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This is my story: Missions Stories From The Frontlines
By Kathy Bousquet. 2008
This is an honour song: twenty years since the blockades, an anthology of writing on the "Oka crisis"
By Leanne Simpson, Kiera L Ladner. 2010
A collection of narratives, poetry, and essays exploring the impact of the 1990 resistance at Kanehsatà:ke, otherwise known as the…
“Oka Crisis”. The book is written by leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, scholars, activists and traditional people, and is sung as an Honour Song celebrating the commitment, sacrifices and achievements of the Kanien’kehaka individuals and communities involved. c2010.They called me number one: secrets and survival at an Indian residential school
By Bev Sellars. 2013
Like thousands of other Aboriginal children, Xatsu'll chief Bev Sellars spent part of her childhood as a student in a…
church-run residential school. These institutions attempted to "civilize" Native children through Christian teachings; forced separation from family, language, and culture; and strict discipline. Perhaps the most symbolically potent strategy used to alienate residential school children was addressing them by assigned numbers only, not by the names with which they knew and understood themselves. Sellars breaks her silence about the residential school's lasting effects on her and her family - from substance abuse to suicide attempts - and articulates her own path to healing. 2013.There's a snake in my garden
By Jill Briscoe. 1975
The author has struggled with her faith, battled discouragement, fought demons of temptation, ministered to rebellious teenagers and resistant senior…
citizens, raised three children, moved her family across an ocean, and searched for God's will. 1975.The white roots of peace: the Iroquois book of life
By Paul A. W Wallace. 1993
The story of how one man united the five warring Iroquois nations - Mohawks, Senecas, Oneidas, Cayugas and Onandagas -…
into a single confederacy over 500 years ago. Deganawidah, The Peacemaker, became the greatest of all spiritual leaders of the Iroquois. His work is preserved in the Confederacy's traditional constitution, and had a major impact in shaping the American Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution. Some descriptions of violence. 1994.The valley of cancer
By Angelina Fast-Vlaar. 2008
The Shawnees and the war for America
By Colin G Calloway. 2008
Before the American War for Independence, the Shawnees lived in Ohio, hunted in Kentucky, and ranged as far as Georgia,…
Missouri, and Pennsylvania. With an uncanny ability to form alliances with others, they developed a well-deserved reputation for being loyal friends and formidable foes. Leaders like Blue Jacket, Black Hoof, and Tecumseh defended Shawnee homelands for more than 60 years. But America's westward surge ultimately proved too much. And when Tecumseh fell in battle, the Shawnees' final hope for independence died with him. 2008.The road to daybreak: a spiritual journey
By Henri J. M Nouwen. 1990
In his struggle to answer Christ's call, the author, a noted writer and teacher of theology, spent a year in…
France at L'Arche, a community formed to nurture mentally handicapped people. His journal records the daily lives of the people in this community as well as his struggle with personal faith. 1990.The reconciliation manifesto: recovering the land, rebuilding the economy
By Arthur Manuel, Ronald M Derrickson. 2017
Manuel and Grand Chief Derrickson challenge virtually everything that non-Indigenous Canadians believe about their relationship with Indigenous Peoples and the…
steps that are needed to place this relationship on a healthy and honourable footing. They show how governments are attempting to reconcile with Indigenous Peoples without touching the basic colonial structures that dominate and distort the relationship. They review the current state of land claims, tackle the persistence of racism, and celebrate Indigenous Rights Movements while decrying the role of government-funded organizations like the Assembly of First Nations. They document the federal government's disregard for the substance of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples while claiming to implement it. This will appeal to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who are open and willing to look at the real problems and find real solutions. Winner of the 2018 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize. 2017.The Manitous: the spiritual world of the Ojibway
By Basil Johnston. 1995
A collection of Ojibway legends and spiritual teachings, based on their ancient oral tradition. Though the word "Manitou" can have…
