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  • A short history of Indians
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    King, Thomas

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      Narrator: Multiple Readers
      Publisher: Crane Library, Fri, 05/15/2015 - 12:00
  • Green grass, running water
    Author:

    King, Thomas

    Summary:

    Strong, Sassy women and hard-luck hardheaded men, all searching for the middle ground between Native American tradition and the modern world, perform an elaborate dance of approach and avoidance in

    Genre: Canadian fiction

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      Publisher: Crane Library, Fri, 05/15/2015 - 12:00
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      Publisher: Crane Library, Sat, 05/16/2015 - 12:00
  • Coyote Tales
    Author:

    King, Thomas

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    Eggenschwiler, Byron

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    Two tales, set in a time “when animals and human beings still talked to each other,” display Thomas King’s cheeky humor and master storytelling skills.

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  • The Truth About Stories A Native Narrative
    Author:

    King, Thomas

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    Winner of the 2003 Trillium Book Award "Stories are wondrous things," award-winning author and scholar Thomas King declares in his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures.

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  • The truth about stories: a native narrative
    Author:

    King, Thomas

    Summary:

    In his 2003 Massey lecture, award-winning author and scholar Thomas King looks at the breadth and depth of Native experience and imagination.

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      Running Time: 43200
      Narrator: Thomas King
      Publisher: CBC, Wed, 01/01/2003 - 12:00
  • On Remembrance Day
    Author:

    Creasey, Eleanor

    Summary:

    An exploration of Canadian Remembrance Day history, customs, and traditions. Who are the people who offered their lives in war? Why do we remember them? How do we honour their memory?

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Juvenile nonfiction

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  • Truth and bright water
    Author:

    King, Thomas

    Summary:

    With a plethora of superb reviews and upcoming publication in the US, Thomas King's latest work affirms him as one of our wittiest and wisest writers.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Indigenous materials, Magic realist fiction

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  • Sufferance
    Author:

    King, Thomas

    Summary:

    Jeremiah Camp, a.k.a. the Forecaster, can look into the heart of humanity and see the patterns that create opportunities and profits for the rich and powerful.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Indigenous materials, Detective and mystery fiction

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  • Nous sommes des histoires : Réflexions sur la littérature autochtone
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    Armstrong, Jeannette

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    Cariou, Warren

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    Eigenbrod, Renate

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    Hayden, Drew

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    Heath Justice, Daniel

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    Jeannotte, Marie-Hélène

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    King, Thomas

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    Lamy, Jonathan

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    LaRocque, Emma

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    Maracle, Lee

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    Martin, Keavy

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    McLeod, Neal

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    Pelletier, Jean-Pierre

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    Picard-Sioui, Louis-Karl

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    Sherman Alexie, Taylor

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    St-Amand, Isabelle

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    Vizenor, Gerald

    Summary:

    Cette anthologie est une plongée dans la culture et dans l'imaginaire des Premières Nations, des Métis et des Inuits.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, French language materials, Indigenous materials

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  • Coyote Columbus story : Coyote solstice
    Author:

    King, Thomas

    Summary:

    <p>Coyote Columbus story: Thomas King uses a bag of literary tricks to shatter the stereotypes surrounding Columbus's voyages.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction, Indigenous materials

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  • Sufferance
    Author:

    King, Thomas

    Summary:

    Jeremiah Camp, a.k.a. the Forecaster, can look into the heart of humanity and see the patterns that create opportunities and profits for the rich and powerful.

    Genre: Humorous fiction

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  • Deep house : Dreadful water, book 6
    Author:

    King, Thomas

    Summary:

    From the #1 bestselling author of Indians on Vacation, Sufferance and 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin For the first time since the pandemic, Thumps DreadfulWater has finally found some peace in sma

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Detective and mystery fiction

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  • 77 fragments of a familiar ruin
    Author:

    King, Thomas

    Summary:

    Timely, important, mischievous, powerful: in a word, exceptional Seventy-seven poems intended as a eulogy for what we have squandered, a reprimand for all we have allowed, a suggestion for what mi

    Genre: Canadian poetry

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  • Medicine river
    Author:

    King, Thomas

    Summary:

    When Will returns to Medicine River, he thinks he is simply attending his mother’s funeral. He doesn’t count on Harlen Bigbear and his unique brand of community planning.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Indigenous materials, Literary fiction

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  • The back of the turtle
    Author:

    King, Thomas

    Summary:

    This is Thomas King's first literary novel in 15 years and follows on the success of the award-winning and bestselling The Inconvenient Indian and his beloved Green Grass, Running Water and Tr

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Indigenous materials, Literary fiction

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