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                         Canadian Aboriginal
                         Books for Schools
                         s e l e c t e d & e v a lu a t e d by t e a c h e r-l ib r a r i a ns

                         2013 • 2014

                                                                     Aaron Paquette | Returning Home, 2010

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                 Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools
                 Welcome to our 2013/14 catalogue

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                         cover artist                                      Aaron Paquette
                         “Returning Home” reprinted with permission from   Returning Home, 2010
                         Aaron Paquette, © 2010
                                                                           Aaron Paquette is a First Nations artist. Since facing a life changing
                                                                           moment on a very tall bridge he has been dedicated to the healing
                                                                           journey for himself and any who would benefit from his efforts.
                                                                           He works with youth and his YA novel, Lightfinder will be released
                                                                           Spring 2014, Kegedonce Press.

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                          call of the fiddle                   the diamond                            first days                           First Days
                          Wilfred Burton &                     willow walking                         night movies                         wall of tears

                          Anne Patton                          stick                                  Alison Uitti                         Alison Uitti
                                                               a traditional mÉtis story              Linda Wood                           Linda Wood
                          Nolan travels to a Métis cel-        about generosity
                          ebration at Batoche with his                                                In this staple-bound, booklet-       The nameless protagonist of
                          mother and grandfather. He is        Leah Marie Dorion                      size, early chapter book an          Night Movies, also featured in
                          shy about participating in the       Norman Fleury, trans.                  unnamed girl is new to the           this catalogue, is promoted to
                          jigging competition but encour-      A young Métis boy learns from          country and culture. She relies      the next grade and continues
                          aged by his family he overcomes      his grandparents about the             on an older sister to help her       to experience common events
                          his reluctance. Although Nolan       importance of generosity. Their        with unfamiliar events such as       of a Canadian childhood from
                          does well he doesn’t win but         belief in the circle of life extends   a birthday party at an arcade.       swinging on a swing to cutting
                          he knows that the next year he       to sharing what you have with-         She is prey to the school bullies    her finger when using a can
                          will be ready with some new          out reservation as your return         but is befriended by a class-        opener. An ordinary event such
                          steps and more confidence. The       will be fourfold. The boy learns       mate, which lessens her stress.      as ordering a lunch at school
                          Sunday visit to the church at        from the example of both of his        Her story is told in a series of     is a very special experience for
                          Batoche is a sobering history        grandparents and observes the          vignettes that show her inner        her. Three chapters are allocated
                          lesson.                              respect in which they are held in      thoughts. One of the short           to the theme of residential
                             The text is written in English    the community. Eventually he           chapters tells of an assembly        schools (in her mind called jail
                          and Michif. A glossary follows       must put this belief into practice     celebrating National Aboriginal      schools). A related classroom
                          along with two pages of his-         himself by giving away his most        Day. This event resonates with       activity produces a very strong
                          torical information on the 1885      treasured possession, the dia-         the protagonist. She says, “I will   response in the narrator and
                          Northwest Resistance and the         mond willow walking stick.             remember June 21st forever”.         gives the reader some idea of
                          Battle of Batoche. The accompa-         The text is written in both            This book in the First Days       her background. The narrator’s
                          nying CD contains narration of       English and Michif and is              series is told in simple sentences   reaction to an assembly where a
                          the text in English and in Michif    followed by three pages of             with a controlled vocabulary so      residential school survivor is a
                          along with four selections of tra-   information about willow trees         could be read by an older ELL        presenter, provides an emo-
                          ditional fiddle music. Engaging      and their traditional uses. The        student or be read to younger        tional tie in for the reader. This
                          illustrations in bright colours      included CD has both English           students.                            novella could be a read aloud
                          enhance the text.                    and Michif narration of the text.         First Days: Night Movies          and as an instructional text and
                                                               The brightly coloured, primitive       was shortlisted for 2011             could be used for ELL students.
                                                               style illustrations reflect tradi-     Saskatchewan Book Award for             The staple-bound, book-
                                                               tional Métis bead designs.             Children’s Literature.               let format may be difficult to
                                                                                                                                           shelve.

