Indigenous materials

  • Mitoni niya nêhiyaw - nêhiyaw-iskwêw mitoni niya = : Cree is who I truly am - me, I am truly a Cree woman

    Creator

    Whitecalf, Sarah

    Abstract

    Strong women dominate these reminiscences: the grandmother taught the girl whose mother refused to let her go to school, and the life-changing events they witnessed range from the ravages of the influenza epidemic of 1918-20, to murder committed in a jealous rage, to the abduction of a young woman by underground spirits who grant her healing powers upon her release.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Winnipeg, Manitoba

    University of Manitoba Press

    Not specified
  • A girl called Echo. Vol. 4, Road allowance era

    Creator

    Vermette, Katherena

    Abstract

    In the fourth volume of A Girl Called Echo, Echo Desjardins resumes her time travel and learns more about Métis history in Canada, including the "road allowance" land set aside by the crown, and the former community known as "Rooster Town" in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She also witnesses the trial of Louis Riel in Regina, Saskatchewan.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Winnipeg, Manitoba

    HighWater Press

    Not specified
  • Perception : a photo series

    Creator

    Adams, K. C.

    Vermette, Katherena

    Abstract

    Social action art in book form, Perception: A Photo Series encourages readers to look, and then look again. Tired of reading negative and disparaging remarks directed at Indigenous people of Winnipeg in the press and social media, artist KC Adams created a photo series that presented another perspective. Called "Perception Photo Series," it confronted common stereotypes of First Nation, Inuit and Métis people to illustrate a more contemporary truthful story.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Winnipeg

    Not specified
  • A long journey : residential schools in Labrador and Newfoundland

    Creator

    Procter, Andrea

    Abstract

    Left out of the national apology and reconciliation process begun in 2008, survivors of residential schools in Labrador and Newfoundland received a formal apology from the Canadian government in 2017. This recognition finally brought them into the circle of residential school survivors across Canada, and acknowledged their experiences as similarly painful and traumatic.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    ISER Books

    Not specified
  • 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

    Not specified
  • Une journée poney! / Pemkiskahk'ciw ahahsis! / A pony day

    Creator

    Lang, Paul

    Opolahsomuwehs

    de Varennes, Hélène

    Abstract

    Joséphine regarde son grand-père et se demande s'il est sérieux. Lui qui aime tant rire ! Un poney n'a ni volant pour le conduire ni fauteuil pour s'y asseoir... Comment pourra-t-elle rester assise sur un poney et le guider jusqu'à l'étang ? La célèbre collection Wabanaki se transforme ! Composée de six contes traditionnels trilingues des Premières Nations de l'Est du Canada, la collection Wabanaki s'enrichit d'une première publication en langue wolastoqey.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Bouton d'or Acadie

    Not specified
  • 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

    Not specified
  • 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

    Not specified
  • 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

    Not specified
  • 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

    Not specified