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John R. Jewitt's story of being captured and enslaved by Maquinna, the great chief of the Mowachaht people, is both an adventure tale of survival and an unusual perspective on the First Nations of the northwest coast of Vancouver Island. On March 22, 1803, while anchored in Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Boston was attacked by a group of Mowachaht warriors. Twenty-five of her 27 crewmen were massacred, their heads "arranged in a line" for survivor John R. Jewitt to identify.

When the Edmonton Oil Kings discover Reuben Reuben has a hockey game as unforgettable as his name and his Inuit heritage, life changes in a hurry for him and his best friend Gear. A wealthy businessman sponsors a three-on-three pond-hockey tour across the western Arctic, and Reuben and Gear soon find out the tournament is not what they thought.

Vince lives in a small town, a town that is divided right down the middle. Indians on one side, whites on the other. The unspoken has never been challenged. But when Vince’s friend Sherry starts seeing an Indian boy, Vince is outraged and determined to fight back, until he notices Raedawn, a girl from the reserve. Vince is forced to take a stand and see where his heart will lead him.

Aneze, a young Aboriginal girl, is left for dead after her village is ripped apart by a wife-raid; her father and brother are killed and her mother is kidnapped. Aneze is the only survivor. She renames herself Orphan Ahwak as she struggles to survive on her own, first in the forest and then in a remote world of tundra and sea-ice. She endures cold and hunger and befriends people whose customs are completely foreign to her. Through it all she remains determined to become a hunter and to find a place in an often hostile and terrifying world.

When Lucas Smoke learns the Ojibway art of carving from his grandfather, he proves to be a natural. He can literally make people come to life in wood. Then Lucas's growing reputation attracts a mysterious stranger, who offers him a large advance to carve a spirit mask. This mask is to represent the master, but Lucas must find its face in his dreams. As his dreams become more and more disturbing, he feels himself changing. And the mask takes control of his life. Then a chance encounter with an old woman introduces him to the identity of the master.

Canada's relationship with its Indigenous people has suffered as a result of both the residential school system and the lack of understanding of the historical and current impact of those schools. Healing and repairing that relationship requires education, awareness and increased understanding of the legacy and the impacts still being felt by survivors and their families. Guided by acclaimed Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, readers will learn about the lives of Survivors and listen to allies who are putting the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into action.

Noah Thorpe is spending the school term in George River, in Quebec's Far North, where his dad is an English teacher in the Inuit community. Noah's not too keen about living in the middle of nowhere, but getting away from Montreal has one big advantage: he gets a break from the bully at his old school. But Noah learns that problems have a way of following you -- no matter how far you travel. To the Inuit kids, Noah is a qallunaaq, a southerner, someone ignorant of the customs of the North.

«Les bernaches avec les oies blanches, ça finit toujours par porter malheur.» Le jour où il se met à fréquenter l’école des Blancs, Simon Vicaire prend vite conscience de sa «différence». Adolescent, il se voit interdire de fréquenter Isabelle Bouchard, une jeune Blanche qui l’attire beaucoup au grand dam de Meaghan, son amie d’enfance, une Amérindienne comme lui.

Cet ouvrage est né d’un désir de réconciliation entre les Autochtones et le peuple québécois. Un des objectifs est de rétablir des ponts afin que, de part et d’autre, un lien d’entraide et de fraternité soit davantage présent, au-delà des préjugés et des différences de cultures. Comment peut-on aller de l’avant et s’enrichir mutuellement?

Mercedes, après avoir accompli la dernière promesse qu’elle avait faite à Ekis, décide d’aller s’installer en Californie, pensant pouvoir réaliser son rêve de pratiquer de la thérapie avec les chevaux. Mais le vieux chef navajo, Takoya, réussit à convaincre l’asdzáni kf de venir travailler quelques mois par année dans la réserve. Mercedes se retrouve sur la route avec un jeune cowboy, Jim, à aider et à soigner les chevaux et leurs propriétaires… Un drame surviendra qui laissera notre héroïne brisée.