Indigenous materials

  • A perfect likeness : two novellas

    Creator

    Wagamese, Richard

    Abstract

    This volume contains two novellas by Richard Wagamese, Him Standing and The Next Sure Thing. Both stories follow the lives of young artists who have dreams for a better future.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria, British Columbia

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • I place you into the fire

    Creator

    Thomas, Rebecca

    Abstract

    In Mi'kmaw, three similarly shaped words have drastically different meanings: kesalul means "I love you"; kesa'lul means "I hurt you"; and ke'sa'lul means "I put you into the fire." Spoken word artist Rebecca Thomas' first poetry collection is at once a meditation on navigating life and love as a second-generation Residential School survivor, a lesson in unlearning, and a rallying cry for Indigenous justice, empathy, and equality.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Halifax

    Nimbus

    Non spécifié
  • Crow gulch

    Creator

    Walbourne-Gough, Douglas

    Abstract

    Shortlisted, Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry and Raymond Souster Award. Longlisted, First Nation Communities READ Award. From the author: I cannot let the story of Crow Gulch - the story of my family and, subsequently, my own story - go untold. This book is my attempt to resurrect dialogue and story, to honour who and where I come from, to remind Corner Brook of the glaring omission in its social history.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Fredericton

    Icehouse Poetry

    Non spécifié
  • Final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, volume one : summary : honouring the truth, reconciling for the future

    Creator

    Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

    Abstract

    This is the Final Report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these schools. This report, the summary volume, includes the history of residential schools, the legacy of that school system, and the full text of the Commission's 94 recommendations for action to address that legacy. This report lays bare a part of Canada's history that until recently was little-known to most non-Aboriginal Canadians.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    James Lorimer & Company

    Non spécifié
  • Histoire des Premières Nations : ce n'était pas nous les sauvages : le choc entre les civilisations européennes et autochtones

    Creator

    Paul, Daniel N.

    Abstract

    Ce n'était pas nous les sauvages relate l'histoire de la quasi-disparition, du point de vue des Mi'kmaq, des anciennes Premières Nations démocratiques d'Amérique du Nord, causée par l'invasion européenne des Amériques, avec un regard particulier sur les Mi'kmaq. Bien que d'autres nations européennes, l'Espagne entres autres, aient été impliquées dans le massacre, cette histoire expose en détail les actions d'une seule, la Grande-Bretagne.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Mouton noir Acadie

    Non spécifié
  • The forgotten Acadians : a story of discovery

    Creator

    Avery, Jude

    Abstract

    This manuscript is a culmination of years of effort to reveal a "lost chapter" in Canadian and Maritime history, a story that began with a Mi'kmaq and Basque seasonal presence on the NS Eastern Shore as early as the Sixteenth Century, followed by a permanent settlement of Chezzetcook Acadian families in the latter part of the Eighteenth. Did you know Samuel de Champlain visited Tor Baie, Guysborough Co, NS in 1607 before sailing up the St. Lawrence River to found Quebec City the following year?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    New World Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • Northern light : power, land, and the memory of water

    Creator

    Ali, Kazim

    Abstract

    Ali's lyrical, hypnotic storytelling takes us on an unlikely journey to a place that only now exists in his childhood memories: a remote industrial community in the boreal forest of Northern Canada. I was mesmerized by the voice of a poet who methodically and artistically recounts his once in a lifetime journey to connect with a Cree tribe called the Pimicikamak, the original owners and occupiers of the land and water that mesmerized him as a child.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Goose Lane Editions

    Non spécifié
  • Warrior life : Indigenous resistance and resurgence

    Creator

    Palmater, Pamela

    Abstract

    In a moment where unlawful pipelines are built on Indigenous territories, the RCMP make illegal arrests of land defenders on unceded lands, and anti-Indigenous racism permeates on social media; the government lie that is reconciliation is exposed. Renowned lawyer, author, speaker and activist, Pamela Palmater returns to wade through media headlines and government propaganda and get to heart of key issues lost in the noise. Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence is the second collection of writings by Palmater.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Winnipeg

    Fernwood Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • Glooscap, les castors et le mont Sugarloaf / Klu'skap Kopitk Aqq Sugarloaf Mountain / Glooscap, the Beavers and the Sugarloaf Mountain

    Creator

    Sock, Serena M.

    Mitcham, Allison

    Roy, Réjean

    Abstract

    Tout comme le Loch Ness ou le lac Memphrémagog, le lac Baker du Haut Madawaska, serait-il infesté par un monstre? Les trois mousquetaires acadiens plongent dans leur première enquête! Trois jeunes écoliers acadiens (et leur chien) se cherchant une occupation peu banale décident de fonder une agence de détectives et se baptisent Les trois mousquetaires, puisqu'ils sont quatre ! Au même moment, les riverains du lac Baker, dans le nord-ouest du Nouveau-Brunswick, à la frontière avec le Québec et les États-Unis sont effrayés par la présence d'un monstre marin.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Bouton d'or Acadie

    Non spécifié
  • Le maître Glooscap transforme animaux et paysages / Mawiknat Klu'skap Sa'se'wo'laji Wi'sik Aqq Sa'se'wa'too Maqamikew / The Mighty Glooscap Transforms Animals and Landscape

    Creator

    Roy, Réjean

    Abstract

    Il y a longtemps, le grand Glooscap créa le peuple mi'kmaq dans le territoire actuel des provinces de l'Atlantique. Puis le Maître interrogea les animaux de la région, qui étaient alors gigantesques, afin de connaître leur intention envers les humains. Selon leur réponse, il réduisit la force des uns, diminua la taille des autres, en chassa d'autres au loin. Voulant échapper à ses questions, le castor construisit un énorme barrage pour se cacher, mais Glooscap détruisit le barrage et transforma ainsi le paysage du Nouveau-Brunswick.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Bouton d'or Acadie

    Non spécifié