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Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, Mysteries and crime stories
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Réserve ojibwée de Sault Ste. Marie, dans le Michigan. Après avoir été témoin du meurtre de sa meilleure amie, Daunis,…
18 ans, se retrouve mêlée malgré elle à un trafic de drogue d'un genre nouveau. Jamie, un jeune agent du FBI sous couverture, lui demande de devenir son indic.
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Sports fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, Family stories
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The highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning Dipnetting with Dad, in Hockey with Dad, Little Brother's adventures continue as he…
grows and learns about the importance of hockey to his Secwépemc community.Available copies:
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General fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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Children’s love for animals and disguise come together in this award-winning introduction to the Anishinaabe tradition of totem animals.
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General fiction, Friendship stories, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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The middle-grade debut of star picture-book author and illustrator Danielle DanielAdventurous, trail-blazing Wolf lives in a northern mining town and…
spends her days exploring the mountains and wilderness with her three best friends Penny, Ann and Brandi. The girls’ secret refuge is their tree-house hideaway, Birchwood, Wolf’s favourite place on earth. When her beloved grandmother tells her that she is the great-granddaughter of a tree talker, Wolf knows that she is destined to protect the birch trees and wildlife that surround her.But Wolf’s mother doesn’t understand this connection at all. Not only is she reluctant to engage with their family’s Indigenous roots, she seems suspiciously on the wrong side of the environmental protection efforts in their hometown. To make matters worse, she’s just started dating an annoying new boyfriend named Roger, whose motives—and construction company—seem equally suspect.As summer arrives, so do bigger problems. Wolf and her friends discover orange plastic bands wrapped around the trees near their cherished hangout spot, and their once stable friendship seems on the verge of unravelling. Birchwood has given them so much—can they even stay together long enough to save this special place?With gorgeous yet understated language, Danielle Daniel beautifully captures an urgent and aching time in a young person’s life. To read this astonishing middle-grade debut is to have your heart broken and then tenderly mended.
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Holiday fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, General fiction
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This enhanced e-book, in celebration of Groundwood's 35th anniversary, includes a read-aloud feature of the story narrated by Ian Wallace.…
Renowned children's book illustrator Ian Wallace brings his masterful ability to paint landscape and his cultural sensitivity to The Huron Carol, a beautiful and unusual song with a rich history. In the early 1600s Father Jean de Brébeuf came to Canada from his native France as a Jesuit missionary. He settled among the Huron, or Ouendat, people in what is now Midland, Ontario. Despite his missionary zeal, Brébeuf was sensitive to the people with whom he lived. He learned their language and he wrote, in Huron, the original version of this famous Christmas carol. He and his fellow priests, called Black Robes, and many of their Huron parishioners were killed in an Iroquois raid in 1649. But Brébeuf's carol continued to be sung by successive generations of Hurons. Then in 1926, Toronto writer Jesse Edgar Middleton, inspired by Brébeuf, wrote his own version of the carol in English. His are the familiar words we sing today, describing the Huron landscape, flora and fauna in telling the Christmas story. Ian Wallace's luminous illustrations, set against the dramatic backdrop of Georgian Bay, make this a stunning Christmas gift book. Multilingual versions of the text, the music and a full description of how this carol has come down to us today are included.
