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• Never Whistle at Night

  An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

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  Many Indigenous cultures warn against whistling at night, believing it can summon dangerous spirits or invite evil. This collection of chilling stories explores ghosts, curses, hauntings, monsters, and acts of revenge.

• A Minor Chorus

  Belcourt, Billy-Ray

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  A CBC Canada Reads finalist, this is the story of a man who abandons his unfinished thesis and returns home to rural northern Alberta, searching for the novel he longs to write while grappling with questions of family, love, and belonging.

• To Ride a Rising Storm

  Blackgoose, Moniquill

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  This sequel to the author's award-winning novel, "To Shape a Dragon's Breath" follows Anequs who returns home with her dragon after excelling in her first year at Kuiper's Academy. She finds her homeland has been transformed by an unwelcome Anglish…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Marrow Thieves

  Dimaline, Cherie

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  This is a dystopian survival story set in a future Canada devastated by climate change where people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

  Elliott, Alicia

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  This book looks at how racism, oppression, and historical trauma have shaped the lives of Indigenous people in North America. The author shares personal experiences to show how these impacts continue across generations.

• The Night Watchman

  Erdrich, Louise

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  Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this fictional story was inspired by Erdrich's grandfather's efforts to resist the U.S. government's attempts to terminate tribal sovereignty. This novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity; the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Truth Telling

  Seven Conversations About Indigenous Life in Canada

  Good, Michelle

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  Good examines contemporary Indigenous issues in Canada through this collection of personal essays. The author explores topics such as resistance, discrimination, cultural resurgence, and Indigenous identity. Drawing on experience and historical…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All the Quiet Places

  Isaac, Brian Thomas

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  Set in British Columbia's Okanagan during the 1950s and 1960s, the story follows Eddie Toma as he grows up amid family upheaval, loss, and the effects of colonialism. The novel explores grief, cultural disconnection, and the struggle to find…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

  Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation With Indigenous Peoples a Reality

  Joseph, Robert P. C.

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  As the co-founder and CEO of Indigenous Corporate Training Inc., the author has been a prominent voice on reconciliation, Indigenous rights, and workplace education. This guide is accessible, informative, and widely used in schools and workplaces.

• Bad Indians Book Club

  Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds

  Krawec, Patty

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  In this powerful reframing of the stories that make us, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec leads us into the borderlands of history, science, memoir, and fiction to ask: What worlds do books written by marginalized people describe and invite us to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Children of Owl

  Little Badger, Darcie

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  This is a YA fantasy novel. It is a tale of three cousins and the world of creatures, ghosts, and murderers that surrounds their trailer park. Illustrated throughout with comics pages.

• Heart Berries

  a Memoir

  Mailhot, Terese Marie

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  Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Her unique and at times unsettling voice graphically illustrates her mental state. As she writes, she discovers…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• There There

  Orange, Tommy

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  A contemporary novel about urban Indigenous identity. The story follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow and connected to each other in ways they may not realize.

• Moon of the Crusted Snow

  Rice, Waubgeshig

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  When a remote northern Anishinaabe community loses power just as winter begins, isolation, hunger, and fear threaten its survival while outsiders exploit the growing crisis. As order collapses, a group of young people led by Evan Whitesky turn to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Sun

  Roanhorse, Rebecca

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  The first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic.

• From the Ashes

  My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

  Thistle, Jesse

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  A bestselling memoir about homelessness, addiction, and reconnecting with Métis heritage; winner of numerous awards and frequently recommended across Canada.

• Together We See

  Tison, Ari

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  Seventeen-year-old Ulá investigates the mysterious death of her father, a Bribri land activist, uncovering corruption and facing threats from illegal loggers and the Costa Rican government.

• Where Wolves Don't Die

  Treuer, Anton

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  When Ezra Cloud becomes the prime suspect in a house fire after standing up to a neighborhood bully, his family sends him to a remote part of Canada to live with his grandfather during the investigation. As he reconnects with his Ojibwe roots, Ezra…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ragged Company

  Wagamese, Richard, 1955-2017

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  Ragged Company follows four chronically homeless friends whose lives change after they discover a winning lottery ticket they cannot claim without identification. With the help of a disillusioned journalist, they embark on a journey that explores…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shards of Silence

  Young, Brian Lee

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  Derrick leaves his Navajo community for an elite East Coast boarding school, where he struggles to balance academic pressure, racism, and the distance from his family. As his great-grandmother reveals the lasting trauma of the federal Native…Read moreRead more of this annotation