Craft, Aimée
Summary: "The first treaty that was made was between the earth and the sky. It was an agreement to work together. We build all of our treaties on that original treaty. On the banks of the river that have been Mishomis's home his whole life, he teaches his granddaughter to listen--to hear both the sounds and the silences, and so to learn her place in Creation. Most importantly, he teaches her about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.7108 CRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J342.71082 CRABlackstock, Cindy.
Summary: Spirit Bear learns about residential schools and their impact on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, as well as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report and its 94 calls to action, and the paper hearts planted after the report's release to honour the children who went to residential schools.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada 2019
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Summary: Spirit Bear is off on another adventure! Follow him as he learns about traditional knowledge and Residential Schools from his Uncle Huckleberry and his friend, Lak'insxw, before heading to Algonquin territory, where children teach him about Shannen's Dream. Spirit Bear and his new friends won't stop until Shannen's Dream of "safe and comfy schools" comes true for every First Nations student.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BLAMethot, Suzanne
Summary: "An unflinching reimagining of Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing for young adults. Written specifically for young adults, reluctant readers, and literacy learners, Killing the Wittigo explains the traumatic effects of colonization on Indigenous people and communities and how trauma alters an individual's brain, body, and behavior. It explores how learned patterns of behavior -- the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECW Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 362.1089 METYellowhorn, Eldon
Summary: "From healing to astronomy to our connection to the natural world, the lessons from Indigenous knowledge inform our learning and practices today. How do knowledge systems get passed down over generations? Through the knowledge inherited from their Elders and ancestors, Indigenous Peoples throughout North America have observed, practiced, experimented, and interacted with plants, animals, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 500.89 YELRobertson, Joanne
Summary: "A translation of The Water Walker into Anishinaabemowin. The book contains both Anishinaabemowin and English. The Water Walker is the story of a determined Ojibwe Grandmother who walked around all of the Great Lakes to protect our water."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2019
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Summary: "The Mohawk phrase for depression can be roughly translated to "a mind spread out on the ground." In this urgent and visceral work, Alicia Elliott explores how apt a description that is for the ongoing effects of personal, intergenerational, and colonial traumas she and so many Native people have experienced. Elliott's deeply personal writing details a life spent between Indigenous and white...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELLIOTT, ALICIA ELLCoyote, Ivan E. (Ivan Elizabeth)
Summary: "Ivan Coyote is one of North America's preeminent storytellers and performers, and the author, co-author, or co-editor of eleven previous books, all but one of which have been published by Arsenal Pulp Press. Their most recent book, Tomboy Survival Guide, was shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, named an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COYOTE, IVAN COYSwanson, James L.
Summary: "Once it was one of the most famous events in early American history. Today, it has been nearly forgotten. In an obscure, two-hundred-year-old museum in a little village in western Massachusetts, there lies what once was the most revered but now totally forgotten relic from the history of early New England--the massive, tomahawk-scarred door that came to symbolize the notorious Deerfield...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024
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Summary: "Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC ALISummary: Robert Flaherty's classic film tells the story of Inuit hunter Nanook and his family as they struggle to survive in the harsh conditions of Canada's Hudson Bay region. Enormously popular when released in 1922, Nanook of the North is a cinematic milestone that continues to enchant audiences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Reel Enterprises 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NANPicard, André
Summary: "It took the coronavirus pandemic to open our eyes to the deplorable state of so many of the nation's long-term care homes: the inhumane conditions, overworked and underpaid staff, and lack of oversight. In this timely new book, esteemed health reporter André Picard reveals the full extent of the crisis in eldercare, and offers an urgently needed prescription to fix a broken system. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Canada 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.6 PICDill, Khodi
Summary: "An incisive, innovative, and inviting take on fighting oppression and fighting for racial justice. Racism is a real and present danger. But how can you fight it if you don't know how it works or where it comes from? Using a compelling mix of memoir, cultural criticism, and anti-oppressive theory, Khodi Dill breaks down how white supremacy functions in North America and gives readers tools to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.896 DILSkrypuch, Marsha Forchuk
Summary: "Tuan and his family survive bullets, a broken motor, and a leaking boat in the long days they spend at sea after fleeing Vietnam. A true story as told to the author by Tuan Ho. Includes family photographs and a historical note about the Vietnamese refugee crisis."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HOGill, Charlotte
Summary: "An award-winning writer retraces her dysfunctional, biracial, globe-trotting family's journey as she reckons with ethnicity and belonging, diversity and race, and the complexities of life within a multicultural household. Charlotte Gill's father is Indian. Her mother is English. They meet in 1960's London when the world is not quite ready for interracial love. Their union, a revolutionary act,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GILL, CHARLOTTE GILShraya, Vivek
Summary: "A powerful meditation on the damaging effects of masculinity from a trans girl--a writer with celebrated indie roots and a knack for dismantling assumptions and challenging the status quo. Toxic masculinity takes many insidious forms, from misogyny and sexual harassment to homophobia, transphobia, and bullying. Vivek Shraya has firsthand experience with nearly all of them. As a boy, Vivek...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited 2018