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Death's Golden Whisper: A Meg Harris Mystery
By R J Harlick. 2004
In the remote wilderness of West Quebec, where trees outnumber people a million to one and lakes a thousand to…
one, Death’s Golden Whisper opens with the sudden arrival of float planes bringing what Meg Harris believes are fishermen to the isolated northern lake she lives on. Within hours, she discovers that these men have come to develop a gold mine. She combines forces with Eric Odjik, chief of the neighbouring Migiskan reserve, to fight the mining company. The mine splits the Migiskan band into two opposing forces and ignites events that threaten Meg and lead to the mysterious disappearance of her friend Marie. As the search for Marie becomes more frustrating, another story unfolds and Meg discovers the mystery behind the intense feelings that bound her great-aunt to this lonely land until the day she died. This is the first book in the Meg Harris Mystery series. The next book is Red Ice for a Shroud.The River Runs Orange: A Meg Harris Mystery
By R J Harlick. 2008
In the third action-packed thriller of the West Quebec series, Meg Harris is back more determined than ever to fight…
against injustice, but sometimes the line between right and wrong is fuzzy. During a wild, whitewater paddle down a wilderness river, Meg discovers the skull and bones of a woman whose very existence takes the archeological world by storm. But when her neighbours, the Migiskan Algonquin, declare their rights to the ancient remains, Meg becomes embroiled in a fight that pits ancient beliefs against modern ones and can only lead to murder. As Meg races to catch the killer, she finds herself once more daring the rivers fury, this time with the added horror of a raging forest fire. In this book R.J. Harlick explores the controversy surrounding ancient human remains. Who owns them, the museums that house the archeological finds or the First Nations descendents? Should they be used to further mans knowledge or returned to the earth to maintain peace and harmony? Questions to which there are no easy answers, as Meg Harris discovers when she tries to balance her love for Eric Odjik and her friendship with the Migiskan with her beliefs as a modern woman. This is the third book in the Meg Harris Mystery series. The next book is Arctic Blue Death.Red Ice for a Shroud: A Meg Harris Mystery
By R J Harlick. 2006
A young Québécoise sneaks off to meet her Algonquin lover in an isolated hunting camp on the Migiskan Reserve. Five…
days later, Meg Harris discovers her frozen and brutalized body. The young Native is charged with her murder, and Meg feels responsible, since the young woman was a member of a crew which was helping her to clear some ski trails. Meanwhile both Meg and her friend, band chief Eric, are faced with another disaster. Someone is supplying the band’s children with drugs. Are the events connected? Meg, convinced of the innocence of the young man in the death of his lover, sets out to find the real killer against a backdrop of police prejudice. This is the second book in the Meg Harris Mystery series. The next book is The River Runs Orange.Silver Totem of Shame: A Meg Harris Mystery
By R J Harlick. 2014
On Haida Gwaii, Meg unravels a story of betrayal that reaches back more than a century. While visiting Vancouver, Meg…
Harris encounters the crime scene of a murdered Haida carver. She and her husband Eric are forced to confront Eric’s painful past when the young victim’s identity is discovered. The repercussions send them up the coast to the islands of Haida Gwaii, land of the Haida, in search of the murdered boy’s family and his killer. As the search progresses, a totem pole carver sets out to depict the ancient tale of a long-ago chief’s treasure and how it incited deception and shame. This tragedy reaches its nasty tentacles into the present where Meg and Eric find themselves embroiled in a modern-day story of betrayal.A Green Place for Dying: A Meg Harris Mystery
By R J Harlick. 2011
Meg Harris’s friend has been missing for over two months, but she’s not the only one. Meg Harris returns to…
her home in the West Quebec wilderness after a trip. Upon her arrival she discovers that a friend’s daughter has been missing from the Migiskan Reserve for more than two months. Meg vows to help find the missing girl and starts by confronting the police on their indifference to the disappearance. During her investigation, she discovers that more than one woman has gone missing. Fearing the worst, Meg delves deeper and confronts an underside of life she would rather not know existed. Can she save the girl and others with little help and in the face of grave danger? This is the fifth book in the Meg Harris Mystery series. The next book in the series is Silver Totem of Shame.Indians Don't Cry: Gaawiin Mawisiiwag Anishinaabeg
