Celebrate National Indigenous History Month this June by reading the works of Indigenous authors!
Noopiming
Award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson returns with a bold reimagination of the novel, one that combines narrative and poetic fragments through a careful and fierce reclamation of Anishinaabe aesthetics.
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
A personal meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America.
Treaty Words: For As Long As the Rivers Flow
Aimée Craft affirms the importance of understanding an Indigenous perspective on treaties in this evocative book that is essential for readers of all ages.
Jonny Appleseed
Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, has to return to the his former life when he attends the funeral of his stepfather.
Fry Bread
Fry bread is nation. It might look or taste different, but it is still shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond. Fry bread is us. It is a celebration of old and new, traditional and modern, similarity and difference. Fry Bread is a story told in lively and powerful verse by Seminole Nation member Kevin Noble Maillard.
Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley's debut novel is a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community.
Sufferance
Jeremiah Camp, a.k.a. the Forecaster, can look into the heart of humanity and see the patterns that create opportunities and profits for the rich and powerful. Problem is, Camp has looked one too many times, has seen what he hadn't expected to see and has come away from the abyss with no hope for himself or for the future.
21 Things You May Not Kow About the Indian Act
A guide to understanding the Indian Act and its impact on generations of Indigenous Peoples, as well as an examination of how Indigenous Peoples can return to self-government, self-determination, and self-reliance.
Cottagers and Indians: A Play
An Indigenous man repopulates the lakes around him with wild rice, much to the disapproval of the local non-Indigenous cottagers.
The Orange Shirt Story
When Phyllis Webstad (nee Jack) turned six, she went to the residential school for the first time. On her first day at school, she wore a shiny orange shirt that her Granny had bought for her, but when she got to the school, it was taken away from her and never returned.
On the Trapline
A boy and Moshom, his grandpa, take a trip together to visit a place of great meaning to Moshom. A trapline is where people hunt and live off the land, and it was where Moshom grew up.
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical.
A History of My Brief Body
Billy-Ray Belcourt delivers a searing account of Indigenous life that's part love letter, part rallying cry. With the lyricism and emotional power of his award-winning poetry, Belcourt cracks apart his history and shares it with us one fragment at a time.
We Are Water Protectors
We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption.When a black snake threatens to destroy the earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource.
The Barren Grounds
Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home until they find a secret portal to another reality.
Mamaqtuq!
One beautiful spring morning, a group of friends go seal hunting so they can make a delicious stew. Hungry and tired, they begin to think they'll have to give up until they finally spot a seal!
Moon of the Crusted Snow
With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community is cut off from power. Winter months pass slowly and food supple dwindles, but the greatest threat to survival comes from within the community itself.
Spirit Bear and Children Make History
When Spirit Bear's mom tells him about an important human rights case happening in Ottawa, he makes the LONG trip to go and watch, and to stand up for First Nations kids.
Five Little Indians
Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver.
We All Play = Kimêtawânaw
This picture book, with gorgeous images and sweet simple text, is a marvelous celebration of the interconnectedness of all creatures, and includes some Cree phrases. It is based on the Cree teaching of wahkohtowin, interconnectedness and play, and includes as well the English and Cree names of the animals.
Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock
Young Awâsis searches for ingredients to make a bannock recipe, and she turns to a variety of animals to help her.
Indians on Vacation
Inspired by a handful of postcards sent nearly a hundred years ago, Bird and Mimi attempt to trace long-lost uncle Leroy and the family medicine bundle he took with him to Europe.
Sharing Our Truths = Tapwe
Join the authors as they lead you through important cultural experiences, tell stories, and share their wisdom and truths with compassion. Learn the protocols for building a tipi, trapping a beaver, laying the grandfather stones for a fire and smudging.
Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories and Songs
Leanne Simpson's characters confront the often heartbreaking challenge of pairing the desire to live loving and observant lives with a constant struggle to simply survive the historical and ongoing injustices of racism and colonialism.
Nattiq and the Land of Statues: A Story From the Arctic
A ringed seal, known in Inuktitut as ᓇᑦᑎᖅ nattiq, has returned to his Arctic home after a long journey south. His friends -- a polar bear, caribou, raven, walrus and narwhal -- gather round to hear about his trip.
Bearskin Diary
Raw and honest, Bearskin Diary gives voice to a generation of First Nations women who have always been silenced.