                          Grades: 3–6, english                 Grades: 3–6, english                   Grades: 2–6, english                 Grades: 2–6, english
                          language arts, health &              language arts, health &                language arts, health &              language arts, health &
                          career education, social             career education, social               career education                     career education
                          studies, visual arts                 studies, visual arts                   Index/Bibliography: No/No            Index/Bibliography: No/No
                          Index/Bibliography: No/Yes           Index/Bibliography: No/Yes             ©2011 40 pp. 4.5"x7"                 ©2012 44 pp. 4.5"x7"
                          ©2011 44 pp. 8"x11.5"                ©2012 47 pp. 8"x11.5"                  ISBN: 9780986875007 $6.99 PA         ISBN: 9780986875090 $6.99 PA
                          colour illustrations                 colour illustrations                   Hear My Heart Books Inc.             Hear My Heart Books Inc.
                          ISBN: 9781926795041 $15.00 PA        ISBN: 9781926795096 $15.00 PA/HC       www.hearmyheartbooks.ca              www.hearmyheartbooks.ca
                          Gabriel Dumont Institute             Gabriel Dumont Institute
                          www.gdins.org/publishing             www.gdins.org/publishing

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           liTTle you                            The losT                              molly's Promise                     PeTer fidler And
           Richard van camp                      TeAchings /                           sylvia olsen                        The mÉTis
           Julie Flett                           PAnuijkATAsikl                                                            donna lee dumont
                                                                                       Insecure grade seven student
                                                 kinA’mAsuTi’l
           This is a board book with                                                   Molly does not feel she fits in     This is a brief overview of the
           short poetic text and brightly        michael James isaac                   at Riverside Middle School but      development of the Métis cul-
           coloured, simple illustrations        Dozay (Arlene) Christmas              when a talent competition is        ture as Hudson’s Bay Company
           showing a mother, father                                                    announced, Molly is challenged      employees like explorer and
           and toddler. It celebrates the        This is a gentle teaching story       to face her struggles around a      journal writer Peter Fidler
           individuality of children and the     with text in both English and         promise she made concerning         married First Nations women.
           joy they bring to families. The       Mi’kmaw. Eagle finds a bundle         her long-absent mother. She         Dumont intersperses events in
           Japanese-style pictures lend a        tied with gold that contains          and her enthusiastic best friend,   Fidler’s life with details of the
           multicultural feel.                   seven teachings that will bring       Murphy, live on a First Nation’s    way of life of those early people
              Useful in school libraries that    peace, harmony and balance if         reserve and it’s her close-knit,    from making pemmican and
           support Roots of Empathy and          they are shared and practiced.        extended “reserve family” that      collecting plants and shrubs for
           preschool programs, it may also       Eagle passes each of the teach-       encourage, cajole and support       food and medicine to decorat-
           be used as a pattern book and a       ings to another animal in the         Molly to reveal her secret vocal    ing moss bag baby carriers. She
           basis for discussion of families      forest but he forgets to pass on      talent for the competition. The     concludes with her own lineage
           and new babies.                       the warning that came with            inner joy she feels by finally      and a brief mention of the
              Van Camp is an interna-            them. When Wolf introduces            singing and expressing herself      racism that caused many Métis
           tionally renowned storyteller         Envy and Greed to the forest,         in public is only matched by        to deny their heritage. The illus-
           and author of many books. A           the animals begin arguing and         re-uniting with her mother          trations use traditional Métis
           member of the Dogrib (Tlicho)         then Eagle remembers. He uses         and resolving her promise.          motifs and floral beadwork
           Nation from Fort Smith, NWT,          his gift of Truth to tell the ani-    This easy-to-read story offers      designs. Dumont, herself, reads
           he has taught creative writing at     mals about the dangers of Envy        rich discussion topics such as      the text on the included CD. A
           UBC and Emily Carr Institute          and Greed. Eventually, balance,       bullying, secrets, friendship,      glossary explains highlighted
           and was Writer in Residence at        peace and harmony return to           competition, diverse families       words.
           the University of Alberta.            the forest community.                 and race relations.
              Flett is a Métis and Cree artist                                            Olsen is an award-winning
           and illustrator who has been                                                author of two other Orca Young
           nominated for several awards                                                Readers books, A Different
           for her picture books.                                                      Game and Murphy and
                                                                                       Mousetrap, about Molly’s best
                                                                                       friend, Murphy.