By George Kenny, Renate Eigenbrod, Patricia M. Ningewance. 2014
George Kenny is an Anishinaabe poet and playwright who learned traditional ways from his parents before being sent to residential…
school in 1958. When Kenny published his first book, 1982’s Indians Don’t Cry, he joined the ranks of Indigenous writers such as Maria Campbell, Basil Johnston, and Rita Joe whose work melded art and political action. Hailed as a landmark in the history of Indigenous literature in Canada, this new edition is expected to inspire a new generation of Anishinaabe writers with poems and stories that depict the challenges of Indigenous people confronting and finding ways to live within urban settler society. Indians Don’t Cry: Gaawin Mawisiiwag Anishinaabeg is the second book in the First Voices, First Texts series, which publishes lost or underappreciated texts by Indigenous artists. This new bi-lingual edition includes a translation of Kenny’s poems and stories into Anishinaabemowin by Pat Ningewance and an afterword by literary scholar Renate Eigenbrod.Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel
By Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, Bernard Saladin D'Anglure, Peter Frost. 2014
Sanaaq is an intimate story of an Inuit family negotiating the changes brought into their community by the coming of…
the qallunaat, the white people, in the mid-nineteenth century. Composed in 48 episodes, it recounts the daily life of Sanaaq, a strong and outspoken young widow, her daughter Qumaq, and their small semi-nomadic community in northern Quebec. Here they live their lives hunting seal, repairing their kayak, and gathering mussels under blue sea ice before the tide comes in. These are ordinary extraordinary lives: marriages are made and unmade, children are born and named, violence appears in the form of a fearful husband or a hungry polar bear. Here the spirit world is alive and relations with non-humans are never taken lightly. And under it all, the growing intrusion of the qallunaat and the battle for souls between the Catholic and Anglican missionaries threatens to forever change the way of life of Sanaaq and her young family.Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel
By Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, Bernard D Anglure, Peter Frost. 2014
Sanaaq is an intimate story of an Inuit family negotiating the changes brought into their community by the coming of…
the qallunaat, the white people, in the mid-nineteenth century. Composed in 48 episodes, it recounts the daily life of Sanaaq, a strong and outspoken young widow, her daughter Qumaq, and their small semi-nomadic community in northern Quebec. Here they live their lives hunting seal, repairing their kayak, and gathering mussels under blue sea ice before the tide comes in. These are ordinary extraordinary lives: marriages are made and unmade, children are born and named, violence appears in the form of a fearful husband or a hungry polar bear. Here the spirit world is alive and relations with non-humans are never taken lightly. And under it all, the growing intrusion of the qallunaat and the battle for souls between the Catholic and Anglican missionaries threatens to forever change the way of life of Sanaaq and her young family.Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel
By Peter Frost, Bernard Saladin D Anglure, Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk. 2014
Sanaaq is an intimate story of an Inuit family negotiating the changes brought into their community by the coming of…
the qallunaat, the white people, in the mid-nineteenth century. Composed in 48 episodes, it recounts the daily life of Sanaaq, a strong and outspoken young widow, her daughter Qumaq, and their small semi-nomadic community in northern Quebec. Here they live their lives hunting seal, repairing their kayak, and gathering mussels under blue sea ice before the tide comes in. These are ordinary extraordinary lives: marriages are made and unmade, children are born and named, violence appears in the form of a fearful husband or a hungry polar bear. Here the spirit world is alive and relations with non-humans are never taken lightly. And under it all, the growing intrusion of the qallunaat and the battle for souls between the Catholic and Anglican missionaries threatens to forever change the way of life of Sanaaq and her young family.The marrow thieves
By Cherie Dimaline. 2017
In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led…
