Relating to indigenous peoples

Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws

Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws is a journey through the 10,000-year history of the Interior Plateau nation in British Columbia. Told through the lens of past and present Indigenous storytellers, this ...

Chief Lightning Bolt

With We Were Not the Savages, Daniel Paul changed the way the world understood the history of Eastern Canada and the fully developed civilization that existed before the arrival of the European explorers ...

Seven Fallen Feathers

By (author) Tanya Talaga
Categories: Biography: general

The shocking true story covered by The Guardian and The New York Times of the seven young Indigenous students who were found dead in a northern Ontario city. Winner of the RBC Taylor Prize and the Shaughnessy ...

#NotYourPrincess

Whether looking back to a troubled past or welcoming a hopeful future, the powerful voices of Indigenous women across North America resound in this book. #Not Your Princess presents an eclectic collection ...

nipêhon / I Wait

A quiet, gentle story about a family working together written in Cree and English.

A young child, her grandmother and mother are going out to pick wild yarrow. As Grandmother gets ready, the child and ...

Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit

Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit—meaning all the extensive knowledge and experience passed from generation to generation—is a collection of contributions by well-known and respected Inuit Elders.

Struggling With My Soul

By (author) George Rich
Categories: Biography: general

George Rich’s Struggling with My Soul is a story of growing up caught between two worlds. A Labrador Mushuau Innu, George’s family and people gave up their nomadic way of life to settle in Davis Inlet. ...

Annie Muktuk and Other Stories

By (author) Norma Dunning
Categories: Short stories
Series: Robert Kroetsch Series

“I woke up with Moses Henry’s boot holding open my jaw and my right eye was looking into his gun barrel. I heard the slow words, ‘Take. It. Back. ’ I know one thing about Moses Henry; he means ...

Chroniques de Kitchike

By (author) Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui
Categories: Short stories

Avec son premier recueil de nouvelles, Chroniques de Kitchike : la grande débarque, Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui nous propose une incursion au cœur d'une communauté autochtone haute en couleur où se côtoient ...

Yakuglas' Legacy

By (author) Ronald W. Hawker
Categories: Biography: general

“Ronald Hawker’s endeavour to explore the material objects—the pieces in the collections—and then make relevant, illuminating connections with broader social, political, and economic events is ...