First Nations, Métis and Inuit

100 Days of Cree

McLeod, Neal



Date Published:

100 years of loss : the Residential school systen in Canada: missinghistory.ca.

Legacy of Hope Foundation


100 Years of Loss: The Residential School System in Canada Kit was provided by the WCDSB Program Dept. 2021 . Kit includes: - Orange folder - 100 Years of Loss timeline fold-out - Teacher's Guide: 100 Years of Loss: The Residential School System in Canada - CD - Teacher's Guide: 100 Years of Loss - CD: A Day at Indian Residential Schools in Canada (Dreamcatcher Fund) .
Date Published:2011

21 things you may not know about the Indian Act

Joseph, Robert P. C., 1963-,


"Based on a viral article, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act is the essential guide to understanding the legal document and its repercussion on generations of Indigenous peoples, written by a leading cultural sensitivity trainer. The Indian Act, after 141 years, continues to shape, control, and constrain the lives and opportunities of Indigenous peoples, and is at the root of many lasting stereotypes. Bob Joseph's book comes at a key time in the reconciliation process, when awareness from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities is at a crescendo. Joseph explains how Indigenous peoples can step out from under the Indian Act and return to self-government, self-determination, and self-reliance-and why doing so would result in a better country for every Canadian. He dissects the complex issues around truth and reconciliation, and clearly demonstrates why learning about the Indian Act's cruel, enduring legacy is essential for the country to move toward true reconciliation."--
Date Published:2018

"Based on a viral article, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act is the essential guide to understanding the legal document and its repercussion on generations of Indigenous peoples, written by a leading cultural sensitivity trainer. The Indian Act, after 141 years, continues to shape, control, and constrain the lives and opportunities of Indigenous peoples, and is at the root of many lasting stereotypes. Bob Joseph's book comes at a key time in the reconciliation process, when awareness from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities is at a crescendo. Joseph explains how Indigenous peoples can step out from under the Indian Act and return to self-government, self-determination, and self-reliance-and why doing so would result in a better country for every Canadian. He dissects the complex issues around truth and reconciliation, and clearly demonstrates why learning about the Indian Act's cruel, enduring legacy is essential for the country to move toward true reconciliation."--

Date Published:2018

7 generations : a Plains Cree saga /

Robertson, David Alexander



Date Published:2012

Ajjiit : dark dreams of the ancient Arctic /

Tinsley, Sean A.


Ajjiit: Dark Dreams of the Ancient Arctic is an outstanding gothic interpretation of Inuit shamanism in this original collection of dark fantasy for contemporary young audiences. Drawing on familiar motifs of the fantasy and science-fiction genres, Ajjiit gives fans of mainstream fantasy fiction and the short stories a whole new world to discover. Ajjiit means "likenesses" and talented co-authors Sean A. Tinsley and Rachel A. Qitsualik have written fantastic stories that appear to be traditional stories about Arctic landscape and creatures. In their Introduction, the authors explain they are not just retelling these 9 traditional stories or legends. They are taking the Arctic way of life and creating their own fantasy stories that may appear to the novice reader as traditional stories. This original collection is assisted by the compelling black and white illustrations by Andrew Trabbold making the mysterious Arctic landscape and invented gothic characters come to life. Recommended. ~Goodminds.
Date Published:2011

Ajjiit: Dark Dreams of the Ancient Arctic is an outstanding gothic interpretation of Inuit shamanism in this original collection of dark fantasy for contemporary young audiences. Drawing on familiar motifs of the fantasy and science-fiction genres, Ajjiit gives fans of mainstream fantasy fiction and the short stories a whole new world to discover. Ajjiit means "likenesses" and talented co-authors Sean A. Tinsley and Rachel A. Qitsualik have written fantastic stories that appear to be traditional stories about Arctic landscape and creatures. In their Introduction, the authors explain they are not just retelling these 9 traditional stories or legends. They are taking the Arctic way of life and creating their own fantasy stories that may appear to the novice reader as traditional stories. This original collection is assisted by the compelling black and white illustrations by Andrew Trabbold making the mysterious Arctic landscape and invented gothic characters come to life. Recommended. ~Goodminds.