to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population - and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow - and dreams - means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a 15-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite with loved ones, and take refuge from the "recruiters" who seek them out to bring them to the marrow-stealing 'factories.' For senior high readers. Bestseller. Canada Reads 2018. Winner of the 2017 Governor General’s Award for Young People's Literature and the 2018 Amy Mathers Teen Book Award. Winner of the 2018 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature. 2017.Paper Wedding, Best-Friend Bride: A Friends-To-Lovers Romance
By Sheri Whitefeather. 2017
To adopt a child, best friends conveniently tie the knot. But will they inconveniently fall in love? Since they were…
young, tech mogul Max Marquez and socialite Lizzie McQueen have always agreed on one thing: they're just friends! But fate has thrown them a curveball in the form of a lovable orphan who needs a good home. To adopt the little boy, they must marry. And to marry, they must face the unthinkable: sharing a bedroom! Will they discover that their friendship is a facade for a deeper attraction, long denied, causing their arrangement to spin right off its axis? Paper Wedding, Best-Friend Bride is part of the Billionaire Brothers Club series.From Sea to Shining Sea
By Callista Gingrich, Susan Arciero. 2014
Ellis the Elephant is back and ready for another adventure in American history! In From Sea to Shining Sea, the…
fourth installment of Callista Gingrich’s New York Times bestselling series, Ellis explores the early years of the United States and heads west into uncharted territory with Lewis and Clark.In previous books, Sweet Land of Liberty, Land of the Pilgrims’ Pride, and Yankee Doodle Dandy, Ellis learned about pivotal moments that have shaped America. Now, in From Sea to Shining Sea, America’s favorite time-traveling pachyderm discovers a new and growing nation along with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea and others.Authored by Callista Gingrich and illustrated by Susan Arciero, From Sea to Shining Sea will delight those who want to know how brave Americans forged a growing nation and spread freedom from coast to coast.Ciel d'acier: roman
By Michel Moutot. 2015
New York, 11 septembre 2001. John LaLiberté, dit Cat, Indien mohawk et ironworker, assiste à l'effondrement des Twin Towers. Puis…
comme des dizaines de Mohawks, chalumeau en main, il sectionne l'acier à la recherche de survivants dans l'enfer de Ground Zero. Depuis six générations, les Mohawks construisent l'Amérique. La légende veut qu'ils ne connaissent pas le vertige, eux qui ont simplement appris de père en fils à apprivoiser la peur et travailler là où d'autres ne veulent pas s'aventurer. Embrassant plus d'un siècle, ce roman polyphonique nous raconte l'épopée de cette tribu indienne, la seule à avoir gagné, par son travail et son courage, sa place dans le monde des Blancs, sans renier ses croyances ni ses traditions. Dans Ciel d'acier, Michel Moutot part à l'aventure, remonte le temps, du premier rivet porté au rouge dans un brasero de charbon sur un pont à Montréal, en 1886, jusqu'à la construction de la Liberty Tower, qui remplace aujourd'hui le World Trade Center. 2015.Taqawan: roman (Collection Polygraphe)
By Éric Plamondon. 2017
Il avait démissionné, une jeune Mi'gmaq se trouvait sous sa protection, deux hommes étaient morts et une partie du Québec…
voulait qu'on en finisse une fois pour toutes avec les Indiens. Cette histoire commence en Gaspésie, le 11 juin 1981. Cette histoire commence il y a des millénaires, avant les Vikings, avant les Basques, avant Cartier. Cette histoire commence avec les Mi'gmaq. Pour eux, c'est la fin des terres, Gespeg. Pour d'autres, c'est le début d'un nouveau monde. Alors que trois cents policiers de la Sûreté du Québec débarquent sur la réserve de Restigouche pour saisir les filets des pêcheurs mi'gmaq, un agent de la faune change de camp, une adolescente affronte ceux qui ont humilié son père, un vieil ermite sort du bois, une jeune enseignante s'apprête à retourner dans son pays - pendant que le saumon devenu taqawan, au retour de son long périple en mer, remonte la rivière jusqu'au lieu de sa naissance. 2017.Ice Whale
By Jean Craighead George, John Hendrix. 2014
From the most celebrated children's nature writer of our time comes a posthumous new novel in the tradition of her…
