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The girl who dreamed only geese, and other tales of the Far North: And Other Tales Of The Far North
By Howard A Norman. 1997
Ten stories from Inuit oral tradition include portrayals of tundra wildlife - puffins, a wolverine, a seagull, a narwhal, and…
geese. The Biblical Noah appears in "Noah Hunts a Woolly Mammoth." In the title piece, a young girl's ability to help maintain the village food supply by dreaming about geese is challenged by a shaman. Grades 4-7. 1997.The first strawberries: a Cherokee story (Native American folk stories)
By Joseph Bruchac. 1993
The hill
By Karen Bass. 2016
Jared’s plane has crashed in the Alberta wilderness, and Kyle is first on the scene. When Jared insists on hiking…
up the highest hill in search of cell phone reception, Kyle hesitates; his Cree grandmother has always forbidden him to go near it. There’s no stopping Jared, though, so Kyle reluctantly follows. After a night spent on the hilltop - with no cell service - the teens discover something odd: the plane has disappeared. Nothing in the forest surrounding them seems right. In fact, things seem very wrong. And worst of all, something - a creature that should only exist in legend - is hunting them. For senior high readers. 2016.The heart of a chief: a novel
By Joseph Bruchac. 1998
Chris Nicola has his share of ups and downs starting sixth grade at the junior high and at home on…
the Penacook reservation. Chris uses his pride in his heritage to good advantage and finds himself emerging as a leader. Grades 5-8. 1998.The eagle's shadow (Other or No Series)
By Nora Martin. 1997
Abandoned by her mother years ago, and with her emotionally distant father on military duty in occupied Japan in 1946,…
Clearice, twelve, comes to live with her Tlingit grandmother in Alaska. After what seems like a cold welcome, Clearice adopts an icy attitude toward everything around her. But her feelings change as she becomes friends with Mark and learns more about her Indian heritage. Grades 5-8. 1997.The dream carvers
By Joan Clark. 1995
While on an expedition with his father to get lumber to take back to Greenland, Thrand is captured by the…
native Osweet, who have taken him to replace one of their own who was killed by a Greenlander. For junior and senior high readers. 1995.The Big Wander
By Will Hobbs. 1997
As he searches for his uncle through the rugged Southwest canyon country, fourteen-year-old Clay becomes involved with a group of…
Navajo Indians who are trying to save some of the last wild mustangs. Junior High. 1997.The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian
By Sherman Alexie. 2008
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where…
the only other Indian is the school mascot. Junior and Senior High. 2008.Slave of the Haida
By Doris Andersen. 1974
Kim-Ta, son of a Salish chief, is captured by the Haidas. Afraid that he may become a sacrificial victim at…
one of their feasts, Kim-Ta plans his escape. Grades 4-7. 1974.Sing down the moon
By Scott O'Dell. 1994
Skeleton man (Skeleton Man #1)
By Joseph Bruchac. 2001
A strange "great-uncle" takes charge of Molly after her parents disappear. She doesn't trust him and must rely on her…
dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety--and maybe even for her life. Grades 5-8. 2001.Rookie season (Sports stories ; #42)
By Jacqueline Guest. 2000
Leigh Aberdeen is determined to win the hockey championship with her new all-girl team, the Chinooks. Then her dad, who's…
also the coach, adds a know-it-all boy to the team which makes Leigh furious, and her best friend Tina, the goalie, starts mysteriously dropping practices just as the Chinooks show they can win. Leigh realizes that the team will need to overcome their problems on and off the ice before they can get it together and win. Grades 4-7. 2000.Rez runaway (SideStreets)
By Melanie Florence. 2016
Raised on a reserve in northern Ontario, seventeen-year-old Joe Littlechief tries to be like the other guys. But Joe knows…