Date Published:2011

Alanis KIng : if Jesus met Nanabush/The Tommy Prince story/Born Buffalo /

King, Alanis,


3 Plays. If Jesus me Nanbush The Tommy Prince Story Born Bufalo. 3 Plays by Alanis King is the long-awaited first collection by playwright and director Alanis King who presents three exciting plays interconnected by themes of hope: spiritual (If Jesus Met Nanabush); personal (The Tommy Prince Story) and cultural (Born Buffalo). When Jesus turns up at the Champion of Champions Pow-Wow, the first person he meets is Nanabush. Together they form an odd pair. Nanabush is earthy, irascible, fun-loving. Jesus is formal, introverted, a fish out of water. However, as they venture across the back roads, bars and bus depots of Turtle Island, the two will discover that they are not so different after all. Merging Native and Western traditions, If Jesus Met Nanabush is a thought-provoking and often hilarious cosmological First Contact story. The Tommy Prince Story an emotionally charged drama that brings to light the incredible life and times of the great Saulteaux warrior. As Drew Hayden Taylor concluded: "This is Alanis at her finest." The final play is the lively Born Buffalo which will take the reader back into the mystical age of the buffalo alongside fraternal twins magically transformed into bison.
Date Published:2015

3 Plays. If Jesus me Nanbush The Tommy Prince Story Born Bufalo. 3 Plays by Alanis King is the long-awaited first collection by playwright and director Alanis King who presents three exciting plays interconnected by themes of hope: spiritual (If Jesus Met Nanabush); personal (The Tommy Prince Story) and cultural (Born Buffalo). When Jesus turns up at the Champion of Champions Pow-Wow, the first person he meets is Nanabush. Together they form an odd pair. Nanabush is earthy, irascible, fun-loving. Jesus is formal, introverted, a fish out of water. However, as they venture across the back roads, bars and bus depots of Turtle Island, the two will discover that they are not so different after all. Merging Native and Western traditions, If Jesus Met Nanabush is a thought-provoking and often hilarious cosmological First Contact story. The Tommy Prince Story an emotionally charged drama that brings to light the incredible life and times of the great Saulteaux warrior. As Drew Hayden Taylor concluded: "This is Alanis at her finest." The final play is the lively Born Buffalo which will take the reader back into the mystical age of the buffalo alongside fraternal twins magically transformed into bison.

Date Published:2015

Alanis Obomsawin : the vision of a native filmmaker /

Lewis, Randolph, 1966-


Abenaki beginnings -- Early films -- A gendered gaze? -- Documentary on the middle ground -- Why documentary? -- Cinema of sovereignty. Alanis Obomsawin: The Vision of a Native Filmmaker celebrates the distinguished career of Abenaki filmmaker, Alanis Obomsawin, in this analysis of her documentary films. In more than twenty powerful films, Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has waged a brilliant battle against the ignorance and stereotypes that Native Americans have long endured in cinema and television. In this book, the first devoted to any Native filmmaker, Obomsawin receives her due as the central figure in the development of Indigenous media in North America. Incorporating history, politics, and film theory into a compelling narrative, Randolph Lewis explores the life and work of a multifaceted woman whose career was flourishing long before Native films such as Smoke Signals reached the screen. He traces Obomsawin's path from the Abenaki reserve in the 1930s to bohemian Montreal in the 1960s, where she first found fame as a traditional storyteller and singer. Lewis follows her career as a celebrated documentary filmmaker, citing her courage in covering, at great personal risk, the 1991 Oka Crisis. Since the late 1960s, Obomsawin has transformed documentary film, reshaping it for the first time into a crucial forum for sharing Indigenous perspectives. Through a careful examination of her work, Lewis proposes a new vision for Indigenous media around the globe: a cinema of sovereignty based on what Obomsawin has accomplished. Randolph Lewis is an associate professor of American Studies in the Honors College of the University of Oklahoma. ~Goodreads.
Date Published:2006

Abenaki beginnings -- Early films -- A gendered gaze? -- Documentary on the middle ground -- Why documentary? -- Cinema of sovereignty. Alanis Obomsawin: The Vision of a Native Filmmaker celebrates the distinguished career of Abenaki filmmaker, Alanis Obomsawin, in this analysis of her documentary films. In more than twenty powerful films, Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has waged a brilliant battle against the ignorance and stereotypes that Native Americans have long endured in cinema and television. In this book, the first devoted to any Native filmmaker, Obomsawin receives her due as the central figure in the development of Indigenous media in North America. Incorporating history, politics, and film theory into a compelling narrative, Randolph Lewis explores the life and work of a multifaceted woman whose career was flourishing long before Native films such as Smoke Signals reached the screen. He traces Obomsawin's path from the Abenaki reserve in the 1930s to bohemian Montreal in the 1960s, where she first found fame as a traditional storyteller and singer. Lewis follows her career as a celebrated documentary filmmaker, citing her courage in covering, at great personal risk, the 1991 Oka Crisis. Since the late 1960s, Obomsawin has transformed documentary film, reshaping it for the first time into a crucial forum for sharing Indigenous perspectives. Through a careful examination of her work, Lewis proposes a new vision for Indigenous media around the globe: a cinema of sovereignty based on what Obomsawin has accomplished. Randolph Lewis is an associate professor of American Studies in the Honors College of the University of Oklahoma. ~Goodreads.

