept générations.
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