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In pursuit of a world-champion title, Joe Willie Wolfchild suffers a career-ending accident and is taken to his family's ranch… to recuperate. Meanwhile, urban street-kid Aiden, sick and tired of his mother Claire's long string of abusive boyfriends, plans a robbery only to land in jail. Upon his release, a concerned parole officer finds a place for Aiden and his mom at the Wolfchild ranch. Strong language. 2006.
An Inuit girl spends her teen years in the 1960s in a Montreal TB sanatorium, learning French and mathematics from… nuns. Upon returning to Hudson Bay, Victoria feels like a stranger, and soon marries a white man. When her husband accepts work from a South African mining company that wants to dig for diamonds in the frozen tundra, things come to a boiling point. 2006.
Joe is a white school teacher in an isolated community near James Bay. He decides to learn about the Indian… way of life, which is in danger because a huge dam is being built in the centre of the Indian's hunting lands. 1987.
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.
Taken from the arms of her mother as soon as she was born, Sandy was only one of over twenty… thousand Aboriginal children scooped up by the federal government between the 1960s and 1980s. Sandy was adopted by a Ukrainian family and grew up as the only First Nations child in a town of white people. Ostracized by everyone around her and tired of being different, at the early age of five she tried to scrub the brown off her skin. But she was never sent back into the foster system, and for that she considers herself lucky. From this tragic period in her personal life and in Canadian history, Sandy does not emerge unscathed, but she emerges strong--finding her way by embracing her First Nations culture. Those very roots allow Sandy to overcome the discriminations that she suffers every day from her co-workers, from strangers and sometimes even from herself. Winner of First Nation Communities Read 2017-2018. 2015.
Agaguk est une terrible histoire d'amour, de meurtre et de vengeance. Tout l'art d'Yves Thériault consiste à nous montrer, avec… une puissance d'évocation éblouissante, l'éveil de l'âme, au-delà de la morale et de la décence, et à nous faire croire, encore et toujours, en l'être humain. c1958, 1993.
Joshua Kane is an Ojibway who has lived with his white adoptive parents since he was an infant. Johnny Gebhardt… is a white boy who is very interested in native culture. When the two meet they find friendship and common ground through the game of baseball. Over the years they become divided over what each believes is truly "Indian." 1997.
Undercover as a homeless man, Leo Desroches, a half-Cree, half–French-Canadian reporter in Edmonton, has his hands full both on the… job and in his personal life. As he tries to reconnect with his estranged son and fight his urge to gamble, he is consumed by a story that turns into a personal crusade: a search for a missing Native street kid he’s befriended. When the boy is found brutally murdered, Leo explores the depths of Native street culture in a local gang, but secrets soon emerge that threaten not only the gang members, but Leo’s life - and his sanity. Sequel to “Fall from grace” (DC38832). Some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence and strong language. 2012.
An Ojibwe boy runs away from a North Ontario Indian School. He realizes too late just how far away home… is. Along the way he's followed by Manitous, spirits of the forest who comment on his plight, cajoling, taunting, and ultimately offering him a type of comfort on his difficult journey back to the place he was so brutally removed from. Bestseller. 2016.
"The Orenda" opens with a brutal massacre and the kidnapping of the young Iroquois Snow Falls, a spirited girl with… a special gift. Her captor, Bird, is an elder and one of the Huron nation’s great warriors and statesmen. It has been years since the murder of his family, but they are never far from his mind. In Snow Falls, Bird recognizes the ghost of his lost daughter and sees that the girl possesses powerful magic that will be useful to him on the troubled road ahead. Bird’s people have battled the Iroquois for as long as he can remember, but both tribes now face a new, more dangerous threat from afar. Christophe, a charismatic Jesuit missionary, has found his calling among the Huron, and devotes himself to learning and understanding their customs and language in order to lead them to Christ. Bestseller. Winner of Canada Reads 2014. 2013.
" Œuvre de fiction fondée sur des événements réels, La photo de famille met en scène le destin de protagonistes… dont limage, point de départ du récit, a été saisie sur ce cliché jauni par le temps. Le personnage central de cette photo est une vieille dame, Charlotte Chiasson, la trisaïeule de lauteur, une Métisse amérindienne qui, en 1878, sest trouvée au centre dun drame survenu dans le village aujourdhui désigné par le toponyme Kahnawake. Mais au delà de la vie des membres de plusieurs générations de sa famille, cest tout un pan de lhistoire du Québec du dernier tiers du XIXe siècle et du XXe siècle que raconte Marcel Moussette. " -- 4e de couv.
"Ce roman de Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau resitue la société amérindienne dans le contexte de la modernité, avec ses forces et… ses échirements, et met en lumière le profond humanisme de cette culture, à travers une quête identitaire qui, par son authenticité, rejoint l'universel. À la recherche de ses racines, Victoria entreprend un voyage au pays de ses ancêtres cris avec son compagnon Daniel. C'est un long périple vers le nord sur les rives de la baie James. Couleurs, odeurs et majestueux paysages éveillent en elle des souvenirs qui se mélangent bientôt aux étranges songes qui viennent troubler ses nuits. Par bribes, oncles, tantes et cousins lui racontent l'histoire de sa famille. Misères et grandeurs des siens. Images de son enfance teintées de joie et de tristesse. Ourse bleue revient chez les siens pour faire la paix avec son âme et libérer celle de son grand-oncle chasseur disparu en forêt depuis vingt ans. Malgré l'incrédulité de son compagnon blanc qui ne peut la suivre jusqu'au bout, Victoria poursuivra son chemin sur les traces jadis empruntées par son clan, dans un territoire aujourd'hui disparu sous les eaux." -- 4e de couv.