Date Published:2006

All our relations : finding the path forward /

Talaga, Tanya,


We Were Always Here -- Big Brother's Hunger -- The Third Space -- "I Breath for Them" -- We Are Not Going Anywhere. In this vital and incisive work, bestselling and award-winning author Tanya Talaga explores the alarming rise of youth suicide in Indigenous communities in Canada and beyond. From Northern Ontario to Nunavut, Norway, Brazil, Australia, and the United States, the Indigenous experience in colonized nations is startlingly similar and deeply disturbing. It is an experience marked by the violent separation of Peoples from the land, the separation of families, and the separation of individuals from traditional ways of life, all of which has culminated in a spiritual separation that has had an enduring impact on generations of Indigenous children. As a result of this colonial legacy, too many communities today lack access to the basic determinants of health, income, employment, education, a safe environment, health services, leading to a mental health and youth suicide crisis on a global scale. But, Talaga reminds us, First Peoples also share a history of resistance, resilience, and civil rights activism, from the Occupation of Alcatraz led by the Indians of All Tribes, to the Northern Ontario Stirland Lake Quiet Riot, to the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, which united Indigenous Nations from across Turtle Island in solidarity.
Date Published:2018

We Were Always Here -- Big Brother's Hunger -- The Third Space -- "I Breath for Them" -- We Are Not Going Anywhere. In this vital and incisive work, bestselling and award-winning author Tanya Talaga explores the alarming rise of youth suicide in Indigenous communities in Canada and beyond. From Northern Ontario to Nunavut, Norway, Brazil, Australia, and the United States, the Indigenous experience in colonized nations is startlingly similar and deeply disturbing. It is an experience marked by the violent separation of Peoples from the land, the separation of families, and the separation of individuals from traditional ways of life, all of which has culminated in a spiritual separation that has had an enduring impact on generations of Indigenous children. As a result of this colonial legacy, too many communities today lack access to the basic determinants of health, income, employment, education, a safe environment, health services, leading to a mental health and youth suicide crisis on a global scale. But, Talaga reminds us, First Peoples also share a history of resistance, resilience, and civil rights activism, from the Occupation of Alcatraz led by the Indians of All Tribes, to the Northern Ontario Stirland Lake Quiet Riot, to the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, which united Indigenous Nations from across Turtle Island in solidarity.

Date Published:2018

Apple : skin to the core : a memoir in words and pictures /

Gansworth, Eric, 1965-,


American Indian Youth Literature Award-Best Young Adult Book 2022. Apple Records -- The red album -- Dog Street. Side A ; Side B -- Get back -- Liner notes. Apple, Skin to the Core: A Memoir in Words and Pictures, is by Eric Gansworth, an enrolled Onondaga writer and visual artist, born and raised at the Tuscarora Nation. The contents of Apple, Skin to the Core, are arranged along the theme of albums: Apple Records, The Red Album, Dog Street - Side A and Side B, Get Back and Liner Notes. Each set tells the story in words and images of his, his family, and his life on and off Dog Street. These are stories of residential schools and its impact, racism, and relationships. After a fire destroyed the family home, the photos that were saved became part of the images held in the words in this book. Some of the photos were given to Eric Gansworth by his mother, to hold close to where he was raised in the house that used to be there on Dog Street.
Date Published:2020

American Indian Youth Literature Award-Best Young Adult Book 2022. Apple Records -- The red album -- Dog Street. Side A ; Side B -- Get back -- Liner notes. Apple, Skin to the Core: A Memoir in Words and Pictures, is by Eric Gansworth, an enrolled Onondaga writer and visual artist, born and raised at the Tuscarora Nation. The contents of Apple, Skin to the Core, are arranged along the theme of albums: Apple Records, The Red Album, Dog Street - Side A and Side B, Get Back and Liner Notes. Each set tells the story in words and images of his, his family, and his life on and off Dog Street. These are stories of residential schools and its impact, racism, and relationships. After a fire destroyed the family home, the photos that were saved became part of the images held in the words in this book. Some of the photos were given to Eric Gansworth by his mother, to hold close to where he was raised in the house that used to be there on Dog Street.

