Biography & Autobiography, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Indigenous
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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...
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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...
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Free Man Walking
by Andy Nieman
The horror of loneliness. Over 10 years in prison. Hooked on heroin, cocaine and drugs for 23 years. A chronic alcoholic for 27. Homeless. Eating out of garbage bins. Born into a violent alcoholic home. Molested by a pedophile in a residential...
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Finding Lost
by Nancy Lafleur
Finding Lost is a powerful story of one Indigenous woman’s lifelong struggle to find who she is. She shares a story of childhood trauma; a story that is still only too common for many Indigenous women today. Walk into Nancy’s life, and share in...
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A New Beginning For Andy Charles
by Phillip Lawrence Fowler
When I was having breakfast at an A&W restaurant, I noticed a First Nation's man sitting two tables away. His very pale skin color aroused my interest, with my background in Photography, and being naturally curious,I went to talk to him and...
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Approaching Dawn
by Nancy Morrison
Approaching Dawn is the story of a prophecy fulfilled and of teachings passed through generations of Anishinabe. It is the story of one woman’s journey through the trauma of residential school, the reality of racism, the degradation of addictions...
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Ten Decades in the Life of My Dad
And the Lessons I learned by Marion Elizabeth Fraser
The 20th century heralded the greatest technological changes of any century. My Dad lived through virtually all of it - from 1898 to 1997. He served in two world wars and raised two families. Even though my Dad was a quiet man, he shared with me...
