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Back to the red road: a story of survival, redemption and love
By Florence Kaefer, Edward Gamblin. 2014
In 1954, at the age of nineteen, Florence Kaefer accepted a job as a teacher at Norway House. In 1967,…
Norway House Indian Residential School of Manitoba closed its doors after a questionable past. Many years later, Florence unexpectedly reconnected with one of her Norway House students, Edward Gamblin. He told her of the abuse he had suffered at the residential school and how the government had erased his cultural identity. This is the story of their personal reconciliation. c2014.Environmentalists from our First Nations (A First Nations book for young readers #5)
By Vincent Schilling. 2011
Ten biographies of First Nations/Native activists who advocate not only for the environment but for Native rights. Their stories are…
full of highs and lows, triumphs and setbacks. Environmental trailblazers, these men and women are role models for children everywhere. Grades 4-7. 2011. (First Nations Series for Young Readers)Confessions of a reformed dieter
By A. J Rochester. 2003
When A.J. Rochester is singled out as the ideal candidate for a television show on obesity, she is at first…
appalled and then resolved. Enough is enough. She vows to lose 40 kilos - not because she yearns to become a pretzel, but so she can keep up with her little boy and turn her life around at last. A funny, insightful and inspiring account of a woman who lost 40 kilos without losing her sense of humour - and discovered a whole new life. 2003.Joseph Brant (The Canadians)
By Auldham Roy Petrie. 1978
Joseph Brant followed his father as an Iroquois chief, and, like his father, swore loyalty to the British in North…
America and was received by British royalty in London. Petrie chronicles the life of Brant, from his childhood and youth, to his first battles as an Iroquois warrior and his crucial aid to the British during the American War of Independence. Grades 5-8. 1978.Inside out: the autobiography of a Native Canadian
By James Tyman. 1989
James Tyman is a young Native man who grew up with racism, turned to crime and drugs, and repeatedly ended…
up in jail. At age 24, while serving a 2 year prison sentence, James wrote this record of his own journey to self-discovery. Strong language. 1989.I'll sing 'til the day I die: conversations with Tyendinaga elders
By Beth Brant. 1995
A hundred years of Native North American history emerges from the lives of fifteen Elders of Tyendinaga, in conversation with…
Mohawk writer Beth Brant. School teachers, domestic workers, miners, civil servants and factory workers people these accounts with the grist and joy of everyday lives spanning the 20th century. c1995.Fatty legs: a true story
By Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton. 2010
Taunted and humiliated by Raven, the unkind nun in charge of the young Inuit girls at her residential school, Margaret…
is willing to endure almost anything as long as she can learn to read. The unpleasant chores don’t daunt her, but the teasing of other students and the unfair punishments do. When she is the only girl forced to wear ugly red stockings, however, Margaret has enough, and fights back. Followed by “A stranger at home” (DC41414). Grades 3-6. 2010.Come walk with me: a memoir
By Beatrice Mosionier. 2009
Mosionier's memoir in part answers the question: how much of her novel, "April Raintree" (DC37700), is based on her own…
life? She recounts a life of great loss: of family, innocence and dignity. She also shares how she has found fulfilment - artistically, politically, and personally - and describes the recovery of her bond with her mother, one nearly destroyed by the family's separation in 1952. Explicit descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and some strong language. c2009.Honour song: Distinctive Aborginal Voices Of Canada
By Barbara Hager. 1996
Metis author Hagar focusses on 16 aboriginal people from across Canada. Coming from many different walks of life, those profiled…
have made contributions to the Canadian cultural, artistic, social, athletic or political fabric of the country. Among those portrayed are Elijah Harper, Shania Twain, and Ted Nolan. 1996.I am a Metis: the story of Gerry St. Germain
By Peter Michael O'Neil. 2016
Gerry St. Germain was an air force pilot, undercover policeman and West Coast chicken farmer. Business gave way to politics,…
and in 1988 he became one of a tiny number of Aboriginal Canadians named to a federal cabinet. From the Brian Mulroney era to that of Stephen Harper, St. Germain remained a trusted confidant of prime ministers and a crucial and often daring behind-the-scenes broker in bringing warring factions together. But he is most proud of his later efforts, when he spearheaded major Senate reports on key issues like land claims and on-reserve education. That role reflected St. Germain’s profound determination to help people who are still dealing today with the brutal legacy of residential schools and the paternalistic Indian Act. 2016.Clean protein: the revolution that will reshape your body, boost your energy and save our planet
By Kathy Freston, Bruce Friedrich. 2018
