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• Indian Horse

  Wagamese, Richard

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  Saul Indian Horse, having hit rock bottom in a treatment centre for alcohol addiction, wants peace. He sees the only way to find it is to tell his life story as a Northern Ojibway with all its joys and sorrows. As he journeys back he comes to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Conversations With Canadians

  Maracle, Lee, 1950-

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  Essays of the author's thoughts about some of the questions she has been asked by Canadians, which involve subjects such as citizenship, segregation, labour, law, prejudice, and reconciliation.

• Stolen Life

  the Journey of a Cree Woman

  Wiebe, Rudy Henry, 1934-

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  Winner of the Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize A powerful autobiography from Yvonne Johnson—the great-great-granddaughter of Cree leader Chief Big Bear

• Five Little Indians

  Good, Michelle

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  WINNER: Canada Reads 2022 WINNER: Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction With compassion and insight, Five Little Indians chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The North-west Is Our Mother

  the Story of Louis Riel's People, the M Nation

  Teillet, Jean

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  A history of the Métis people from the 1790s right up to 2018

• Moon of the Crusted Snow

  a Novel

  Rice, Waubgeshig, 1979-

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  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.

• Wînipêk

  Visions of Canada From An Indigenous Centre

  Sinclair, Niigaanwewidam James

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  From ground zero of this country's most important project: reconciliation. Niigaan Sinclair has been called provocative, revolutionary, and one of this country's most influential thinkers on the issues impacting Indigenous cultures, communities, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• From Oral to Written

  a Celebration of Indigenous Literature in Canada, 1980-2010

  Highway, Tomson, 1951-

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  Author Tomson Highway surveys Indigenous literature published in Canada between 1980 and 2010, highlighting gifted authors and the best stories they have told.

• Truth Telling

  Seven Conversations About Indigenous Life in Canada

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  A bold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experience in Canada.