Date Published:2020

Art of peace

Doxtater, Elizabeth


The Story of the Great Law My Notes Words of Thanksgiving The Four Ceremonies In A Word What I Learned Call to Action #95 The Good Mind. "The Great Law of Peace is the profound and enduring story of the formation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Inspired by a lifelong interest and desire to learn more about the Great law, Six Nations artist Elizabeth Doxtater undertook a life-changing project. Her goal was to recreate The Great Law of Peace and the story of The Peacemaker using the medium of cornhusk. The result of this effort was 'Art of Peace', an installation of over 100 cornhusk dolls, representing the 50 Haudenosaunee chiefs and clanmothers, along with the historical figures the Peacemajker, Tsikonsase, Thatataho and Ayonwatha."--Back cover.
Date Published:2016

The Story of the Great Law My Notes Words of Thanksgiving The Four Ceremonies In A Word What I Learned Call to Action #95 The Good Mind. "The Great Law of Peace is the profound and enduring story of the formation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Inspired by a lifelong interest and desire to learn more about the Great law, Six Nations artist Elizabeth Doxtater undertook a life-changing project. Her goal was to recreate The Great Law of Peace and the story of The Peacemaker using the medium of cornhusk. The result of this effort was 'Art of Peace', an installation of over 100 cornhusk dolls, representing the 50 Haudenosaunee chiefs and clanmothers, along with the historical figures the Peacemajker, Tsikonsase, Thatataho and Ayonwatha."--Back cover.

Date Published:2016

The barren grounds

Robertson, David, 1977-,


Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home -- until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Ask, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher). The only hunter supporting his starving community, Misewa, Ochek welcomes the human children, teaching them traditional ways to survive. But as the need for food becomes desperate, they embark on a dangerous mission. Accompanied by Arik, a sassy Squirrel they catch stealing from the trapline, they try to save Misewa before the icy grip of winter freezes everything -- including them. .
Date Published:2020

Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home -- until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Ask, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher). The only hunter supporting his starving community, Misewa, Ochek welcomes the human children, teaching them traditional ways to survive. But as the need for food becomes desperate, they embark on a dangerous mission. Accompanied by Arik, a sassy Squirrel they catch stealing from the trapline, they try to save Misewa before the icy grip of winter freezes everything -- including them. .

Date Published:2020

Bead by bead : Constitutional rights and Métis community /

Boyer, Yvonne


Métis identity captured by law : struggles over use of the category Métis in Canadian law / Sébastien Grammond -- Recognition and reconciliation : recent developments in Métis rights law / Thomas Isaac -- Shifting the status quo : the duty to consult and the Métis of British Columbia / Christopher Gall and Brodie Douglas -- The resilience of Métis title : rejecting assumptions of extinguishment / Karen Drake and Adam Gaudry -- Where are the women? Analyzing the three Métis Supreme Court of Canada decisions / Brenda L. Gunn -- Manitoba Métis Federation and Daniels : "post-legal" reconciliation and Western Métis / Jeremy Patzer -- Colonial ideologies : the denial of Métis political identity in Canadian law / D'Arcy Vermette -- Métis Aboriginal rights : four legal doctrines / Darren O'Toole -- Suzerainty, sovereignty, jurisdiction : the future of Métis ways / Signa A. Daum Shanks. "What does the phrase Métis peoples mean in constitutional terms? As lawyers and scholars dispute forms of Métis identity, and debate the nature and scope of Métis rights under the Canadian Constitution, understanding Métis experience of colonization is fundamental to achieving reconciliation. In Bead by Bead, contributors address the historical denial - at both federal and provincial levels - of outstanding Métis concerns and Aboriginal rights claims, in particular with respect to land, resources, and governance. Tackling such themes as ongoing colonial policies, the invisibility of Métis women in court decisions, identity politics, and racist legal principles, they uncover the troubling issues that plague Métis aspirations for a just future. This nuanced analysis of the parameters that current Indigenous legal doctrines place around Métis rights discourse moves beyond a one-size-fits-all definition of Métis or a uniform approach to Aboriginal rights. By raising critical questions about self-determination, colonization, kinship, land, and other essential aspects of Métis lived reality, these clear-eyed essays go beyond legal theorizing and create pathways to respectful, inclusive Métis-Canadian constitutional relationships."--
Date Published:2021