           grAdes: k–1, englisH                  grAdes: 3–7, HeAltH & cAReeR          grAdes: 4–7, englisH                grAdes: 3–6, sociAl studies
           lAnguAge ARts, HeAltH &               educAtion, sociAl studies             lAnguAge ARts                       index/Bibliography: no/yes
           cAReeR educAtion, visuAl
                                                 index/Bibliography: no/no             index/Bibliography: no/no           ©2012 26 pp. 8"x10"
           ARts
                                                 ©2013 48 pp. 10"x8"                   ©2013 136 pp. 5"x7.5"               colour illustrations
           index/Bibliography: no/no             isBn: 9781552665343 $14.95 PA         isBn: 9781459802773 $7.95 PA        isBn: 9751926795089 $15.00 PA
           ©2013 24 pp. 7"x7" (board book)                                             epub: 9781459802797 $7.95
                                                 Roseway Publishing                                                        gabriel dumont institute
           colour drawings                       www.fernwoodpublishing.ca                                                 www.gdins.org/publishing
                                                                                       orca Book Publishers
           isBn: 9781459802483 $9.95 Hc                                                www.orcabook.com
           orca Book Publishers
           www.orcabook.com

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                          quests for fire                    roogaroo mickey                        the salmon Twins                     when i was eight
                          tales from many lands
                                                             Wilfred Burton                         Caroll Simpson                       Christy Jordan-Fenton &
                          Jon C. Stott                       Leah Marie Dorion                                                           Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
                                                                                                    This richly illustrated pic-
                          Theo Dombrowski                                                                                                Gabrielle Grimand
                                                             Two little boys beg their grand-       turebook depicts community
                          This carefully researched col-     mother for a scary bedtime             values as practiced in the Pacific   In spite of her father’s warnings,
                          lection of nine hero legends are   story about the Roogaroo. She          Northwest. In a mythical village     eight-year-old Olemaun wants
                          from Canada, USA, Mexico,          finally gives in and begins the        everyone celebrates the birth        to learn to read which means
                          Russia, Australia, New Zealand,    story promising to finish it in        of twins. However, these twins       attending a residential school.
                          Benin and Greece. Coyote           the morning if they will go to         grow up to become selfish            Renamed Margaret she remains
                          and Nanabozho are the main         sleep. The next day, while driv-       children who the Thunderbird         feisty and stubborn attracting
                          characters in two stories set in   ing to town, Mamayr makes              punishes by transforming them        the negative attention of one
                          Canadian regions. The lively       a sudden turn into the neigh-          into a two-headed sea ser-           of the nuns. In spite of insults,
                          language of the oral traditions    bour’s yard and rushes the boys        pent. One day the two-headed         extra chores and frightening
                          results in fluent, adventurous     inside stammering that she             serpent learns that her village      punishments, Margaret teaches
                          read-aloud tales of survival and   saw a Roogaroo in the back of          is going hungry and she fights       herself to read and finally beats
                          culture. Each story is enhanced    the van. Happily for everyone          her enemies in order to push         the nuns at their own game.
                          with expressive illustrations in   the Roogaroo turns out to be           the salmon back to the village.      This short picture book is an
                          fire-themed oranges and greys.     Mamayr’s dog Mickey who had            The Thunderbird is pleased with      adaptation of the true story of
                          A useful glossary explains key     sneaked into the van. Renamed          the sea serpent so turns it back     Margaret Pokiak-Fenton.
                          words from the languages of        Roogaroo Mickey he joins the           into the twins. The illustrations       Previously published as Fatty
                          each country, such as skookum,     family on their trip to town for       convey the richness of Pacific       Legs, When I Was Eight this
                          Baba Yaga and mesa.                treats for everyone.                   Northwest mythology and              book introduces Margaret’s
                             Stott is a retired English         A Michif translation is added       Coastal art through its inclusion    story to younger readers.
                          professor well known for his       at the back along with informa-        of various mythical characters       Charming colour illustrations
                          children’s literature workshops    tion about the Métis Roogaroo          and the stylistic motifs chosen      enhance the text.
                          for educators. He has also writ-   legend. An extensive interview         to depict everyday life. A red
                          ten A Book of Tricksters: Tales    with the artist gives insight into     and black colour scheme uni-
                          from Many Lands.                   the colours, style and symbol-         fies the drawings and button
                             Caution: The Greek myth         ism of the illustrations. The          blankets and a frame of salmon
                          about Prometheus presents the      attached CD tells the story in         images decorates the end pages.
                          gruesome attack by an eagle on     both English and Michif.               A glossary of supernatural crea-
                          his liver, as a punishment from                                           tures and West Coast sea life is
                          Zeus.                                                                     included.

