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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 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 gathering tree (Larry Loyie Ser.)
By Oskiniko Larry Loyie, Constance Brissenden. 2005
When Tyler's cousin Robert arrives for the annual First Nations gathering, wearing a cowboy hat and a big smile, eager…
for his daily run, it's hard for Tyler to believe his favourite cousin is ill. At 21, Robert has HIV, but by speaking out he hopes he can encourage an awareness of AIDS among the First Nations community. Grades 4-7. 2005.The girl who married the moon: tales from Native North America
By Joseph Bruchac, Gayle Ross. 1994
16 Native stories about girls. "The Beauty Way" is a recounting of an Apache rite of passage; "Stonecoat" describes the…
defeat of an evil and powerful medicine man by women who use the power of their "moontime"; and in the title story, a girl not only marries the moon but shares his job with him. Grades 4-7. Some descriptions of violence. 2006, c1994.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.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.Six Micmac stories (Peeper)
By Anne Cameron, Ruth Holmes Whitehead. 1989
These stories provide a glimpse of the physical and spiritual world of the Micmac people. Grades 5-8 and older readers.…
Taped with: How Raven freed the moon by Anne Cameron. This Northwest Coast myth tells how Raven, the trickster, freed the moon from the old fisherwoman's cedar chest. Grades 3-6. Taped with: Orca's song by Anne Cameron. This Indian myth tells how Orca, the killer whale, got its black-and-white colouring and its beautiful song. Grades 3-6. c1989.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.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.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.April Raintree
By Beatrice Mosionier. 1992
The powerful and moving life stories of two Métis sisters who suffer the breakdown of their family relations, and the…
injustices of the social services system. Descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. For junior high readers. C1992.Goodbye Buffalo Bay
By Oskiniko Larry Loyie, Constance Brissenden. 2008
Lawrence leaves residential school, only to find the traditional First Nations life he loved is over - he feels like…
a stranger to his family until his grandfather helps him find his way. New adventures arise: Lawrence fights a terrifying forest fire, makes his first non-Native friends, stands up for himself in the harsh conditions of a sawmill, meets his first sweetheart, and finally discovers a sense of freedom and self-esteem. Junior High. 2008.He who dreams (Orca limelights)
By Melanie Florence. 2017
Juggling soccer, school, friends and family leaves John with little time for anything else. But one day at the local…
community center, following the sound of drums, he stumbles into an Indigenous dance class. Before he knows what's happening, John finds himself stumbling through beginner classes with a bunch of little girls, skipping soccer practice and letting his other responsibilities slide. When he attends a pow wow and witnesses a powerful performance, he realizes that he wants to be a dancer more than anything. But the nearest class for boys is at the Native Cultural Center in the city, and he still hasn't told his family or friends about his new passion. If he wants to dance, he will have to stop hiding. Between the mocking of his teammates and the hostility of the boys in his dance class, John must find a way to balance and embrace both the Irish and Cree sides of his heritage. For junior high readers. 2017.Hawk
By Jennifer Dance, Allister Thompson. 2016
Hawk, a First Nations teen from northern Alberta, is a cross-country runner. But when Hawk discovers he has leukemia, his…
identity as a star athlete is stripped away, along with his muscles and energy. When he finds an osprey, “a fish hawk,” mired in a pond of toxic residue from the oil sands industry, he sees his life-or-death struggle echoed by the young bird. Slipping in and out of consciousness, Hawk has visions of the osprey and other animals that shared his childhood home: woodland caribou, wolves, and wood buffalo. They are all helpless and vulnerable, their forest and muskeg habitat vanishing. Hawk sees in these tragedies parallels with his own fragile life, and wants to forge a new identity - one that involves standing up for the voiceless creatures that share his world. But he needs to survive long enough to do it. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.I am Algonquin: an Algonquin quest novel (An algonguin Quest Novel Ser. #1)
By Rick Revelle. 2013
This book paints a vivid picture of the original peoples of North America before the arrival of Europeans. The novel…
follows the story of Mahingan and his family as they live the traditional Algonquin way of life in what is now Ontario in the early 14th century. Junior and Senior High. c2013.Good for nothing
By Shelley Tanaka, Michel Noël. 2004
Quebec, 1959. Kicked out of a residential school at 15 and overcome by the pressures of fitting in with a…
foster family in town, Nipishish goes home. He experiences problems with loggers, a mystery surrounding his father's death, adventures with traplines and a reunion with the girl he loves. The young Métis begins to find purpose in his life through the traditions of his Anishnabe heritage and fighting prejudice, the government, and the destruction of his environment. Senior High. 2004, c2000.