Métis identity captured by law : struggles over use of the category Métis in Canadian law / Sébastien Grammond -- Recognition and reconciliation : recent developments in Métis rights law / Thomas Isaac -- Shifting the status quo : the duty to consult and the Métis of British Columbia / Christopher Gall and Brodie Douglas -- The resilience of Métis title : rejecting assumptions of extinguishment / Karen Drake and Adam Gaudry -- Where are the women? Analyzing the three Métis Supreme Court of Canada decisions / Brenda L. Gunn -- Manitoba Métis Federation and Daniels : "post-legal" reconciliation and Western Métis / Jeremy Patzer -- Colonial ideologies : the denial of Métis political identity in Canadian law / D'Arcy Vermette -- Métis Aboriginal rights : four legal doctrines / Darren O'Toole -- Suzerainty, sovereignty, jurisdiction : the future of Métis ways / Signa A. Daum Shanks. "What does the phrase Métis peoples mean in constitutional terms? As lawyers and scholars dispute forms of Métis identity, and debate the nature and scope of Métis rights under the Canadian Constitution, understanding Métis experience of colonization is fundamental to achieving reconciliation. In Bead by Bead, contributors address the historical denial - at both federal and provincial levels - of outstanding Métis concerns and Aboriginal rights claims, in particular with respect to land, resources, and governance. Tackling such themes as ongoing colonial policies, the invisibility of Métis women in court decisions, identity politics, and racist legal principles, they uncover the troubling issues that plague Métis aspirations for a just future. This nuanced analysis of the parameters that current Indigenous legal doctrines place around Métis rights discourse moves beyond a one-size-fits-all definition of Métis or a uniform approach to Aboriginal rights. By raising critical questions about self-determination, colonization, kinship, land, and other essential aspects of Métis lived reality, these clear-eyed essays go beyond legal theorizing and create pathways to respectful, inclusive Métis-Canadian constitutional relationships."--

Date Published:2021

Beast : a novel /

Van Camp, Richard


Returning to his favourite setting of Fort Simmer, Northwest Territories, Richard Van Camp brings his exuberant style to a captivating teen novel that blends the supernatural with 1980s-era nostalgia to reflect on friendship, tradition and forgiveness. For as long as Lawson can remember, his life in a small Northwest Territories town has revolved around “the Treaty” between the Dogrib and the Chipewyan, set down centuries ago to prevent the return of bloody warfare between the two peoples. On the Dogrib side, Lawson and his family have done their best to keep the pact alive with the neighbouring Cranes, a family with ancestral ties to a revered Chipewyan war chief. But even as Lawson and his father dutifully tidy the Cranes’ property as an act of respect, their counterparts offer little more than scowls and derision in return, despite the fact that both families are responsible for protecting the treaty. Worse still, it seems that one of the Cranes’ boys is doing all he can to revive the old conflict: Silver, fresh out of jail, has placed himself in the service of a cruel, ghoulish spirit bent on destroying the peace. Now it's up to Isaiah Valentine, a Cree Grass Dancer, Shari Burns, a Metis psychic, and Lawson Sauron, a Dogrib Yabati—or protector—to face what Silver Cranes has called back. This latest feat of storytelling magic by celebrated author Richard Van Camp blends sharply observed realism and hair-raising horror as it plays out against a 1980s-era backdrop replete with Platinum Blonde songs and episodes of Degrassi Junior High. Unfolding in the fictional town of Fort Simmer—the setting of previous Van Camp stories—Beast delivers a gripping, spirited tale that pits the powers of tradition against the pull of a vengeful past.
Date Published:2024