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Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, LGBTQ+ fiction
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A bold and breathtaking anthology of queer Indigenous speculative fiction, edited by the author of Jonny Appleseed. This exciting and…
groundbreaking fiction anthology showcases a number of new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer) Indigenous writers from across Turtle Island. These visionary authors show how queer Indigenous communities can bloom and thrive through Utopian narratives that detail the vivacity and strength of 2SQness throughout its plight in the maw of settler colonialism's histories. Here, readers will discover bioengineered AI rats, transplanted trees in space, the rise of a 2SQ resistance camp, a primer on how to survive Indigiqueerly, virtual reality applications, mother ships at sea, and the very bending of space-time continuums queered through NDN time. Love after the End demonstrates the imaginatively queer Two-Spirit futurisms we have all been dreaming of since 1492. Contributors include Nathan Adler, Darcie Little Badger, Gabriel Castilloux Calderón, Adam Garnet Jones, Mari Kurisato, Kai Minosh Pyle, David Alexander Robertson, jaye simpson, and Nazbah Tom
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Indigenous peoples fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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Troisième titre de l’écrivaine Leanne B. Simpson, publié chez Mémoire d’encrier. Noopiming. signifie « en forêt » en anishinaabemowin. Livre…
combinant des fragments narratifs et poétiques ancrés dans l’esthétique anishinaabe, Noopiming. Remède contre la blancheur est une réponse au récit colonial, Roughing it in the Bush de l’auteure canadienne-anglaise Susanna Moodie (1852). Une constellation de personnages font leur chemin dans la jungle urbaine. Iels retissent la relation avec la nature et les uns avec les autres dans un monde où tout est possédé, emballé et consommé.
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General fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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A Nov/Dec Loan Stars Jr Top Ten Pick 2021! A Blue Spruce Award nominee 2021! When the world gets too…
loud and chaotic, a young boy’s grandfather helps him listen with wonder instead. Kids laughing, sneakers squeaking, balls bouncing—for Thunder, the sounds of the school day often brew into overwhelming noise storms. But when Thunder’s mosom asks him what he hears on an urban nature walk, Thunder starts to understand how sounds like bird wings flapping and rushing water can help him feel calm and connected. Gentle, inviting illustrations by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley emphasize Mosom’s lessons about the healing power of the world around us.Available copies:
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Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, Historical fiction, General fiction
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See below for English description.Une adaptation du roman à succès Les bas du pensionnat pour les lecteurs débutants!Olemaun a huit…
ans et elle sait beaucoup de choses. Mais elle ne sait pas lire. Faisant fi des avertissements de son père, elle effectue un long voyage pour aller à l'école des étrangers.Au pensionnat, les religieuses lui retirent son nom. Elles rasent ses cheveux et la forcent à faire des tâches ménagères, mais Olemaun demeure imperturbable. Sa ténacité attire l'attention d'une religieuse vêtue d'une longue robe noire, qui tente de briser son esprit à la moindre occasion. Mais Olemaun est plus déterminée que jamais à apprendre à lire.Basé sur la vraie histoire de Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, cet album rend le roman à succès Les bas du pensionnat accessible aux lecteurs plus jeunes. Maintenant, eux aussi peuvent faire la rencontre de cette jeune fille remarquable qui nous rappelle tout le pouvoir que l'on détient quand on sait lire.Bestselling memoir Les bas du pensionnat (Fatty Legs) for younger readers.Olemaun is eight and knows a lot of things. But she does not know how to read. Ignoring her father's warnings, she travels far from her Arctic home to the outsiders' school to learn.The nuns at the school call her Margaret. They cut off her long hair and force her to do menial chores, but she remains undaunted. Her tenacity draws the attention of a black-cloaked nun who tries to break her spirit at every turn. But the young girl is more determined than ever to learn how to read.Based on the true story of Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, and complemented by stunning illustrations created by Gabrielle Grimard, Quand j'avais huit ans makes the bestselling Les bas du pensionnat accessible to younger readers. Now they, too, can meet this remarkable girl who reminds us what power we hold when we can read.Original title: When I Was Eight