" Mohawks, le jeune Indien nahanni, a reçu de son arrière-grand-père la plus haute charge qui soit : être le… Zuyis, le Grand Voyageur. Il doit relier les villages du Peuple den haut et recréer lunion Et le temps presse : les blancs corrompent les peuples du Grand Nord et mettent en péril le succès de la quête de Mohawks. A cette menace sajoute le doute face aux épreuves qui se succèdent sans relâche. Mais cette mission va également devenir le chemin dune initiation personnelle : le jeune homme de seize ans qui a quitté son village pour un voyage de quatre ans va peu à peu renouer avec les valeurs qui sont celles des territoires de la Coiffe. Plus encore, la force de lamour deviendra la clef de sa réussite. Lorsquil rencontre Anja, et avec elle lamour fusionnel, le jeune guerrier sassagit. Il incarne enfin le Grand Voyage, il est le Marcheur. Dans cette quête périlleuse, chaque écueil vaincu le change en profondeur Parviendra-t-il au terme de son incroyable épopée ? " -- 4e de couv.
" Tu iras par la terre, la pierre, le flot et les glaces. Ce sont les dernières paroles que Raian,… le vieux chef nahanni, adresse à Mohawks, son arrière-petit-fils de seize ans. Le Grand Voyage ! La plus haute mission qui soit. Très rarement initiée, encore plus rarement réussie. Parmi les obstacles et non des moindres : l'amour, qui immobilise. Car la route est longue... Le nouveau Zuyis, le Voyageur doit rejoindre quatre villages sacrés et recréer le lien qui est l'unité et la force des Peuples d'en haut. Tous vont attendre son retour. Il ne faut pas tarder. Une menace plane... Mohawks part pour un voyage qui durera 48 lunes. En canoë, à cheval, puis avec un attelage de chiens dont le fidèle Torok est le chef de meute, il va relier les différents villages en parcourant sans relâche la taïga, la toundra, les montagnes et la banquise. Il va errer, espérer, apprendre et se décourager jusqu'à en perdre le fil de sa quête. Mais opiniâtre, fier et vaillant, malgré l'amour, le froid, la solitude et les épreuves, le Voyageur n'abandonnera jamais... " -- 4e de couv.
"Née dans le Grand Nord canadien à la fin des années 1950, Victoria n'a connu que la vie traditionnelle inuit… jusqu'à l'âge de dix ans où, atteinte de tuberculose, elle est envoyée à Montréal. Lorsque la jeune fille retrouve les siens, des années plus tard, elle s'aperçoit que leur monde est en train de changer radicalement. Plus tard, devenue femme et mère de famille, Victoria n'a jamais vraiment pu guérir de cet exil intérieur qui est le sien. Ni ses enfants aux désirs contradictoires, ni son mari anglais ou son ami d'enfance, pas plus que ce médecin venu de New York exercer parmi les Inuits ne savent vraiment la comprendre. À travers le destin de cette jeune femme et des siens, Kevin Patterson dresse le portrait d'une culture déchirée entre des aspirations contradictoires : de la viande de morse aux boîtes de conserve, des attelages de chiens de traîneau aux mines de diamants, du soleil de minuit à la télévision par satellite". -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Consumption.
Alice, a single mother raising her three young daughters on the rez where she grew up, has never had an… easy life, but has managed to get by with the support of her best friend, Gideon, and her family. When an unthinkable loss occurs, Alice is forced onto a different path, one that will challenge her belief in herself and the world she thought she knew. 2014.
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.
Franklin Starlight had long settled into a quiet and predictable life working his remote farm. But his contemplative existence is… turned upside down by the sudden arrival of Emmy, a woman who has committed a desperate act so she and her child can escape a harrowing life of violence. After Emmy has a run-in with the law, Starlight agrees to take in her and her daughter to help them get back on their feet. Over time, he introduces them to the land and patiently teaches them the skills that have allowed him not only to survive but to find communion with the world, and, gradually, this accidental family changes Starlight and Emmy in ways they never imagined. But Emmy's abusive ex isn't content to just let her go. He wants revenge and is hunting her down. "Starlight" was unfinished at the time of Richard Wagamese's death, yet every page radiates with his masterful storytelling, intense humanism, and insights that are as hard-earned as they are beautiful. Bestseller. 2018.
In this legend, Yamozha forgets his promise to his wife and as a result she turns into a giant beaver.… He follows her all over Denedeh but is unable to catch her. This story tells of how this great medicine man shaped the land in the Tlicho region and its surrounding areas into what it is today. 2007.
In 1872, dinosaur hunters become embroiled in a battle over the discovery of fossils in Northern Ontario as their excavation… crews are driven mad by a bizarre and terrifying illness. Over a hundred years later, Church and his family show signs of the same monstrous affliction. As he begins to unravel his family's dark history, Church must race to protect the secrets buried deep in bones and blood. 2016.