Newbery award-winning Julie of the WolvesIn 1848 in Barrow, Alaska, a young Eskimo boy witnesses a rare sight--the birth of a bowhead, or ice whale, that he calls Siku. But when he unwittingly guides Yankee whalers to a pod of bowhead whales, all the whales are killed. For this act, the boy receives a curse of banishment. Through the generations, this curse is handed down. Siku, the ice whale, returns year after year, in reality and dreams, to haunt each descendant. The curse is finally broken when a daughter recognizes and saves the whale, and he in turn saves her. Told in alternating voices, both human and whale, Jean Craighead George's last novel is an ambitious and touching take on the interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the earth they depend on.Ice Whale
By John Hendrix. 2014
From the most celebrated children s nature writer of our time comes a posthumous new novel in the tradition of…
her Newbery award-winning Julie of the WolvesIn 1848 in Barrow Alaska a young Eskimo boy witnesses a rare sight--the birth of a bowhead or ice whale that he calls Siku But when he unwittingly guides Yankee whalers to a pod of bowhead whales all the whales are killed For this act the boy receives a curse of banishment Through the generations this curse is handed down Siku the ice whale returns year after year in reality and dreams to haunt each descendant The curse is finally broken when a daughter recognizes and saves the whale and he in turn saves her Told in alternating voices both human and whale Jean Craighead George s last novel is an ambitious and touching take on the interconnectedness of humans animals and the earth they depend onSacagawea
By Flora Warren Seymour, Robert Doremus. 2014
Learn about the childhood of Sacagawea, one of the first female all-stars in American history--and honored in US currency on…
the dollar coin.Sacagawea was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploration of the Western United States. She traveled thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean between 1804 and 1806 and greatly contributed to the process of peace negotiations and navigation. In this narrative biography you'll learn about Sacagawea's childhood and how her early experiences equipped her to play an influential role in American history.When we were alone
By David Robertson, Julie Flett. 2016
When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why…
does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about these things, she is told about life in a residential school a long time ago, where all of these things were taken away. Winner of the 2017 McNally Robinson Books for Young People Awards (younger). Grades K-3 and older readers. 2016.The Smell of Other People's Houses
By Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock. 2016
In Alaska, 1970, being a teenager here isn't like being a teenager anywhere else. Ruth has a secret that…
she can't hide forever. Dora wonders if she can ever truly escape where she comes from, even when good luck strikes. Alyce is trying to reconcile her desire to dance, with the life she's always known on her family's fishing boat. Hank and his brothers decide it's safer to run away than to stay home--until one of them ends up in terrible danger. Four very different lives are about to become entangled. This unforgettable book is about people who try to save each other--and how sometimes, when they least expect it, they succeed. Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock was born and raised in Alaska. She worked many years fishing commercially with her family and as a reporter for Alaska Public Radio stations around the state. She was also the host and producer of "Independent Native News," a daily newscast produced in Fairbanks, focusing on Alaska Natives, American Indians, and Canada's First Nations. Her writing is inspired by her family's four generations in Alaska. This deeply moving and authentic debut is for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and Benjamin Alire Saenz. Intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation on the edge of America's Last Frontier introduce a writer of rare talent.Tears in the grass: a novel
By Lynda A Archer. 2016
At ninety years of age, Elinor, a Saskatchewan Cree artist, inveterate roll-your-own smoker, and talker to rivers and stuffed bison,…
sets out to find something that was stolen almost a lifetime ago. With what little time she has left, she is determined to find the child taken from her after she, only a child herself, was raped at a residential school. It is 1968, and a harsh winter and harsher attitudes await Elinor, her daughter, and her granddaughter as they set out on an odyssey to right past wrongs, enduring a present that tests their spirit and chips away at their aboriginal heritage. 2016.