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Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, Friendship stories, General fiction
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The middle-grade debut of star picture-book author and illustrator Danielle Daniel Adventurous, trail-blazing Wolf lives in a northern mining town…
and spends her days exploring the mountains and wilderness with her three best friends Penny, Ann and Brandi. The girls' secret refuge is their tree-house hideaway, Birchwood, Wolf's favourite place on earth. When her beloved grandmother tells her that she is the great-granddaughter of a tree talker, Wolf knows that she is destined to protect the birch trees and wildlife that surround her. But Wolf's mother doesn't understand this connection at all. Not only is she reluctant to engage with their family's Indigenous roots, she seems suspiciously on the wrong side of the environmental protection efforts in their hometown. To make matters worse, she's just started dating an annoying new boyfriend named Roger, whose motives—and construction company—seem equally suspect. As summer arrives, so do bigger problems. Wolf and her friends discover orange plastic bands wrapped around the trees near their cherished hangout spot, and their once stable friendship seems on the verge of unravelling. Birchwood has given them so much—can they even stay together long enough to save this special place? With gorgeous yet understated language, Danielle Daniel beautifully captures an urgent and aching time in a young person's life. To read this astonishing middle-grade debut is to have your heart broken and then tenderly mended
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Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, Historical fiction, Family stories
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Winner of the 2021 City of Victoria Children’s Book Prize It’s the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis…
Presley has been dead for a year. But not eleven-year-old Truly Bateman – because she knows Elvis is alive and well and living in the Eagle Shores Trailer Park. Maybe no one ever thought to look for him at on the Eagle Shores First Nation on Vancouver Island. It’s a busy summer for Truly. Though her mother is less of a mother than she ought to be, and spends her time drinking and smoking and working her way through new boyfriends, Truly is determined to raise as much money for herself as she can through her lemonade stand … and to prove that her cool new neighbour is the one and only King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. And when she can’t find motherly support in her own home, she finds sanctuary with Andy El, the Salish woman who runs the trailer park.
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Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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David Bouchard is a best selling author, speaker and educator. He is Canada's most sought after public speaker. We Learn…
from the Sun is an Indigenous rhyming poem based on his best selling book Seven Sacred Teachings. An Indigenous rhyming poem with colorful illustrations about the seven sacred teachings that can be learned from the sun. This richly illustrated book by Metis writer David Bouchard and Metis illustrator Kristy Cameron, weaves together Woodland style paintings with a rhythmic poem about the spiritual lessons that we can learn from the Sun and the seven sacred teachings.Available copies:
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Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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Après avoir perdu son emploi et son mari musicien, Rose Okanese, mère de deux filles au caractère bien trempé, décide…
qu'il est temps de s'occuper d'elle-même et de remonter son estime de soi. Son idée de génie : courir le marathon annuel organisé dans sa réserve, et ce, malgré le fait qu'elle n'a pas enfilé de souliers de course depuis vingt ans, qu'elle fume comme une cheminée et que l'optimisme n'est pas sa plus grande qualité. Ce dont elle ne manque pas, en revanche, c'est de spontanéité, et bien qu'elle regrette au départ de s'être engagée dans ce projet, elle se laisse peu à peu mener par son destin. Celui-ci placera sur son chemin un adversaire inattendu et on ne peut plus redoutable : un vieux démon bien connu de la communauté, avec lequel elle devra se battre pour conserver son indépendance d'esprit... C'est peu dire qu'en deux temps, trois mouvements, le chaos s'installe dans la réserve.