he's different -- he's more interested in guys than in any of the girls he knows. One night Joe makes a drunken pass at his best friend Benjy and, by the next morning, everyone on the rez is talking about Joe. His mother, a devout Christian, is horrified, and the kids who are supposed to be his friends make it clear there's no place for him in their circle, or even on the rez. Joe thinks about killing himself, but instead runs away to the city. Alone and penniless on the streets of Toronto, Joe comes to identify with the Aboriginal idea of having two spirits, or combining both feminine and masculine identities in one person. He also begins to understand more about how his parents have been affected by their own experiences as children in residential schools -- something never discussed on the rez. And he realizes he has to come to terms with his two-spiritedness and find people who accept him for who he is. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.Red Wolf
By Jennifer Dance. 2014
Life is changing for Canada's Anishnaabek Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory. In the late 1800s,…
both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is befriended by a boy named Red Wolf. But under the Indian Act, Red Wolf is forced to attend a residential school far from the life he knows, and the wolf is alone once more. Courage, love and fate reunite the pair, and they embark on a perilous journey home. But with winter closing in, will Red Wolf and Crooked Ear survive? And if they do, what will they find? For junior high readers. 2014.Puritan girl, mohawk girl
By John Demos. 2017
In this historical-fiction narrative, John Demos shares the story of Eunice Williams, a young Puritan girl who is kidnapped by…
Mohawks and taken to Canada. There, she is adopted into a new family, a new culture, and a different way of living. Both instructed in the Mohawk language and customs and catechized in the Roman Catholic tradition, Eunice spends her days learning to plant and harvest food and tan animal skins, among other chores. Although her father and brother try to persuade Eunice to return to Massachusetts, she ultimately chooses to remain with her Mohawk family. Grades 2-4. 2017.Le Grand sault iroquois (Collection Premières nations ; #2)
By Isabelle Larouche. 2015
Dylan vient d'arriver à Montréal, où il entreprend sa première année dans une grande école secondaire. Il lui est difficilede…
s'adapter à tant de changements, d'autant plus qu'il vient d'un petit village iroquois, Kanehsatake. Le jeune Amérindien rencontre Thomas et Hugo. Ensemble, ils jouent aux échecs, font des balades dans les rues de la ville, et échangent surleurs origines mohawks, haïtiennes et québécoises. Ils seront même initiés à l'escalade ! Mais, un soir, les trois adolescents plongent vers leur destin. Ils vivent une aventure initiatique qui consolide leur amitié et change même le cours de l'histoire. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 2015.Miguetsh! ((Ado et compagnie).)
By Michel Noël. 2014
" Moi, Pien, je suis un Métis dont l'histoire est vieille comme ce continent. J'ai trouvé, grâce à Wawaté, à…
Kokum, aux Arbres, et à bien d'autres à qui je suis redevable, ma place dans l'univers, dans le monde contemporain. Je porte en moi la mémoire de mes ancêtres, comme s'ils mavaient choisi pour les prolonger dans le monde d'aujourdhui et de demain. Je suis un passeur d'histoires. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire et plus.Le silence de la Restigouche: [roman] ((Collection 14/18).)
By Jocelyne Mallet-Parent. 2014
Les bernaches avec les oies blanches, ça finit toujours par porter malheur." Le jour où il se met à fréquenter…
lécole des Blancs, Simon Vicaire prend vite conscience de sa différence. Adolescent, il se voit interdire de fréquenter Isabelle Bouchard, une jeune Blanche qui lattire beaucoup au grand dam de Meaghan, son amie denfance, une Amérindienne comme lui. Simon se met en tête de découvrir ce qui a bien pu se passer du temps de son grand-père, le vieux Billy, célèbre guide de la pêche au saumon, pour que les familles Vicaire et Blanchard éprouvent une telle haine lune pour lautre. Mais son destin bascule quand le corps de Meaghan est découvert se balançant au bout dune corde. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. 2014.Night wings
By Joseph Bruchac. 2009
Paul, a thirteen-year-old Abenaki, realizes too late that his dreams about a winged monster pursuing him were a warning: Paul…
and his grandfather are abducted from their trailer and forced to lead a search for ancient treasure. Both fight to preserve their ancestors' secrets--and to survive. Grades 5-8. 2009.Never say die
By Will Hobbs. 2013
Fifteen-year-old half-Inuit Nick and his white brother, Ryan, meet and share an adventure on the Firth River in far northern…
Canada, facing white water, wild animals, and fierce weather as Ryan documents the effects of climate change on caribou for National Geographic magazine. Grades 5-8. 2013.