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• Five Little Indians

  Good, Michelle

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  Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. With…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• NDN Coping Mechanisms

  Notes From the Field

  Belcourt, Billy-Ray

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  In the follow-up to his Griffin Poetry Prizewinning collection, 'This Wound is a World,' Billy-Ray Belcourt aims more of an anthropological eye at the contours of NDN and queer social worlds. In this genre-bending work, Belcourt employs…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Peace and Good Order

  the Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada

  Johnson, Harold, 1957-2022

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  An urgent, informed, intimate condemnation of the Canadian state and its failure to deliver justice to Indigenous people by national bestselling author and former Crown prosecutor Harold R. Johnson. He explores the part that he played in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rumour

  Dandurand, Joseph A.

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  This collection of poetry exposes many important issues of Indigenous discrimination, poverty, drug abuse, brutal violence, love, family, and complex human relationships. The poems come from author's lifetime experience living on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Place

  150 Years Retold

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  Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nobody Cries at Bingo

  Dumont, Dawn

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  Witness first hand Dumant family life on the Okanese First Nation. Beyond the stereotypes and clichés of Rez dogs, drinking, and bingos, the story of a girl who loved to read begins to unfold. It is her hopes, dreams, and indomitable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bone Black

  GoldenEagle, Carol Rose

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  There are too many stories about Indigenous women who go missing or are murdered, and it doesn't seem as though official sources such as government, police or the courts respond in a way that works toward finding justice or even solutions.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Education of Augie Merasty

  a Residential School Memoir

  Merasty, Joseph Auguste

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  A courageous and intimate memoir of a child who endured life in a residential school.

• Empire of Wild

  Dimaline, Cherie

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  Broken-hearted Joan has been searching for her husband, Victor, for almost a year. One morning, she is drawn to a revival tent where local Métis gather to hear a charismatic preacher, Eugene Wolff. With only the help of a foul-mouthed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

  Elliott, Alicia

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  A personal and critical meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America. With deep consideration and searing prose, Elliott extends far beyond her own experiences to provide a candid look at our past, an illuminating…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Corvus

  Johnson, Harold, 1957-2022

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  Eighty years have passed since natural disasters ravaged the land, and mass migrations led to decade-long wars. George and Lenore are lawyers who rarely interact with members of the lower classes from nearby communities. As the lives of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Birdsong

  Flett, Julie

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  When a young girl moves from the country to a small town, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman who shares her love of arts and crafts. Can the girl navigate the changing seasons and failing health of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Stranger at Home

  a True Story

  Jordan-Fenton, Christy

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  The experiences of a young Inuit girl returning from a residential religious school, where she is not recognized by her mother and is seen as an outsider.

• The Inconvenient Indian

  a Curious Account of Native People in North America

  King, Thomas

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  An insightful read that refashions old stories about historical events and figures, takes a sideways look at film and pop culture, relates experiences with activism, and articulates an understanding of laws and treaties on Native peoples…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Go Show the World

  A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes

  Kinew, Wab

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  Using rhyming lyrics from a previously written rap song, Midewin author and Manitoba politician, Wab Kinew tells the stories of 14 historical and contemporary Indigenous heroes.

• The Outside Circle

  LaBoucane-Benson, Patti

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  Pete, a young Aboriginal gang member, is sent to jail for killing his mother's boyfriend during a fight. While there, he realizes that he has become a negative influence on his younger brother and decides to turn his life around with the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Heart Berries

  A Memoir

  Mailhot, Terese Marie

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  Mailhot's debut memoir chronicles her struggle to balance the beauty of her Native heritage with the often desperate and chaotic reality of life on the reservation. A powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Celia's Song

  Maracle, Lee, 1950-2021

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  Mink is a witness, a shape shifter, compelled to follow the story that has ensnared Celia and her village, on the West coast of Vancouver Island in Nu:Chahlnuth territory. Celia's Song relates one Nu:Chahlnuth family's harrowing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moon of the Crusted Snow

  Rice, Waubgeshig

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  With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. Frustrated by the building chaos, a small group turns to the land and Anishinaabe tradition in hopes of helping their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Son of a Trickster

  Robinson, Eden

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  A coming-of-age novel, in which everyday teen existence meets Indigenous beliefs, crazy family dynamics, and cannibalistic river otters.