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Par Richard Wagamese. 2012
Saul Indian Horse is dying in a hospice, remembering the life he led as a northern Ojibway. For Saul, taken…
forcibly from the land and his family when he's sent to residential school, salvation comes for a while through his incredible gifts as a hockey player. But in the harsh realities of 1960s Canada, he battles obdurate racism and the spirit-destroying effects of cultural alienation and displacement. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. Winner of CODE's Burt Award for First Nations, Méris, and Inuit Literature. Bestseller. 2012.Par David Adams Richards. 2011
1985. Hector Penniac, a young Micmac, is murdered on his first day of work. Loner Roger Savage comes under suspicion…
of killing Hector, leading Amos Paul, the chief of Hector's band, to try and reduce tensions, and Joel Ginnish, a volatile Micmac, to bring his own justice to Roger Savage when the authorities refuse to. Twenty years later, RCMP officer Markus Paul - Amos's grandson - tries to piece together the clues surrounding Hector death. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. c2011Par Lee Maracle. 2014
Par Janette Oke. 1996
A young Blackfoot girl comes of age in 19th century Alberta in this tortured love story. She is chosen along…
with the chief's son, Silver Fox, to attend a Catholic boarding school in Calgary, and runs up against loneliness and despair when Silver Fox shows more interest in white man's God than her. Sequel to "A gown of Spanish lace". 1996. (Women of the West ; 12)Par Thomas King. 2017
Two tales, set in a time when animals and human beings still talked to each other, display Thomas King's cheeky…
humour and master storytelling skills. Grades 3-6 and older readers. 2017. Coyote Sings to the Moon -- Coyote's New Suit.Par Tracey Lindberg. 2015
Bernice Meetoos, a Cree woman, leaves her home in Northern Alberta following tragedy and travels to Gibsons, BC. She is…
on something of a vision quest, seeking to understand the messages from The Frugal Gourmet (one of the only television shows available on CBC North) that come to her in her dreams. She is also driven by the desire to meet Pat Johns, who played Jesse on The Beachcombers. Bestseller. Canada Reads 2016. 2015.Par Frank Christopher Busch. 2014
In a world without time walks a chosen few who hold an ancient power: the Grey Eyes. The Grey Eyes…
use their magic to maintain harmony and keep evil at bay. With only one elderly Grey-Eye left in the village of the Nehiyawak, the birth of a new Grey-Eyed boy promises a renewed line of defence against their only foe: the menacing Red-Eyes. While the birth of the Grey-Eyed boy offers the clan much-needed protection, it also initiates a struggle for power that threatens to rip the clan apart, leaving them defenceless against their sworn enemy. The responsibility of restoring balance and harmony, the only way to keep the Nehiyawak safe, is thrust upon a boy's slender shoulders. What powers will he have, and can he protect the clan from the evil of the Red Eyes? 2014.Par Joan Crate. 2016
Torn from her home and delivered to St. Mark’s Residential School for Girls by government decree, young Rose Marie (Sinopaki)…
finds herself in an alien universe where nothing of her previous life is tolerated, not even her Blackfoot name. For she has entered into the world of the Sisters of Brotherly Love, an order of nuns dedicated to saving the Indigenous children from damnation. Life under the sharp eye of Mother Grace becomes an endless series of torments, and Rose Marie starts to see shapes in her dreams that warn her of unspoken dangers and mysteries that threaten to engulf her. 2016.Par Melanie Florence. 2017
Juggling soccer, school, friends and family leaves John with little time for anything else. But one day at the local…
community center, following the sound of drums, he stumbles into an Indigenous dance class. Before he knows what's happening, John finds himself stumbling through beginner classes with a bunch of little girls, skipping soccer practice and letting his other responsibilities slide. When he attends a pow wow and witnesses a powerful performance, he realizes that he wants to be a dancer more than anything. But the nearest class for boys is at the Native Cultural Center in the city, and he still hasn't told his family or friends about his new passion. If he wants to dance, he will have to stop hiding. Between the mocking of his teammates and the hostility of the boys in his dance class, John must find a way to balance and embrace both the Irish and Cree sides of his heritage. For junior high readers. 2017.Par Jennifer Dance, Allister Thompson. 2016