Returning to his favourite setting of Fort Simmer, Northwest Territories, Richard Van Camp brings his exuberant style to a captivating teen novel that blends the supernatural with 1980s-era nostalgia to reflect on friendship, tradition and forgiveness. For as long as Lawson can remember, his life in a small Northwest Territories town has revolved around “the Treaty” between the Dogrib and the Chipewyan, set down centuries ago to prevent the return of bloody warfare between the two peoples. On the Dogrib side, Lawson and his family have done their best to keep the pact alive with the neighbouring Cranes, a family with ancestral ties to a revered Chipewyan war chief. But even as Lawson and his father dutifully tidy the Cranes’ property as an act of respect, their counterparts offer little more than scowls and derision in return, despite the fact that both families are responsible for protecting the treaty. Worse still, it seems that one of the Cranes’ boys is doing all he can to revive the old conflict: Silver, fresh out of jail, has placed himself in the service of a cruel, ghoulish spirit bent on destroying the peace. Now it's up to Isaiah Valentine, a Cree Grass Dancer, Shari Burns, a Metis psychic, and Lawson Sauron, a Dogrib Yabati—or protector—to face what Silver Cranes has called back. This latest feat of storytelling magic by celebrated author Richard Van Camp blends sharply observed realism and hair-raising horror as it plays out against a 1980s-era backdrop replete with Platinum Blonde songs and episodes of Degrassi Junior High. Unfolding in the fictional town of Fort Simmer—the setting of previous Van Camp stories—Beast delivers a gripping, spirited tale that pits the powers of tradition against the pull of a vengeful past.

Date Published:2024

Betty : the Helen Betty Osborne story /

Robertson, David, 1977-,



Date Published:2015

Blasphemy /

Alexie, Sherman, 1966-


Jacket subtitle: New and selected stories. Cry cry cry -- Green world -- Scars -- The toughest indian in the world -- War dances -- This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona -- Midnight basketball -- Idolatry -- Protest -- What ever happened to Frank Snake Church? -- The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven -- The approximate size of my favorite tumor -- Indian country -- Because my father always said he was the only indian who saw Jimi Hendrix play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock -- Scenes from a life -- Breakfast -- Night people -- Breaking and entering -- Do you know where I am? -- Indian education -- Gentrification -- Fame -- Faith -- Salt -- Assimilation -- Old growth -- Emigration -- The search engine -- The vow -- Basic training -- What you pawn I will redeem. A collection of thirty-one new and selected short stories by First Nations author Sherman Alexie.
Date Published:2012

Jacket subtitle: New and selected stories. Cry cry cry -- Green world -- Scars -- The toughest indian in the world -- War dances -- This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona -- Midnight basketball -- Idolatry -- Protest -- What ever happened to Frank Snake Church? -- The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven -- The approximate size of my favorite tumor -- Indian country -- Because my father always said he was the only indian who saw Jimi Hendrix play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock -- Scenes from a life -- Breakfast -- Night people -- Breaking and entering -- Do you know where I am? -- Indian education -- Gentrification -- Fame -- Faith -- Salt -- Assimilation -- Old growth -- Emigration -- The search engine -- The vow -- Basic training -- What you pawn I will redeem. A collection of thirty-one new and selected short stories by First Nations author Sherman Alexie.

Date Published:2012

Blockades or breakthroughs? : Aboriginal peoples confront the Canadian state /

Yale D. Belanger


Introduction / Yale D. Belanger and P. Whitney Lackenbauer -- Point Pelee's summer of discontent / John Sandlos -- The nature of a blockade: Environmental politics and the Haida action on Lyell Island, British Columbia / David A. Rossiter -- Lubicon Lake: The success and failure of radical activism / Tom Flanagan -- "The war will be won when the last low-level flying happens here in our home": Innu opposition to low-level flying in Labrador / P. Whitney Lackenbauer -- A bridge too far? The Oka Crisis / P. Whitney Lackenbauer -- The Oldman River Dam and the lonefighters' response to environmental incursion / Yale D. Belanger -- The tragedy of Ipperwash / P. Whitney Lackenbauer with Victor Gulewitsch -- The Gustafsen Lake Standoff / Nick Shrubsole and P. Whitney Lackenabauer -- Seeking relief: The dispute in Burnt Church (Esgenoopetitj) / Sarah J. King -- Blockades, occupations, and the Bay of Quinte Mohawk's fight for Sovereingty / Yale D. Belanger -- Your home on Native land? Conflict and controversy at Caledonia and the six nations of the Grand River / Timonthy C. Winegard. Blockades have become a common response to Canada's failure to address and resolve the legitimate claims of First Nations. Blockades or Breakthroughs? debates the importance and effectiveness of blockades and occupations as political and diplomatic tools for Aboriginal people. The adoption of direct action tactics like blockades and occupations is predicated on the idea that something drastic is needed for Aboriginal groups to break an unfavourable status quo, overcome structural barriers, and achieve their goals. But are blockades actually "breakthroughs"? What are the objectives of Aboriginal people and communities who adopt this approach? How can the success of these methods be measured? This collection offers an in-depth survey of occupations, blockades, and their legacies, from 1968 to the present. Individual case studies situate specific blockades and conflicts in historical context, examine each group's reasons for occupation, and analyze the media labels and frames applied to both Aboriginal and state responses. Direct action tactics remain a powerful political tool for First Nations in Canada. The authors of Blockades or Breakthroughs? Argue that blockades and occupations are instrumental, symbolic, and complex events that demand equally multifaceted responses. Contributors include Yale D. Belanger, Tom Flanagan, Sarah King, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, David Rossiter, John Sandlos, Nick Shrubsole, and Timothy Winegard. -- Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2014