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Family stories, Animal stories, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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See below for English description.Dans cet album éducatif et charmant, découvrez une délicieuse histoire canadienne de l’auteur membre des Première…
Nations Dallas Hunt.Oh non! Awâsis perd les délicieuses banniques toutes fraîches de Kôhkum. Ne sachant que faire, elle décide de demander de l’aide à ses amis les animaux. Quelles aventures s’apprête-t-elle à vivre? Cette histoire merveilleuse célèbre le renouveau des dialectes du cri et des méthodes traditionnelles de narration orale autochtone.First Nation’s author Dallas Hunt brings us a delightfully Canadian story in an enchanting and educational picture book.Oh no! Awâsis loses Kôhkum’s freshly baked world-famous bannock, and now she doesn’t know what to do. Awâsis decides to seek out some non-human friends to help. What adventures are in store for her?This whimsical story celebrates the revitalization of Cree dialects and traditional methods of storytelling.Original title: Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock
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General fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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The middle-grade debut of star picture-book author and illustrator Danielle DanielAdventurous, trail-blazing Wolf lives in a northern mining town and…
spends her days exploring the mountains and wilderness with her three best friends Penny, Ann and Brandi. The girls’ secret refuge is their tree-house hideaway, Birchwood, Wolf’s favourite place on earth. When her beloved grandmother tells her that she is the great-granddaughter of a tree talker, Wolf knows that she is destined to protect the birch trees and wildlife that surround her.But Wolf’s mother doesn’t understand this connection at all. Not only is she reluctant to engage with their family’s Indigenous roots, she seems suspiciously on the wrong side of the environmental protection efforts in their hometown. To make matters worse, she’s just started dating an annoying new boyfriend named Roger, whose motives—and construction company—seem equally suspect.As summer arrives, so do bigger problems. Wolf and her friends discover orange plastic bands wrapped around the trees near their cherished hangout spot, and their once stable friendship seems on the verge of unravelling. Birchwood has given them so much—can they even stay together long enough to save this special place?With gorgeous yet understated language, Danielle Daniel beautifully captures an urgent and aching time in a young person’s life. To read this astonishing middle-grade debut is to have your heart broken and then tenderly mended.
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Multi-cultural fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, Family stories, General fiction
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Pakak is in a new foster home. Feeling alone and uncertain, he finds comfort in a secret shared with him…
by his grandmother, and in the knowledge that he is loved no matter how far away his family may be.Available copies:
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Alphabet, number and picture books, General fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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A colourful children’s book written in a rhyming combination of English and Ojibwe.
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Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, Family stories, General fiction
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See below for English description.Un jeune garçon voyage vers le nord à la découverte de la ligne de trappe de…
son Moshom, son grand-père. Celui-ci explique à son petit-fils que les lignes de trappe sont des territoires où les gens chassent les animaux et vivent de la terre. Puis il l’emmène là où il a grandi, et le jeune garçon apprend bien plus de choses qu’il ne l’avait imaginé. La vie de ses ancêtres était-elle si différente de la sienne aujourd’hui?When a young boy heads up north to see his Moshom’s grandfather's trapline, he doesn’t quite know what to expect. His Moshom teaches him that traplines are where people hunt animals and live off the land. As the pair travel around where his Moshom grew up, the boy begins to learn a lot more than he expected. Could life generations ago really have been so much different than it is now? The answer may surprise him.With soft illustrations and enthralling text, Ligne de trappe is a heartwarming story about intergenerational connection and Cree heritage.Original title: On the Trapline
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Historical fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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Winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction In the 1800s, the education of First Nations children was…
taken on by various churches, in government-sponsored residential schools. Children were forcibly taken from their families in order to erase their traditional languages and cultures. As Long as the Rivers Flow is the story of Larry Loyie's last summer before entering residential school. It is a time of learning and adventure. He cares for an abandoned baby owl and watches his grandmother make winter moccasins. He helps the family prepare for a hunting and gathering trip. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.5Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
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Mysteries and crime stories, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, Adventure stories
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The National Assembly of Cree Peoples has gathered together in the Windy Lake First Nation, home to the Mighty Muskrats—cousins…
Chickadee, Atim, Otter, and Sam. But when the treaty bundle, the center of a four-day-long ceremony, is taken, the four mystery-solving cousins set out to catch those responsible and help protect Windy Lake’s reputation!What’s worse, prime suspect Pearl takes off to the city with her older brother and known troublemaker, Eddie. If they have the burgled bundle with them, the Mighty Muskrats fear it may be lost for good. With clues pointing in too many different directions, the cousins need to find and return the missing bundle before the assembly comes to an end. The history and knowledge passed down to each generation through the bundle is at stake.