October 1-4 is First Nation Public Library Week! FNPLW was introduced by First Nation librarians to raise awareness for public library services offered on Indigenous lands, and at county and municipal libraries. Take this opportunity to reserve these recent titles featuring diverse Indigenous voices.
Native Nations: A Millennium in North America by Kathleen DuVal
In this important addition to the growing tradition of North American history centered on Indigenous nations, Kathleen DuVal shows how the definitions of power and means of exerting it shifted over time, but the sovereignty and influence of Native peoples remained, and will continue far into the future.
Who we are: Four Questions for a Life and a Nation by Murray Sinclair et al
This is Murray Sinclair's story — and the story of a nation — in his own words, an oral history that forgoes the trappings of the traditionally written memoir to center Indigenous ways of knowledge and storytelling. As Canada moves forward into the future of Reconciliation, one of its greatest leaders guides us to ask the most important and difficult question we can ask of ourselves: Who are we?
Lost at Windy River: A True Story of Survival by Trina Rathgeber.
Thirteen-year-old Ilse Schweder gets lost in a snowstorm while checking her family's trapline in northern Canada. Ilse faces many challenges, including freezing temperatures, wild animals, snow blindness and frostbite. With no food or supplies, she relies on Traditional Indigenous Knowledge passed down from her family.
Grandfather of the Treaties: Finding Our Future Through the Wampum Covenant by Daniel Coleman
In Grandfather of the Treaties, Daniel Coleman introduces the founding Wampum covenants that the earliest European settlers made with the Haudenosaunee nation and shows how returning to these covenants, and the ways they were made, could heal our society.
Rule school by Dawn Quigley et al.
A talent show is coming! Since Jo Jo has a knack for being helpful, she puts her mind to helping her classmates decide on their talents, but can she manage to follow the substitute teacher's rules?
Zegaajimo: Indigenous Horror Fiction, edited by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Get ready for chills in this collection of horror/thriller fiction! Zegaajimo includes stories from eleven leading First Nations and Métis authors from across the territories of Canada: Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler, Dawn Dumont, Daniel Heath Justice, D.A. Lockhart, Karen McBride, Tyler Pennock, Waubgeshig Rice, David A. Robertson, Drew Hayden Taylor, and Richard Van Camp.
Moonbeam Meets the Medicine Man by Gail Francis.
Traditionally, the Medicine Man was a healer that people in the village would consult in times of spiritual or physical need. When Moonbeam starts to have nightmares, her friends introduce her to the Medicine Man who gives her a helpful gift.