                          Grades: 3–6, english               Grades: 3–6, english                   Grades: k–7, english                 Grades: 2–6, english
                          language arts, social              language arts, social                  language arts, social                language arts, health &
                          studies                            studies, visual arts                   studies                              career education, social

                                                             Index/Bibliography: No/Yes             Index/Bibliography: No/No            studies
                          Index/Bibliography: No/Yes
                          ©2012 136 pp. 5.5"x8.5"            ©2013 50 pp. 8"x11.5"                  ©2012 32 pp. 5.5"x8.5"               Index/Bibliography: No/No
                          ISBN: 9781927051597 $12.95 PA      colour illustrations                   colour illustrations                 ©2013 32 pp. 9"x9"
                          epub: 9781927051603 $9.99          ISBN: 9781926795126 $15.00 PA          ISBN: 9781927051528 $24.95 HC        colour illustrations

                                                             Gabriel Dumont Institute               epub: 9781927051979 $11.99           ISBN: 9781554514908 $9.95 PA
                          Heritage House Publishing
                          www.heritagehouse.ca               www.gdins.org/publishing               Heritage House Publishing            Annick Press
                                                                                                    www.heritagehouse.ca                 www.annickpress.com

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           Yetsa's sweater                     george                                  hannah & the                       kou-skelowh /
           Sylvia Olsen                        littlechild                             salish sea                         we are the people
                                               the spirit giggles within                                                  a trilogy of okanagan
           Joan Larson                                                                 Carol Anne Shaw
                                                                                                                          legends
                                               George Littlechild
           In this book first published                                                This is the second book in the     Okanagan Tribal Council
           in 2006 and now available in        This large format art book              Hannah series. Here, Hannah
           paperback, Yetsa, a young
                                                                                                                          Barbara Marchand
                                               focuses on the narrative the            and her friend Max become
           Coast Salish girl, is learning      art reveals about the artist            acquainted with troubled teen,     First published together in 2009,
           the traditional craft of creating   George Littlechild’s personal           Izzy Tate, a girl trying to deny   this is a delightful collection of
           a Cowichan sweater from her         history, art career and develop-        her First Nations background.      three original native legends:
           beloved Grandma. It’s spring-       ing understanding of Native             The three teens, with the          How Food Was Given, How
           time and the smelly, filthy sheep   Canadian culture, politics and          help of Hannah’s raven Jack,       Names Were Given, and How
           fleeces delivered to Grandma’s      society. Over 145 colour plates         unknowingly uncover an illegal     Turtle Set the Animals Free.
           yard must first be painstakingly    and annotations, organized              operation taking place on the      Each legend, told in English and
           picked clean, then washed,          chronologically into three              abandoned ship in Cowichan         the Okanagan Language, reveals
           rinsed, wrung out, dried, teased,   periods of the artist’s career, tell    Bay, the Orca I. Hannah, Max       strong native values of humble-
           carded, and spun. As Grandma        the story of his family and the         and Izzy work together to solve    ness, giving, sharing, loyalty
           knits over the winter, she will     stories of other Native and non-        the mystery and bring the          and respect, as told through the
           create the unique Cowichan          native Canadians. The extended          criminals involved to justice.     central ‘chief’ animal charac-
           sweater designs that reflect        captions also reveal the artist’s          Shaw’s previous book            ters. The colour illustrations
           her family stories and cultural     sources, background informa-            Hannah and the Spindle Whorl       further bring the legends to life.
           heritage. This warm, simple,        tion about the piece, and how           was the 2011 winner of the         Includes a glossary.
           generational tale reflects the      Littlechild developed artistically      Moonbeam’s Children’s Book            Originally, these legends were
           pride and respect Yetsa and her     and personally. The book opens          Award and was shortlisted for      shared orally by elders from
           Mom share with Grandma as           with an extended artist’s state-        the 2011­‑12 Chocolate Lily        the Okanagan Elders Council
           they happily work together each     ment that provides a context            Award.                             (OEC). First translated into
           Saturday. The story is enhanced     to the provocative and unique              Caution: Use of the word        English, then published in 1984,
           by background information on        art that is selected. An index of       “Indian” instead of “First         they were shared in traditional
           Cowichan sweaters.                  paintings is provided.                  Nations.”                          Okanagan Culture Protocol.
              This title was shortlisted for                                                                              The OEC later agreed that no
           the 2007 BC Booksellers’ Choice                                                                                individual could claim owner-
           Award. Olsen has written                                                                                       ship of these legends, nor profit
           many books dealing with First                                                                                  from the sales of the book.
           Nation’s topics.                                                                                                  This title is also recom-
                                                                                                                          mended for ELL.
           Grades: 1–4, english                Grades: 5–12, english language          Grades: 5–9, english               Grades: K–10, english
           language arts, social               arts, health & career education,        language arts, social              language arts, social
                                               social studies, visual arts,
           studies                             teacher resource                        studies                            studies
           Index/Bibliography: No/No           Index/Bibliography: No/No               Index/Bibliography: No/No          Index/Bibliography: No/No
           ©2012 40 pp. 8"x10"                 ©2012 176 pp. 11.5"x10.75"              ©2013 246 pp. 5.25"x7.75"          ©2012 88 pp. 10"x8"
           colour illustrations                colour reproductions                    ISBN: 9781553802334 $11.95 PA      colour illustrations
           ISBN: 9781550392029 $9.95 PA        ISBN: 9781927051511 $59.95 HC           epub: 9781553802341 $9.99          ISBN: 9781894778664 $18.95 PA
           Sono Nis Press                      epub: 9781927051986 $24.99              Ronsdale Press                     Theytus Books
           www.sononis.com                                                             www.ronsdalepress.com              www.theytus.com
                                               Heritage House Publishing
                                               www.heritagehouse.ca

