Biography & Autobiography, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Indigenous
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She Who Wears Mocassins and Carries A Big Stick
If I I Told You Would You Believe Me by Candace Dawn Hill - Osawuskiskwew brown bear woman
My father calls and tells me I have a name for you—"She Who Wears Moccasins and Carries a Big Stick" to which I reply what does that mean and he replies—"the moccasins represents your traditional spiritual walk and the big stick is symbolized by ...
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Swim Home
Searching for the Wild Girl of Champagne by Kathleen McDonnell
In September 1731, a feral child emerged from the woods in the Champagne region of France. Clothed in animal skins, with matted, unkempt hair, and wielding a small club, she ran like a hare, climbed trees like a cat, and ate leaves and raw meat. But ...
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A Metis Man's Dream
From Traplines to Tugboats in Canada's North by Neil Gower
Where there’s a Gill, there’s a way. Gordon Gill is a gentle, hard-working Métis man whose journey began on his Iroquois-Cree grandfather’s trapline and evolved into a successful business career. His story is one of change and the passing of not ...
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Confessions of a Coyote
As told by Stella Coyote by Nancy Lafleur
After the death of her parents, Stella is separated from her community and her siblings and placed into a system that is set up to break her. Realizing that she can only rely on herself to survive in the world, Stella uses her natural instincts to ...
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White Mask
A Re-Celebration of My First Nation Heritage, A Memoir by Wesley Shennan
Why are so many Natives, First Nations, Indians, Metis, Inuits, Aboriginals, Indigenous People, and Amerindians ashamed of whom they are? Where does this shame come from? Why does it exist today? These questions are the underlying fabric of the ...
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Changing The Status Quo
by Allan Strain
Allan Strain was raised in a good home. One in North Vancouver, British Columbia, a city surrounded by mountains, forests, and sea. But despite this seemingly unspoiled atmosphere, everything started to change for the worse when Strain was just 10. ...
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Mǫ́lazha
(Child of a Whiteman) by Richard I Hardy
Mólazha (Child of a Whiteman) weaves three central tales together to tell the story of Richard I. Hardy, commonly known as Rick, against the backdrop of his ancestors. This is a story of survival and resilience. Rick’s European ancestors started ...
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From Smoke Signals to Cell Phones
The Henry Laboucan Story by Rita Makkannaw
AS A SMALL CHILD HENRY LIVED A HAPPY PEACEFUL LIFE in the isolated community of Lubicon Lake until the arrival of settlers. In his own words (as told to Rita Makkannaw) Henry will take you through the nightmare of being ripped from his family and ...
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Reflections of the North
by Kirk W. Sauer
The Canadian north is still a mystery to most Canadians. What is it like to live in a constant winter temperature of 40 below zero, with barely 2 to 3 hours of daylight? What is it like to live in a community that lives off the land, where a caribou ...
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Somebody Shot Your Boat
Memories of eleven years living with and working for First Nations and Metis people by Doreen Guilloux
Somebody Shot Your Boat is a rare first-hand account of living and working in Indigenous Canadian communities as part of a minority Caucasian population. Doreen Guilloux, and her husband, Jim, first began their journey with First Nations and Metis ...
