Relating to indigenous peoples
The Riel Problem
Tracing Louis Riel’s metamorphosis from traitor to Canadian hero, Braz argues that, through his writing, Riel resists his portrayal as both a Canadian patriot and a pan-Indigenous leader. After being ...
Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities
Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities examines the relationship between the Wet’suwet’en and hydrocarbon pipeline development, showing how colonial governments and corporations seek to control ...
An Ordinary Violence
Terrible things happen side by side with the ordinary.
Dawn hasn't spoken to her brother, Cody, since he was sent to prison for a violent crime seven years ago. But when Dawn's seemingly perfect life in ...
Maggie Lou, Firefox
Maggie Lou’s grandpa doesn’t call her Firefox for nothing. She’s always finding ways to make life more interesting — even if this means getting into big trouble.
When her grandfather Moshôm ...
Tales for Late Night Bonfires
Curious, uncanny tales blending Indigenous oral storytelling and meticulous style, from an electric voice in Canadian fiction
These are stories that are a little bit larger than life, or maybe they really ...
Amazing L'nu'k
The newest installment in the celebrated illustrated series about Amazing Atlantic Canadians, featuring incredible Indigenous people.
Delve into the uplifting stories of the people of Mi'kma'ki in this ...
Unbroken
NATIONAL BESTSELLER: A Globe and Mail and Toronto Star Bestseller
A finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Writers’ Trust Hilary Weston Prize for Nonfiction.
"A remarkable life story. ...
JAJ
With gorgeous imagery, visual artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas brings to life the tumultuous history of first contact between Europeans and Indigenous peoples and the early colonization by the Europeans ...
The Life and Times of Augustine Tataneuck
Winner of the 2024 William Mills Prize for Non-Fiction Polar Books
One of the few biographies of an Inuk man from the 19th Century—separated from his family, community, and language—finding his place ...
Poppa and His Drum
After moving from an all-French Indigenous community to the English community of St. George’s when he was a little boy, Poppa's life as a young man was very sad. He was treated badly by his schoolteachers ...