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                         raven brings the                    sagkeeng                                spirit animals                      wÂpikwaniy
                         light                               legends                                 the wisdom of nature                a beginner's guide to mÉtis
                                                             john c. courchene's                                                         floral beadwork
                         Roy Henry Vickers                                                           Wayne Arthurson
                                                             stories                                                                     Gregory Scofield
                         & Robert Budd                                                               Spirit Animals is a compendium      & Amy Briley
                         Roy Henry Vickers                   Craig Charbonneau                       of knowledge regarding the
                                                             Fontaine                                relationship between Native         This well organized, well
                         This is a masterful book retell-
                         ing the classic Northwest Coast
                                                             Lloyd Swampy                            peoples and animals. The author     thought-out crafts book
                         legend of the origin of daylight                                            claims that indigenous peoples      provides clear instructions for
                                                             The two stories in this book
                         on earth, as told to Roy Henry                                              have a different view of animals    creating traditional beadwork
                                                             are written in English and
                         Vickers in 1975 by the Kitkatla                                             than others. When Aboriginals       projects. Clearly spelled-out
                                                             Anishanabemowin. The stories
                         Chief of the Ravens, Chester                                                kill an animal they use every       steps give tips on locat-
                                                             are handed down through oral
                         Bolton. The tale has been passed                                            part of the animal. They honour     ing supplies, preparation of
                                                             tradition and provide a vehicle
                         down for over 3000 years                                                    the animal that has sacrificed      materials and threading the
                                                             for understanding both the
                         through the oral tradition. This                                            its life for humans. This book      needles. The book’s spiral
                                                             Anishnabek worldview before
                         fine art version rings strong and                                           is a guide to introduce the         binding allows it to lie flat for
                                                             colonization and themes of the
                         true. A special child is born who                                           significance of animals to          easy use. Straightforward and
                                                             supernatural. In Aadizokaan
                         can transform into the Raven,                                               Native people. There are three      easy to follow instructions
                                                             Beshing a boy shape-shifts into
                         trick the Chief of the Heavens                                              main sections: Air, Earth and       and large full-colour photo-
                                                             animals. He is helpful and kind,
                         and bring the light to his dark                                             Water. Air contains Crow,           graphs throughout help the
                                                             one day changing a wolf back to
                         land of Haida Gwaii. The com-                                               Eagle, Owl and Raven. Earth has     student accomplish the projects
                                                             his human form. Psychological
                         pelling storytelling resounds                                               Bear, Buffalo, Cougar, Coyote,      described. The page contain-
                                                             questions are raised when the
                         with Vickers’ striking, powerful                                            Dog, Horse, Polar Bear, Spider,     ing additional templates may
                                                             wolf man returns to his village
                         artwork and mystical shadow                                                 Wolf and Deer. Water animals        be photocopied for a variety of
                                                             and turns his enemy into a
                         images that accentuate layers of                                            are Beaver, Duck, Muskrat,          additional projects. The award-
                                                             snake. Aadizokaan Niish is
                         meaning in this vibrant version                                             Orca, Salmon and Turtle. The        winning Métis poet Gregory
                                                             about love, death and ghosts. A
                         of the traditional tale.                                                    format for each animal includes     Scofield has written a personal
                                                             boy searches for his childhood
                            Vickers is an acclaimed BC                                               attributes, legends from many       and inspiring introduction.
                                                             friend, but the girl has died and
                         Aboriginal carver and print-                                                different Native groups, inter-     An historical overview is also
                                                             is buried in a wigwam full of
                         maker who received the Order                                                esting facts, clan references and   included and offers much useful
                                                             provisions. The boy finds the
                         of Canada in 2006.                                                          spiritual aspects of each animal.   and interesting information.
                                                             wigwam and hears a voice tell-
                            Budd is an oral historian                                                A Native American zodiac is         The book includes an instruc-
                                                             ing him to eat the food. During
                         living in Victoria, BC.                                                     included.                           tional DVD.
                                                             his meal, the girl rises from the
                                                             dead.