Hawk, a First Nations teen from northern Alberta, is a cross-country runner. But when Hawk discovers he has leukemia, his…
identity as a star athlete is stripped away, along with his muscles and energy. When he finds an osprey, “a fish hawk,” mired in a pond of toxic residue from the oil sands industry, he sees his life-or-death struggle echoed by the young bird. Slipping in and out of consciousness, Hawk has visions of the osprey and other animals that shared his childhood home: woodland caribou, wolves, and wood buffalo. They are all helpless and vulnerable, their forest and muskeg habitat vanishing. Hawk sees in these tragedies parallels with his own fragile life, and wants to forge a new identity - one that involves standing up for the voiceless creatures that share his world. But he needs to survive long enough to do it. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.Par Rick Revelle. 2013
This book paints a vivid picture of the original peoples of North America before the arrival of Europeans. The novel…
follows the story of Mahingan and his family as they live the traditional Algonquin way of life in what is now Ontario in the early 14th century. Junior and Senior High. c2013.Par Shelley Tanaka, Michel Noël. 2004
Quebec, 1959. Kicked out of a residential school at 15 and overcome by the pressures of fitting in with a…
foster family in town, Nipishish goes home. He experiences problems with loggers, a mystery surrounding his father's death, adventures with traplines and a reunion with the girl he loves. The young Métis begins to find purpose in his life through the traditions of his Anishnabe heritage and fighting prejudice, the government, and the destruction of his environment. Senior High. 2004, c2000.Par Thomas King. 1993
His past false arrest for being a dangerous Indian activist would be funny to Blackfoot Lionel Red Dog if it…
hadn't cost him his government job and turned him into a television salesman. Unbeknownst to Lionel, his professor girlfriend wants to have a baby but not necessarily with him or with her other beau. On top of everything, the appearance of four ancient Indians is about to impact the lives of Lionel and his family and friends. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2004.Par Drew Hayden Taylor. 2008
Native playwright Taylor's haunting stories are an assault on stereotypes of all kinds. No quarter is given, nor is it…
taken - Native stereotypes of white culture are as fair game as any other. In "The Boy in the Ditch", the tragedy of the pre-teen gasoline sniffing culture of Davis Inlet is described, while other stories cover life on the Reserve, drinking, and clashes with the government. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. 2008.Par Andrea Spalding. 1995
The discovery of a lance head and the desire to learn more about this mysterious artifact led Danny to adventures…
like sneaking into the museum, dancing at a pow wow and learning a traditional way to hunt buffalo. With the help of a boy from the Peigan Reserve near Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, he begins to understand the history of the Peigan Nation. He also discovers valuable insights about himself and learns different ways to handle his problems at school. Grades 5-8. 1995.Par Jan Bourdeau Waboose, C. J Taylor. 1999
A young Ojibwa girl and her grandmother have taken the motorboat to Smooth Rock Island many times before, but never…
at night. Filled with a strange feeling and sensing the presence of others although she sees no one else, the young girl listens as Noko, her grandmother, tells of coming to the island for ceremonial dances. Listening for the sound of moccasins and trying to be brave, the granddaughter finally sees ancestors dancing in the fire's smoke. Grades 2-4. c1999.Par James Houston. 1983
In 1803, a trading ship was captured by an Indian band on the pacific coast. This story is based on…
those events, Houston tells the story from the Indians' point of view. Junior High. 1983.Par Joseph Bruchac. 1997
Par Richard Wagamese. 2006
In pursuit of a world-champion title, Joe Willie Wolfchild suffers a career-ending accident and is taken to his family's ranch…
to recuperate. Meanwhile, urban street-kid Aiden, sick and tired of his mother Claire's long string of abusive boyfriends, plans a robbery only to land in jail. Upon his release, a concerned parole officer finds a place for Aiden and his mom at the Wolfchild ranch. Strong language. 2006.Par Jan Hudson. 1990
When a horse is captured from the Snakes and brought to the Blackfoot tribe, Kit Fox knows that she is…
meant to ride it. The horse is sent to a camp where women are not allowed, but when an attack sends the men into battle, Kit Fox is left to master the beast. For junior and senior high readers. 1990.