Introduction / Yale D. Belanger and P. Whitney Lackenbauer -- Point Pelee's summer of discontent / John Sandlos -- The nature of a blockade: Environmental politics and the Haida action on Lyell Island, British Columbia / David A. Rossiter -- Lubicon Lake: The success and failure of radical activism / Tom Flanagan -- "The war will be won when the last low-level flying happens here in our home": Innu opposition to low-level flying in Labrador / P. Whitney Lackenbauer -- A bridge too far? The Oka Crisis / P. Whitney Lackenbauer -- The Oldman River Dam and the lonefighters' response to environmental incursion / Yale D. Belanger -- The tragedy of Ipperwash / P. Whitney Lackenbauer with Victor Gulewitsch -- The Gustafsen Lake Standoff / Nick Shrubsole and P. Whitney Lackenabauer -- Seeking relief: The dispute in Burnt Church (Esgenoopetitj) / Sarah J. King -- Blockades, occupations, and the Bay of Quinte Mohawk's fight for Sovereingty / Yale D. Belanger -- Your home on Native land? Conflict and controversy at Caledonia and the six nations of the Grand River / Timonthy C. Winegard. Blockades have become a common response to Canada's failure to address and resolve the legitimate claims of First Nations. Blockades or Breakthroughs? debates the importance and effectiveness of blockades and occupations as political and diplomatic tools for Aboriginal people. The adoption of direct action tactics like blockades and occupations is predicated on the idea that something drastic is needed for Aboriginal groups to break an unfavourable status quo, overcome structural barriers, and achieve their goals. But are blockades actually "breakthroughs"? What are the objectives of Aboriginal people and communities who adopt this approach? How can the success of these methods be measured? This collection offers an in-depth survey of occupations, blockades, and their legacies, from 1968 to the present. Individual case studies situate specific blockades and conflicts in historical context, examine each group's reasons for occupation, and analyze the media labels and frames applied to both Aboriginal and state responses. Direct action tactics remain a powerful political tool for First Nations in Canada. The authors of Blockades or Breakthroughs? Argue that blockades and occupations are instrumental, symbolic, and complex events that demand equally multifaceted responses. Contributors include Yale D. Belanger, Tom Flanagan, Sarah King, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, David Rossiter, John Sandlos, Nick Shrubsole, and Timothy Winegard. -- Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2014

Bone dance /

Brooks, Martha.


"A Groundwood book." "Alexandra is shocked to learn that the father she never knew has died and left her a cabin in rural Manitoba. She knows she must visit the cabin even while she grieves for her unknown father. There she meets Lonny, a boy also tom by grief and visions he can't shake. His family once owned the land Alex has inherited. But Lonny rejected it, never dreaming it would go to Alex. Lonny and Alex are haunted by pasts they cannot change. Now, guiding spirits of their Native Canadian ancestors have brought them together to face their futures." (Goodreads summary).
Date Published:1997

"A Groundwood book." "Alexandra is shocked to learn that the father she never knew has died and left her a cabin in rural Manitoba. She knows she must visit the cabin even while she grieves for her unknown father. There she meets Lonny, a boy also tom by grief and visions he can't shake. His family once owned the land Alex has inherited. But Lonny rejected it, never dreaming it would go to Alex. Lonny and Alex are haunted by pasts they cannot change. Now, guiding spirits of their Native Canadian ancestors have brought them together to face their futures." (Goodreads summary).