many meanings, the title characters here are mainly good or evil spirits that pervade the earth. The stories, recounted by an expert on the Ojibway, reveal the tribe's understanding of human nature, the universe, and their purpose on earth. Includes glossary. 1995.The lives of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin reveal the glory and grace of our perfect God in the imperfect lives…
of his faithful servants. Followed by "The Hidden Smile of God". 2000.Ostler recounts the Lakota Sioux's loss of their spiritual homeland and their legal battle to regain it. Moving from battlefields…
to reservations to Supreme Court chambers, Ostler captures the strength that bore the Lakotas through the worst times and kept alive the dream of reclaiming their cherished lands. 2011.The Iroquois and diplomacy on the early American frontier
By Timothy J Shannon. 2008
Georgia: an Arctic diary
By Georgia. 1982
An amalgam of the many years the author has lived in the remote settlements of Igloolik and Repulse Bay, N.W.T.…
Her inspiring and wise observations reflect the north's changing society, the frustrations encountered daily, and the beauty of the land and sea. 1982.And Grandma said--Iroquois teachings: as passed down through the oral tradition
By Tom Porter, Sakokweniónkwas. 2008
Raised in the home of a grandmother who spoke only Mohawk, Porter learned the stories and ceremonies of a culture…
hovering on the brink of extinction. He describes the major events embedded in Iroquois oral history and ceremony, from the story of creation, to the beginnings of the clan system, to the four most sacred rituals, to the beginnings of democracy. Tom also describes the effect of colonization on his commitment to those teachings. Some descriptions of violence. 2008.Pachamama: cuisine des Premières nations
By Manuel Kak'Wa Kurtness, Louis-François Grenier. 2009
" Bien plus qu'un livre de recettes, PachaMama - Cuisine des Premières Nations traite d'échanges, de reconnaissance, de culture, de…
traditions, à travers un prisme bien particulier, celui de l'alimentation et des habitudes culinaires des peuples autochtones. Parce que c'est autour de la table, en partageant le repas de quelqu'un, qu'on peut vraiment échanger avec lui et ainsi apprendre à mieux le connaître. Ce livre est le premier livre de recettes autochtones proposé au public francophone du pays. Il présente onze communautés du Québec et de l'est de l'Ontario. Chaque chapitre comprend un court historique d'une communauté, un aperçu de ses habitudes alimentaires, ainsi que trois recettes qui revisitent ses traditions culinaires. Un voyage culinaire : la Pacha Mama , qui signifie en quechua la Terre-Mère des hommes, des bêtes et des plantes, fut et est encore l'une des plus grandes divinités andines. Elle est invoquée en tant que patronne de tout ce qui existe sur et sous la terre. Le guide de cette aventure sera Manuel Kak'wa Kurtness, un homme hors du commun. Diplômé du centre de formation professionnelle Fierbourg, à Charlesbourg, ce chef cuisinier s'est donné pour mission de promouvoir les riches traditions culinaires des Premières Nations du Canada. " -- 4e de couv. 2009.Mingan, mon village: poèmes d'écoliers innus
By Laure Morali, Joséphine Bacon, Rogé, Rita Mestokosho. 2012
Rogé a visité l'école de Mingan, un village innu au nord-est du Québec. Il y a passé quelques jours, histoire…
de prendre le temps de photographier chacun des écoliers. Rentré chez lui, dans son atelier des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, un pinceau à la main, il a revisité le regard de ces enfants. De ce séjour à Mingan, Rogé a gardé quinze visages, et quinze textes, des poèmes écrits par les jeunes Innus. Années 3-6. Gagnant de Prix Euphonia 2015. 2012.Over 200 years ago, Mary Jones longed to have a Bible of her own. After saving for six years, she…
set off on a 50 mile journey with the hope that she would be able to buy a bible and bring it home becoming one of the inspirations behind the founding of the British & Foreign Bible Society. For grades 5-8. 2000.Les gardiens des portages: l'histoire des Malécites du Québec ((Les premiers peuples).)
By Ghislain Michaud. 2009
" Jusqu'à récemment, les Malécites étaient quasi absents de l'histoire officielle du bas du fleuve et du Québec. De façon…
générale, les témoignages oraux et écrits s'accordaient pour faire de la rive sud du Saint-Laurent une terre inhabitée avant l'arrivée des premiers colonisateurs. Quelques articles et textes spécialisés ont déjà remis en question cette version des faits. Le présent ouvrage est le premier à affirmer la présence constante et suivie de la Première Nation malécite au Québec et à risquer d'en présenter une histoire vulgarisée, si imparfaite soit-elle. " -- 4e de couv. 2009.