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Yetsa's sweater
By Sylvia Olsen, Joan Larson. 2006
On a fresh spring day, young Yetsa, her mother and her grandmother gather to prepare the sheep fleeces piled in…
Grandma's yard. As they clean, wash and dry the fleece, laughter and hard work connect the three generations. It's the experience of the creation of Cowichan sweaters. Each sweater is unique, and its design tells a story. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2006.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.Une brève histoire des Indiens au Canada: nouvelles
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.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.The winter people
By Joseph Bruchac. 2003
14-year-old Saxso, a member of the Abenaki tribe in 18th-century Quebec, must set out to rescue his family from British…
soldiers that attacked his village and took his mother and two sisters prisoner. Junior High. 2003.The legend of the fog
By Qaunak Mikkigak, Louise Flaherty, Neil Christopher, Danny Christopher, Joanne Schwartz. 2011
In this traditional Inuit story, a simple walk on the tundra becomes a life or death journey for a young…
man. When he comes across a giant who wants to take him home and cook him for dinner, the young man’s quick thinking saves him from being devoured by the giant and his family, and in the process releases the first fog into the world. Grades K-3. 2011.The orenda
By Joseph Boyden. 2013
"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.The redemption of Oscar Wolf
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.Nobody cries at bingo
By Dawn Dumont. 2011
The narrator, Dawn, invites the reader to witness first hand Dumont family life on the Okanese First Nation. Beyond the…
stereotypes and clichés of Rez dogs, drinking, and bingos, the story of a girl who loved to read begins to unfold. It is her hopes, dreams, and indomitable humour that lay bare the beauty and love within her family. Includes violence and strong language. 2011.The legend of the fog
By Qaunak Mikkigak, Louise Flaherty, Neil Christopher, Danny Christopher, Joanne Schwartz. 2011
In this traditional Inuit story, a simple walk on the tundra becomes a life or death journey for a young…
man. When he comes across a giant who wants to take him home and cook him for dinner, the young man’s quick thinking saves him from being devoured by the giant and his family, and in the process releases the first fog into the world. Grades K-3. Includes violence. 2011.Rankin inlet: A Novel
By Mara Feeney. 2009
Napi's dance
By Alanda Greene. 2012
Alberta, mid-1800s. The perspectives of a Blackfoot woman of the Blood tribe and of a young Irish/English woman who comes…
west with her family reveal a time of great change, disruption and loss. It was a time also of resilience, renewal and determination. The novel gives a picture of a land and people irrevocably changed and an insight into that world from a feminine perspective. 2012.Racing home
By Adele Dueck. 2011
It's 1908, and twelve year old Erik faces the challenges of adapting to pioneer life on the Canadian prairie, and…
understanding what's really going on in his family. Grades 5-8. 2011.Loin du monde: roman
By David Bergen, Hélène Fournier. 2010
Au début des années 70, dans un endroit sauvage de l'Ontario, deux adolescents se rencontrent le temps d'un été, alors…
que tout ou presque les sépare. Les conventions de la société, leurs familles respectives, le poids du passé, tout va à l'encontre des sentiments qui peuvent unir Lizzy Bird, une jeune Blanche, et Raymond Seymour, un Indien Ojibwé. Dans un monde où les adultes ont perdu leurs repères, ce sont leurs enfants qui paient le prix de leur petitesse et de leurs préjugés. 2010. Titre uniforme: The retreat.Edànì nôgèe dône gok'eîdì: How fox saved the people (Fox Ser.)
By Virginia Football, Mary Siemens, Rosa Mantla. 2010
Edànì nǫgèe wegǫǫ degèe adzà: How the fox got his crossed legs (Fox Ser.)
By Virginia Football, Mary Siemens, Rosa Mantla. 2009
Fox is howling and crying, for he lost his leg to Bear. All the people want to help Fox, but…
don't know what to do, so Raven is called upon to help retrieve his leg. Will Raven succeed in the quest for Fox's leg? 2009.Eneèko nàmbe įkʼǫǫ̀ kʼeèzhǫ: The Old man with the otter medicine (The old Man With The Otter Medicine Ser.)
By John Blondin, George Blondin, Mary Sundberg. 2007
It is winter and the people are starving. There are no fish. They must seek the help of a medicine…
man to save them. Hear about medicine power, the struggle for survival, and an important part of the history and culture of the Dene people as it has been passed down through stories and legends for generations. 2007.Ekwǫ̀ dǫzhìa wegondi: The Legend of the Caribou Boy
By John Blondin, George Blondin, Mary Sundberg. 2007
A young boy is having trouble sleeping at night. He is being called to fulfill his destiny, a destiny which…
lives on today in the traditions and culture of the Dene people, and their relationship to the caribou and the land on which they live. 2007.Yamǫǫzha Eyits'ǫ Wets'èkeè Tsà: Yamozha and his beaver wife (Yamozha And His Beaver Wife Ser.)
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.Where Mary went (Where Mary Went Ser.)
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.