Date Published:1997

Braiding sweetgrass : Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the Teachings of plants /

Kimmerer, Robin Wall,


Planting Sweetgrass. Skywoman falling -- The council of pecans -- The gift of strawberries -- An offering -- Asters and goldenrod -- Learning the grammar of animacy -- Tending Sweetgrass. Maple sugar moon -- Witch hazel -- A mother's work -- The consolation of water lilies -- Allegiance to gratitude -- Picking Sweetgrass. Epiphany in the beans -- The three sisters -- Wisgaak Gokpenagen : a black ash basket -- Mishkos Kenomagwen : the teachings of grass -- Maple nation : a citizenship guide -- The honorable harvest -- Braiding Sweetgrass. In the footsteps of Nanabozho : becoming indigenous to place -- The sound of silverbells -- Sitting in a circle -- Burning cascade head -- Putting down roots -- Umbilicaria : the belly button of the world -- Old-growth children -- Witness to the rain -- Burning Sweetgrass. Windigo footprints -- The sacred and the superfund -- People of corn, people of light -- Collateral damage -- Shkitagen : People of the seventh fire -- Defeating Windigo -- Epilogue: Returning the gift. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowing together to reveal what it means to see humans as "the younger brothers of creation." As she explores these themes she circles toward a central argument: the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the world. Once we begin to listen for the languages of other beings, we can begin to understand the innumerable life-giving gifts the world provides us and learn to offer our thanks, our care, and our own gifts in return--From back cover.
Date Published:2013

Planting Sweetgrass. Skywoman falling -- The council of pecans -- The gift of strawberries -- An offering -- Asters and goldenrod -- Learning the grammar of animacy -- Tending Sweetgrass. Maple sugar moon -- Witch hazel -- A mother's work -- The consolation of water lilies -- Allegiance to gratitude -- Picking Sweetgrass. Epiphany in the beans -- The three sisters -- Wisgaak Gokpenagen : a black ash basket -- Mishkos Kenomagwen : the teachings of grass -- Maple nation : a citizenship guide -- The honorable harvest -- Braiding Sweetgrass. In the footsteps of Nanabozho : becoming indigenous to place -- The sound of silverbells -- Sitting in a circle -- Burning cascade head -- Putting down roots -- Umbilicaria : the belly button of the world -- Old-growth children -- Witness to the rain -- Burning Sweetgrass. Windigo footprints -- The sacred and the superfund -- People of corn, people of light -- Collateral damage -- Shkitagen : People of the seventh fire -- Defeating Windigo -- Epilogue: Returning the gift. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowing together to reveal what it means to see humans as "the younger brothers of creation." As she explores these themes she circles toward a central argument: the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the world. Once we begin to listen for the languages of other beings, we can begin to understand the innumerable life-giving gifts the world provides us and learn to offer our thanks, our care, and our own gifts in return--From back cover.

Date Published:2013

Brothers of the buffalo : a novel of the Red River War /

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-,


"In 1874, the U.S. Army sent troops to subdue and move the Native Americans of the southern plains to Indian reservations, and this chronicles the brief and brutal war that followed. Told from the viewpoint of two youths from opposite sides of the fight, this is a tale of conflict and unlikely friendship in the Wild West"--
Date Published:2016

Bruised

Boteju, Tanya,


To Daya Wijesinghe, a bruise is a mixture of comfort and control. Since her parents died in an accident she survived, bruises have become a way to keep her pain on the surface of her skin so she doesn�??t need to deal with the ache deep in her heart. So when chance and circumstances bring her to a roller derby bout, Daya is hooked. Yes, the rules are confusing and the sport seems to require the kind of teamwork and human interaction Daya generally avoids. But the opportunities to bruise are countless, and Daya realizes that if she�??s going to keep her emotional pain at bay, she�??ll need all the opportunities she can get. The deeper Daya immerses herself into the world of roller derby, though, the more she realizes it�??s not the simple physical pain-fest she was hoping for. Her rough-and-tumble teammates and their fans push her limits in ways she never imagined, bringing Daya to big truths about love, loss, strength, and healing.
Date Published:2021

To Daya Wijesinghe, a bruise is a mixture of comfort and control. Since her parents died in an accident she survived, bruises have become a way to keep her pain on the surface of her skin so she doesn�??t need to deal with the ache deep in her heart. So when chance and circumstances bring her to a roller derby bout, Daya is hooked. Yes, the rules are confusing and the sport seems to require the kind of teamwork and human interaction Daya generally avoids. But the opportunities to bruise are countless, and Daya realizes that if she�??s going to keep her emotional pain at bay, she�??ll need all the opportunities she can get. The deeper Daya immerses herself into the world of roller derby, though, the more she realizes it�??s not the simple physical pain-fest she was hoping for. Her rough-and-tumble teammates and their fans push her limits in ways she never imagined, bringing Daya to big truths about love, loss, strength, and healing.

Date Published:2021