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By Joseph Bruchac. 1993
By Connie Brummel Crook, Marie-Andrée Clermont. 2001
Ce récit inspiré des légendes indiennes raconte la découverte du sirop d'érable. Dans la nation des Missisaugas, un jeune garçon…
aperçoit un écureuil gratter l'écorce d'une branche d'érable et y boire. Il goute à la sève à son tour et, la trouvant sucrée, il décide d'entailler l'arbre pour en récolter davantage. Années 1-3. 2001.By Jean-François Chabas. 2010
Deux contes des Indiens Pawnees qui racontent avec sagesse les destins croisés du roitelet, petit oiseau dont le chant est…
puissant et de Sy, enfant qui ne voulait pas tuer. Que ce soit l'oiseau ou l'enfant, chaque conte est empreint d'un message important sur le respect de la vie et le respect de l'environnement qui nous entoure. Années 1-3. 2010.By Virginia Football, Mary Siemens, Rosa Mantla. 2010
By Robbie Robertson. 2015
Hiawatha, a Mohawk, is plotting revenge for the murder of his wife and daughters by the evil Onondaga Chief, Tadodaho.…
Then he meets the Great Peacemaker, who enlists his help in bringing the nations together to share his vision of a new way of life marked by peace, love, and unity rather than war, hate, and fear. Includes historical notes. Grades K-3. 2015.By Robert N Munsch, Jay Odjick. 2017
One day Helen wakes up and it's SPRING! The snow has melted and the sun is shining. But Helen knows…
that the blackflies will be coming out soon. So she does what any smart kid would do: she sends her little sister outdoors to check! When the blackflies and mosquitoes carry her away, Helen tells her dad, who rushes outside and is carried away himself. Now Helen needs to rescue BOTH of them, along with a wolf and a very clever bear. Grades K-3. 2017.By Betty Waterton. 1978
Simon has always wanted to catch a salmon. When an eagle accidentally drops one into a tidal pool, Simon is…
torn between sympathy for the fish and the desire to catch something of his own. Grades K-3. 1978.By Qaunak Mikkigak, Louise Flaherty, Neil Christopher, Danny Christopher, Joanne Schwartz. 2011
In this traditional Inuit story, a simple walk on the tundra becomes a life or death journey for a young…
man. When he comes across a giant who wants to take him home and cook him for dinner, the young man’s quick thinking saves him from being devoured by the giant and his family, and in the process releases the first fog into the world. Grades K-3. Includes violence. 2011.By Tomie DePaola. 1988
Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people, and eventually is…
able to bring the colours of the sunset down to the earth. Grades K-3. 1988.By Kevin Noble Maillard. 2020
Fry bread is food.It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate.Fry bread is time.It brings families together for…
meals and new memories.Fry bread is nation.It is shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond.Fry bread is us.It is a celebration of old and new, traditional and modern, similarity and difference.Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American familyBy Rebecca Thomas. 2021
What does it mean to be Mi'kmaq? And if Swift Fox can't find the answer, will she ever feel like…
part of her family? When Swift Fox's father picks her up to go visit her aunties, uncles, and cousins, her belly is already full of butterflies. And when he tells her that today is the day that she'll learn how to be Mi'kmaq, the butterflies grow even bigger. Though her father reassures her that Mi'kmaq is who she is from her eyes to her toes, Swift Fox doesn't understand what that means. Her family welcomes her with smiles and hugs, but when it's time to smudge and everyone else knows how, Swift Fox feels even more like she doesn't belong. Then she meets her cousin Sully and realizes that she's not the only one who's unsure—and she may even be the one to teach him something about what being Mi'kmaq means. Based on the author's own experience, with striking illustrations by Maya McKibbin, Swift Fox All Along is a poignant story about identity and belonging that is at once personal and universally resonantBy Carole Lindstrom. 2021
Winner of the 2021 Caldecott Medal New York Times Bestseller This program is read by the author. Inspired by the…
many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption — a bold and lyrical audiobook written and read by Carole Lindstrom. Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all . . . When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth And poison her people's water, one young water protector Takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource. A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook PressBy Joseph Bruchac, Greg Shed. 2007
Squanto recounts how, in 1614, he was captured by the British, sold into slavery in Spain, and ultimately returned to…
the New World to become a guide and friend for the colonists. For grades K-3. 2000By Joseph Bruchac, James Bruchac, Jeff Newman. 2012
A long-tailed rabbit who wants a nibble of the highest, tastiest leaves uses his special snow song in the summertime,…
despite the protests of the other animals. For preschool-grade 2. 2012By David Shannon, Robbie Robertson. 2015
Hiawatha, a Mohawk, plots revenge for the murder of his wife and daughters by the evil Onondaga chief, Tadodaho. But…
then he meets the Great Peacemaker, who enlists Hiawatha's help in bringing five nations together to share his vision of peaceful unity, and Hiawatha himself finds forgiveness. For grades 3-6. 2015By Richard Van Camp, Julie Flett. 2013
By Arnold Lobel, Betty Baker. 1962
By Paul Goble. 1993
The Cheyenne legend of the girl who went in search and found her seven brothers in the North, and how…
they escaped from the Chief of the Buffalo people who wanted to steal her away. This legend tells how the Big Dipper came to be. For preschool-grade 2By Miska Miles, Peter Parnall, Patricia Miles Martin. 1985
Annie, a young Navajo girl, is upset thinking her grandmother could die. When her grandmother announces that she will return…
to the earth when the rug on the loom is finished, Annie tries to stop the weaving. For grades 3-6. Newbery Honor. 1971By Michael Bania. 2004
One beautiful Arctic morning, Kumak packs his family and his Uncle Aglu's lucky hooking stick on a sled and goes…
ice fishing. When Kumak hooks what seems to be an enormous fish, the entire village comes to help him. For grades K-3. 2004