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By Richard Wagamese. 2018
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.By Mary Siemens, Vital Thomas, Francis Zoe, Dianne Lafferty. 2007
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.By Susan Ouriou, Christelle Morelli, Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau. 2017
A semi-autobiographical novel about a Métis woman tracing the life and death of her son, through a series of overlapping…
memories throughout her and her son's lives. 2017. Uniform title: Enfant hiverBy M. H Callway. 2014
Danny Bluestone, a young Native Canadian drifting through life, settles for a job at a children's camp in his Northern…
Ontario hometown of Red Dog Lake. Local entrepreneur, Meredith Easter, offers Danny some easy money: play the role of native scout for his wealthy hunting buddies. Danny suspects that Easter's roadside attraction, Santa's Fish Camp, is the front for the local grow-op, and probably more, but the money is his way out of Red Dog Lake. 2014.By Jeannette C Armstrong. 2000
Follows a young Native-American woman in her day-to-day reservation life, journeys and experiences in the city to her travels celebrating…
political events and visits to other indigenous groups around the world. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. c2000.By Lynne Sherry McLean. 2010
Moving back through three decades, from World War II to the Depression and years spent in the horrific residential Mohawk…
Institute, this is the story of Mary Fisher and the men in her life: her father, a proud and gentle man who loses his children through no fault of his own; her husband Gmiwan, a sensitive artist not made for the rigors of war; and Tom Dunsby, the mayor of Jackson, whose unrequited love for Mary knows no bounds. Companion novel to “Where Gmiwan Went”. Descriptions of sex and some storng language. c2010.By Thomas King, Paul Gagné, Lori Saint-Martin. 2014
À Toronto, une volée d'Indiens en pleine migration se frappent contre les gratteciel de Bay Street et retombent sur le…
pavé, comme autant d'oiseaux assommés, pour le plus grand étonnement des hommes d'affaires de passage. Heureusement que deux employés de la ville, Bill et Rudy, sont là pour les étiqueter et les relâcher dans la nature, après les avoir soignés. Un bébé blanc arrivé par erreur par la poste est offert comme premier prix au bingo hebdomadaire dans une réserve indienne, même si la plupart des joueurs préféreraient remporter le deuxième prix, qui est une camionnette. 2014. Titre uniforme: Short history of Indians in Canada.By Thomas King. 1999
Truth is a little town on the U.S. side of the Alberta-Montana border. Bright Water is the native reservation on…
the Canadian side. They are connected by a half-completed bridge over the Shield river. Tecumseh and Lum are two boys growing up on the reservation and observing the events around them and trying to make sense of the things adults do. 1999. Uniform title: Truth and Bright WaterBy Joseph Boyden. 2008
Will Bird is a legendary Cree bush pilot, now in a coma; his niece Annie, returned from her journey, sits…
beside his bed. Their secrets are revealed - the tragic betrayal that cost Will his family, Annie's desperate search for her missing sister. Their stories are rife with heartbreak, fierce love, ancient blood feuds, mysterious disappearances, fires, plane crashes, murders - and the bonds that hold a family, and a people, together. Winner of the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2008.By Joseph Boyden. 2005
In 1919, Niska, an old Cree medicine woman, goes to retrieve soldier Xavier Bird, who arrives back without a leg,…
addicted to morphine, and near death. Niska paddles Xavier home while telling him her life story, and in return he tells her of his and his friend Elijah's terrible experiences in the First World War as expert snipers. As they make the three day journey, hovering over them like a dark cloud is the Windigo, a terrible Indian spirit monster. Bestseller. Some descriptons of sex and some strong language, explicit descriptions of violence. Canada Reads 2006. 2005.By James Bartleman. 2013
In the early 1930s, Oscar Wolf, a 13-year-old native from the Chippewas of Rama Indian Reserve, sets fire to the…
business section of his village north of Toronto in a fit of misguided rage against white society, inadvertently killing his grandfather and a young maid. Tortured by guilt and fearful of divine retribution, Oscar sets out on a lifetime quest for redemption. 2013.By Robert Arthur Alexie. 2005
In 1972, John Daniel, an eleven-year-old Blue Indian from Aberdeen in Canada's Northwest Territories, and his six-year-old sister, Eva, were…
brought to live with a white couple in Alberta, having been removed from their parents by the Powers that Be. John promised he'd never go back, but in October 1984, at twenty-two, he broke that promise. A job with a drilling company brought him back to the land of his people, and Tina Joseph, to whom he was deeply attracted, encouraged him to confront the sad truths of his parents' lives. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2005.By Tanya Tagaq. 2018
