Indigenous materials

  • Teacher guide to April Raintree and In search of April Raintree : a trauma-informed approach to teaching stories of Indigenous survivance, family separation, and the child welfare system

    Creator

    Fellner, Karlee D.

    M'Lot, Christine

    Abstract

    Written by Anishinaabe educator Christine M'Lot with psychologist Dr. Karlee Fellner, the Teacher Guide for In Search of April Raintree and April Raintree helps teachers create dynamic learning experiences for their students in grades 11 and 12, while maintaining a respectful and dignified approach to Indigenous topics.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Portage & Main Press

    Not specified
  • A beautiful rebellion : poems

    Creator

    Bouvier, Rita

    Abstract

    This evocative new poetry collection speaks with a fierce tenderness of many aspects of the poet's life: a childhood spent on the banks of the Churchill River, the death of a beloved one, the struggle to try to find forgiveness for wrongs done and the weariness of trying to redress those wrongs. And, most poignantly, a beautiful rebellion reaches one hand back to Louis Riel and one hand forward to future Metis generations.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Thistledown Press

    Not specified
  • Indigenous legalities, pipeline viscosities : colonial extractivism and Wet'suwet'en resistance

    Creator

    McCreary, Tyler

    Abstract

    Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities examines the relationship between the Wet'suwet'en and hydrocarbon pipeline development, showing how colonial governments and corporations seek to control Indigenous claims and how the Wet'suwet'en resist. Tyler McCreary explores pipeline regulatory review processes, reviews attempts to reconcile Indigeneity with development, and asks fundamental questions about territory and jurisdiction. In the process, he offers historical context for the continuing influences of colonialism on Indigenous peoples.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    University of Alberta Press

    Not specified
  • The Kodiaks : home ice advantage

    Creator

    Robertson, David A.

    Abstract

    Hockey fans will love this action-packed middle grade novel about teamwork, overcoming adversity, and being proud of who you are and where you come from. Join Alex as he navigates a new school, deals with new friends and bullies alike, and proves that on the ice, only the colour of your jersey matters.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Winnipeg, Manitoba]

    HighWater Press

    Not specified
  • What fills your house like smoke

    Creator

    McGregor, Erin

    Abstract

    In this debut poetry collection, E. McGregor combines the lore of family history with personal memory, vividly parsing patterns of inheritance, particularly through the maternal line. What Fills Your House Like Smoke begins and ends at the deathbed of the writer's Metis grandmother. In between, McGregor composes an incomplete and wildly imaginative biography of her grandmother, interrogated by family photographs, stories, and the scant paper trail she left behind.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Thistledown Press

    Not specified
  • My Indian

    Creator

    Joe, Mi'sel

    Abstract

    In 1822, William Epps Cormack sought the expertise of a guide who could lead him across Newfoundland in search of the last remaining Beothuk camps on the island. In his journal, Cormack refers to his guide only as 'My Indian.' Now, almost two hundred years later, Mi'sel Joe and Sheila O'Neill reclaim the story of Sylvester Joe, the Mi'kmaq guide engaged by Cormack ... My Indian follows Sylvester Joe from his birth (in what is now known as Miawpukek First Nation) and early life in his community to his journey across the island with Cormack.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [St. John's, NL]

    Breakwater Books

    Not specified
  • A separate star : politics and strategy for anti-capitalist, anti-colonial, and anti-imperialist struggle

    Creator

    Red Braid Alliance for Decolonial Socialism

    Abstract

    A Separate Star collects the decolonial socialist ambitions of Red Braid Alliance through reflections on struggle, popular philosophical inquiries, and revolutionary strategy. The roots of the collectively-authored book are in Red Braid's decade of efforts to foster the self-organization of what they referred to as subaltern social groups in tent cities, squats, and nameless low-rise apartment buildings facing demoviction in cities and towns throughout south-west British Columbia.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Winnipeg

    ARP Books

    Not specified
  • Indigenous resistance and development in Winnipeg : 1960-2000

    Abstract

    Tracing through Indigenous institutional development in Winnipeg, and providing a unique perspective on the history of Indigenous housing development, education, and economic development, Indigenous Resistance and Development in Winnipeg 1960-2000 explores Indigenous resistance in Winnipeg through the work of various Winnipeg institutions, including The Indian and Métis Friendship Centre, Children of the Earth and Niji Mahkwa schools, The Indigenous Women's Collective of Manitoba: Dibenimisowin (We Own Ourselves), the Ma Maw Wi Chi Itata Centre, The Native Women's Transition Cent

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Winnipeg

    ARP Books

    Not specified
  • When the whalers were up north : Inuit memories from the eastern Arctic

    Creator

    Eber, Dorothy

    Abstract

    The author tells a story drawn from oral memories, a story which will soon disappear with the last Inuit generation to have seen the whalers. Illuminated by a remarkable collection of drawings, photographs, and illustrations, many in full colour, tales are told of when the whalers first appeared on the north-east coast of Baffin Island, how they set up land stations in the whale-rich waters of Cumberland Sound, and how they eventually pushed on into Hudson Bay. During this time the Inuit not only fed and clothed the whalers, they hunted with them, adding to the whalers' wealth.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Toronto]

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Not specified
  • Memories, myths and dreams of an Ojibwe leader

    Creator

    Berens, William

    Abstract

    Because the elderly chief wanted his visitor to understand the Ojibwe world, and because Hallowell was deeply interested in his subject matter and was such a good listener, Berens freely related his dreams and other stories about encounters with powerful beings. The fact that he also shared traditional myths in summer, when Ojibwe people thought it dangerous to discuss such things, shows the depth of his relationship with Hallowell.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Montréal [Que.]

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Not specified