Biography & Autobiography, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Indigenous
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Returning Home
by Lillian Sam
A journey to strength, a journey towards reconciliation, a journey to the land: from residential school to Dakelh Elder, Returning Home is Lillian Sam's life story. Born in the late 1930s near Fort St. James, British Columbia, Lillian attended...
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The Defiant 511 of the Alberni Indian Residential School
by Evelyn Thompson-George and Art Thompson
Many Indigenous children experienced the grim realities of residential schools—from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse to malnourishment, forced religious indoctrination, and attempted cultural eradication. In this memoir, Evelyn...
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Magic In The Music
The C-Weed Band Story by Errol Ranville and Wally Ranville
In the 1980s, Manitoba country-rock group The C-Weed Band scored a half dozen Top Ten hits on the country music charts beginning with their #1 hit single "Evangeline". As an Indigenous band, they broke ground for other Indigenous artists on the...
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The North Then and Now
Stories from the Hudson Bay Lowlands by Albert Chookomolin and Bill Keller
The Hudson Bay Lowlands that cover the top of Ontario form one of the largest remaining wild spaces on earth. The Lowlands are a sometimes harsh but beautiful place that has long supported the Swampy Cree people—the Mushkegowuk. The North Then...
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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....
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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...
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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...