A girl grows up in Nunavut in the 1970s. She knows joy, and friendship, and parents' love. She knows boredom,…
and listlessness, and bullying. She knows the tedium of the everyday world, and the raw, amoral power of the ice and sky, the seductive energy of the animal world. She knows the ravages of alcohol, and violence at the hands of those she should be able to trust. She sees the spirits that surround her, and the immense power that dwarfs all of us. When she becomes pregnant, she must navigate all this. Veering back and forth between the grittiest features of a small arctic town, the electrifying proximity of the world of animals, and ravishing world of myth, Tanya Tagaq explores a world where the distinctions between good and evil, animal and human, victim and transgressor, real and imagined lose their meaning, but the guiding power of love remains. Haunting, brooding, exhilarating, and tender all at once, Tagaq moves effortlessly between fiction and memoir, myth and reality, poetry and prose, and conjures a world and a heroine readers will never forget. 2018.By Biz. 2014
" Ces mots désignent-ils toujours les mêmes personnes, ou au contraire des familles aux expériences humaines différentes et que l'on…
regroupe sous des termes larges et un peu flous ? Présents en Europe, mais aussi en Amérique, ces gens-là ont toujours attiré le regard de leurs contemporains et l'attention, quand ce n'est pas la suspicion, des pouvoirs publics. Beaucoup d'idées reçues circulent à leur propos, témoignant à la fois de la peur et de la fascination, et bien souvent de l'ignorance : Les Gitans viennent de l'Inde , Les Gitans vivent dans des camps , Les Roms sont des Gitans nomades venus de l'Est , Ils n'envoient pas leurs enfants à l'école , mais aussi Les Gitanes savent lire les lignes de la main , Les Gitans ont la musique dans le sang , etc. On loue leur sens de la famille et leur culture. Mais on leur interdit l'entrée de nos villages et le stationnement dans nos villes. Cet ouvrage est une invitation à ouvrir les yeux... et les esprits ! " -- 4e de couv.By Dorothée Banville-Cormier. 2002
" Les quatre récits de ce recueil nous transportent dans des villages du Nunavik où vie quotidienne et légendes s'entremêlent,…
dévoilant un monde déchiré entre la culture des ancêtres et l'attrait de la vie moderne. Depuis l'arrivée de l'homme blanc, on y a troqué les chiens de traîneau contre des motoneiges. L'alcool et la drogue font maintenant partie du paysage avec leur triste cortège de drames fami-liaux. Mais l'inuksuk, cet homme de pierre qui do-mine fièrement la toundra, continue de rappeler à tous les exploits des valeureux chasseurs inuits d'autrefois. Porteur d'espoir, il persiste à baliser la route pour les siens. " -- 4e de couv. 2002.By Ian S Mahood. 1971
One hundred and fifty years after fur traders arrived, the Nootka tribe of Vancouver Island had shrunk to 1000 people.…
Miners and farmers arrived in the area and failed, so the land virtually was ignored until 1950 when loggers moved in. This book includes an historical novel of the life of the Nootka Indians, as well as a study of the region in present times. 1971.By Tanya Tagaq. 2018
A girl grows up in Nunavut in the 1970s. She knows joy, and friendship, and parents' love. She knows boredom,…
and listlessness, and bullying. She knows the tedium of the everyday world, and the raw, amoral power of the ice and sky, the seductive energy of the animal world. She knows the ravages of alcohol, and violence at the hands of those she should be able to trust. She sees the spirits that surround her, and the immense power that dwarfs all of us. When she becomes pregnant, she must navigate all this. Veering back and forth between the grittiest features of a small arctic town, the electrifying proximity of the world of animals, and ravishing world of myth, Tanya Tagaq explores a world where the distinctions between good and evil, animal and human, victim and transgressor, real and imagined lose their meaning, but the guiding power of love remains. Bestseller. 2018.By Yves Thériault. 1960
Le Montagnais Ashini, qui a assumé l'histoire et la vocation de son peuple, meurt d'avoir crié en vain dans le…
Grand Nord son message au Grand Chef Blanc, qui ne l'a même pas entendu. Ashini témoigne de la fin d'une race.By Waubgeshig Rice. 2018
With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as…
the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, others follow. The community leadership loses its grip on power as the visitors manipulate the tired and hungry to take control of the reserve. Tensions rise and, as the months pass, so does the death toll due to sickness and despair. Frustrated by the building chaos, a group of young friends and their families turn to the land and Anishinaabe tradition in hopes of helping their community thrive again. Guided through the chaos by an unlikely leader named Evan Whitesky, they endeavor to restore order while grappling with a grave decision. Bestseller. 2018.