                         Grades: 3–12, english               Grades: 7–12, english                   Grades: 7–12, english               Grades: 4–10, english
                         language arts, social               language arts, social                   language arts, social               language arts, fine arts,
                         studies, visual arts                studies                                 studies, teacher resource           social studies, teacher

                         Index/Bibliography: No/No           Index/Bibliography: No/No               Index/Bibliography: No/Yes          resource

                         ©2013 48 pp. 10.5"x9"               ©2012 72 pp. 8.5"x6"                    ©2012 240 pp. 5.25"x8.25"           Index/Bibliography: No/No
                         colour reproductions                colour illustrations                    ISBN: 9781926696218 $18.95 PA       ©2011 37 pp. 8.5"x10"
                         ISBN: 9781550175939 $19.95 HC       ISBN: 9781552665176 $14.95 PA           Eschia Books Inc.                   colour photographs
                         Kindle edition $9.95                Roseway Publishing                      www.eschia.com                      ISBN: 9781926795058 $24.95 PA

                         Harbour Publishing                  www.fernwoodpublishing.ca                                                   Gabriel Dumont Institute
                         www.harbourpublishing.com                                                                                       www.gdins.org/publishing

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           7 generations                        the arctic                           the beothuk                          bruno and the
           a plains cree saga                   journals of john                     expedition                           beach
           David Alexander                      rae                                  Derek Yetman                         the beachcombers at 40
           Robertson                            John Rae                                                                  Marc Strange
           Scott B. Henderson                                                        John Cartwright, an officer
                                                                                     in England’s Royal Navy, was
                                                                                                                          & Jackson Davies
                                                This is the personal narrative
           7 Generations is a vivid graphic     of the explorer who discovered       given an unusual mission in          The most popular Canadian
           novel of a mother telling a series   the fate of Sir John Franklin        1768. His task: to make peace-       TV series ever is served well by
           of stories to her Aboriginal         and revealed evidence that           ful contact with the Beothuk,        this large format, full colour
           teenage son who attempted            some of the Franklin expedition      Newfoundland’s indigenous            publication. An interesting
           suicide. The stories follow their    resorted to cannibalism. The         people. Early Canadian history       chapter outlines the work of
           Cree family history through          book contains Rae’s account of       is brought vividly to life in this   pioneering First Nations actor
           three centuries from pre-contact     his 1846-47 Arctic expedition.       fictionalized but well researched    Pat John and his struggles with
           warrior, to smallpox epidemic        It also offers first-hand source     account of his failed journey.       fame and the pressures of work-
           survivor, to casualty of the resi-   material relating to the Inuit       The grim details of the daily        ing on a TV series. John was
           dential schools horrors. As he       way of life at the time. Rae’s       lives of both seamen and settlers    one of the actors that worked on
           connects with his family’s past,     initial report on Franklin’s fate    are compelling. Yetman’s book        the series for all of its 19 years
           the son gains strength absorb-       is followed by Charles Dickens’      also incorporates an unvar-          and consequently he matured
           ing his heritage of Plains Cree      attacks on the credibility of his    nished look at the conflicted,       from a beginning teen actor to
           social customs, culture, spiritual   witnesses, Rae’s rejoinder and       often tragic relationship            a young man in full view of the
           practices and rituals.               the full text of Rae’s official      between the Europeans and the        Canadian viewing audience.
              7 Generations uses the con-       report. Rae respected Inuit cus-     Beothuk. The seeds of modern         There is also brief mention of
           ventions of the graphic novel        toms, traditions and skills; he      day Aboriginal issues can clearly    Chief Dan George and other