Food and wellness experts Kathy Freston and Bruce Friedrich have spent years researching the future of protein. They have talked…
to the food pioneers and the nutrition scientists, and now they've distilled what they've learned into a strength-building plan poised to reshape your body and change your world. 2018.Genius foods: become smarter, happier, and more productive while protecting your brain for life
By Max Lugavere, Paul Grewal. 2018
Discover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat, change the way you think about how your…
brain ages, and achieve optimal brain performance with this new guide from media personality and leading health voice Max Lugavere. 2018.Black Elk: the life of an American visionary
By Joe Jackson. 2016
Black Elk, the Native American holy man, is known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial,…
"Black Elk Speaks". Cryptic and deeply personal, it has been read as a spiritual guide, a philosophical manifesto, and a text to be deconstructed--while the historical Black Elk has faded from view. Jackson provides the definitive biographical account of a figure whose dramatic life converged with some of the most momentous events in the history of the American West. Born in an era of rising violence, Black Elk killed his first man at Little Big Horn, witnessed the death of his second cousin Crazy Horse, and traveled to Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Upon his return, he was swept up in the traditionalist Ghost Dance movement and shaken by the massacre at Wounded Knee. But Black Elk was not a warrior and instead chose the path of a healer and holy man, motivated by a powerful prophetic vision that haunted and inspired him, even after he converted to Catholicism in his later years. Winner of the Spur 2017 best western biography award. Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. 2016.French women don't get fat
By Mireille Guiliano. 2005
Guide to the "French paradox" of staying trim while eating for pleasure. A four-part program includes inventorying your current diet,…
adjusting to balanced portions and nutritional diversity, reintegrating favourite foods in proper measure, and maintenance. Discusses grocery shopping, food preparation, simple exercise, and secrets of Frenchwomen. Includes recipes. Bestseller. 2005.Healthy eating makes a difference: a food resource book for people living with HIV
By Sheila Murphy. 1993
A guide to nutrition adapted to the needs of people who are HIV-positive. Covers general nutrition, menu planning, cooking, and…
ideas for improving situations such as loss of appetite, diarrhea, nausea, and trouble swallowing. Also includes recipes. 1993.Foods that fight cancer: a diet and vitamin program that protects the entire family
By Patricia Hausman. 1983
Honor the grandmothers: Dakota and Lakota women tell their stories
By Sarah Penman. 2000
These four oral histories pay homage to elder women who quietly serve as community and political activists within the Lakota-Dakota…
Nation. It tells their stories of service in the grandmother's traditional role of cultural carrier, imbuing children with respect for the language, medicinal lore, history, and spiritual beliefs of the people. 2000.Grandmother's grandchild: my Crow Indian life (American Indian lives)
By Alma Hogan Snell, Becky Matthews. 2000
The story of Alma Hogan Snell, a Crow woman brought up by her grandmother, the famous medicine woman Pretty Shield.…
Snell grew up during the 1920s and 1930s, part of the second generation of Crows to be born into reservation life, experiencing poverty, personal hardships, prejudice, and leaving home to attend federal Indian schools. Some descriptions of violence and some descriptions of sex. c2000.Healing foods (Dk Living Series)
By Miriam Polunin. 1997
This book highlights the best 50 foods to guard against illness and to enhance health and well-being. It also demystifies…
the scientific evidence about healing properties of the top health-promoting foods. Clearly displayed information enables you to assess each food's therapeutic benefits, key nutritional values, the medical conditions it can help prevent or relieve, the best forms in which to eat it, and how much to eat for particular health needs. 1997.Heart berries: a memoir
By Sherman Alexie, Terese Marie Mailhot, Joan Naviyuk Kane. 2018
Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in…
the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. The triumphant result is Heart Berries, a memorial for Mailhot's mother, a social worker and activist who had a thing for prisoners; a story of reconciliation with her father--an abusive drunk and a brilliant artist--who was murdered under mysterious circumstances; and an elegy on how difficult it is to love someone while dragging the long shadows of shame. Mailhot trusts us to understand that memory isn't exact, but melded to imagination, pain, and what we can bring ourselves to accept. Her unique and at times unsettling voice graphically illustrates her mental state. As she writes, she discovers her own true voice, seizes control of her story, and, in so doing, re-establishes her connection to her family, to her people, and to her place in the world. Bestseller. 2018.