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By Eden Robinson. 2000
The Haisla community on the north west coast of British Columbia is devastated when the pride of their village, young…
Jimmy Hill, disappears at sea in a boating accident. Jimmy's sister Lisamarie reflects on the effect his death has on their community and on their family. She also reflects on their family, their culture, and Jimmy's life. Some strong language. 2000.By Tomson Highway. 1998
Abraham Okimasis' native family lives happily in northern Manitoba until his two sons, Champion and Ooneemeetoo, are taken from them…
and sent to a Catholic residential school. There their names are changed, their culture and language are forbidden, and they are abused by the priests who run the school. Once the boys graduate from the school and attempt to live peacefully in Winnipeg they are constantly confronted by racism, and by the fact that they are no longer accepted by their own people. Through it all the shape-shifting spirit of the Fur Queen watches over the brothers to ensure that they fulfill their destinies. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language, descriptions of sex. 1998.By Janette Oke. 1996
A young Blackfoot girl comes of age in 19th century Alberta in this tortured love story. She is chosen along…
with the chief's son, Silver Fox, to attend a Catholic boarding school in Calgary, and runs up against loneliness and despair when Silver Fox shows more interest in white man's God than her. Sequel to "A gown of Spanish lace". 1996. (Women of the West ; 12)By Giles Blunt. 2005
A young woman wanders out of the bush with no memory, due to a small-calibre bullet lodged in her brain.…
When the body of a biker/drug dealer turns up in a cave, Detectives Cardinal and Delorme treat it as a separate incident, but subsequent clues and another brutal murder seem to connect both crimes to a gang under the leadership of Ojibwa shaman Red Deer. Are the woman's returning memories the whole truth, and is Red Deer a native shaman or a monster with an appetite for murder? Sequel to "The delicate storm", followed by "By the time you read this". 2005.By Tomson Highway. 1988
Seven women attempt to beat the odds by winning the biggest bingo in the world and escaping their tortured lives.…
Winner of the 1986 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play and nominated for the Governor General's Award. 1988.