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Raven Brings the Light

In a time when darkness covered the land, a boy named Weget is born who is destined to bring the light. With the gift of a raven’s skin that allows him to fly as well as transform, Weget turns into ...

The Orphan and the Polar Bear

In the world of Inuit traditional stories, animals and humans are not such different creatures, and animals often have much to teach humans about the world.
In The Orphan and the Polar Bear, a little ...

Owls See Clearly at Night/Lii Yiiboo Nayaapiwak lii Swer

This picture book is a small glimpse, from A to Z, of some of the sights and sounds of the Michif language and its speakers. The language of the Métis, Michif is a combination of French and Cree with ...

The Lost Island

By (author) E Pauline Johnson
Illustrated by Atanas
Categories: Children's Fiction

"My aim, my joy, my pride, is to sing the glories of my own people. "

The story of The Lost Island is from the Legends of Vancouver, a book inspired by the friendship between a Mohawk poet and a Salish ...

Long Powwow Nights

By (author) David Bouchard & Pam Aleekuk
Illustrated by Leonard Paul
Performed by (orchestra, band, ensemble) Buffy Sainte-Marie
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction

The Powwow is a time-honored Native American custom. It is a celebration of life and spirituality, a remembrance of traditions, uniting a people through dance and ritual.

Long Powwow Nights takes you on ...

Nokum Is My Teacher

Will you walk with me, Grandmother?

Will you talk with me a while?

I’m finding life confusing

And I’m looking for some answers

To questions all around me

At that school and on the street.

You have always ...

Orphans in the Sky

For many days, there had been no food in the Inuit camp where Brother and Little Sister lived . . . . They had set out early that morning, hoping to find some food they could bring back to share with ...

Filling the Belly

By (author) Tara Manuel
Categories: Children's Fiction

Filling The Belly smashes the cliché of bourgeois attitudes and morals attributed to today’s young women. What emerges from Rosa’s haunting sexual memories, perplexing encounters with alternate reality, ...