           to powerful effect in narrating      adopted, learned and described       be seen in this historical tale.     First Nations actors and how
           a sensitive, and sometimes,          the ways of indigenous Inuit            Aboriginal people are             the series was one of the first
           disturbing story.                    peoples, becoming the leading        described in demeaning ways          to consider First Nations issues
              7 Generations was shortlisted     exponent of cold-climate sur-        reflecting the culture at the        and use scripts by First Nations
           for a 2013 Manitoba Book             vival and travel. Rae describes      time.                                writers.
           Award. A free Teacher’s Guide        extended boat and sledge jour-          Caution: Non-gratuitous              Caution: Refers to exces-
           for 7 Generations is available at:   neys, storms and frostbite, and      graphic violence is depicted         sive alcohol consumption and
           https://highwaterpress.com           offers the first complete report,    throughout the book demon-           marijuana use in an approving
              Caution: Graphic images           based on Inuit evidence, as to       strating the consequences of         manner.
           and strong content may be            Franklin’s fate.                     the rules, beliefs and attitudes
           disturbing to some readers.                                               prevalent at the time.

           Grades: 10–12, english               Grades: 10–12, social studies        Grades: 8–12, english                Grades: 8–12, career
           language arts, social                                                     language arts, social                planning, creative writing,
           studies                              Index/Bibliography: Yes/Yes
                                                ©2013 320 pp. 5.5"x8.5"              justice                              drama, english first peoples
           Index/Bibliography: No/No
                                                b/w charts, map                      Index/Bibliography: No/No            Index/Bibliography: Yes/No
           ©2012 136 pp. 6.5"x10"
                                                ISBN: 9781927129746 $19.95 PA        ©2011 208 pp. 5.5"x8.5"              ©2012 200 pp. 8"x10"
           colour illustrations
                                                epub: 9781927129753 $14.99           ISBN: 9781550813609 $19.95 PA        b/w & colour photographs
           ISBN: 9781553793557 $32.00 PA
                                                TouchWood Editions                   epub: 9781550813746 $12.99           ISBN: 9781550175653 $26.95 PA
           epub: 9781553793854 $25.60
                                                www.touchwoodeditions.com            Breakwater Books                     Harbour Publishing
           HighWater Press
                                                                                     www.breakwaterbooks.com              www.harbourpublishing.com
           www.highwaterpress.com

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                     Carrying On                          centering                             disinherited                          father august
                     “irregardless”                       anishinaabeg                          generations                           brabant
                     Humour in Contemporary               studies                               our struggle to reclaim               saviour or scourge?
                     Northwest Coast Art                  understanding the world               treaty rights for first
                                                                                                                                      Jim McDowell
                                                          through stories                       nations women and their
                     Bill Reid Gallery of
                                                                                                descendants                           In 1869, the west coast of
                     Northwest Coast Art                  Jill Doerfler, et al, eds.
                                                                                                Linda Goyette                         Vancouver Island was iso-
                     Created as an accompani-             This scholarly anthology of 24                                              lated and untouched by
                     ment to the art exhibition of        essays is written by Indigenous       Written in the oral tradition,        Euroamerican influence. First
                     the same name, this ground-          and non-Indigenous schol-             Cree activists Nellie Carlson and     Nations’ cultures were highly
                     breaking book considers the          ars, activists and artists, who       Kathleen Steinhauer recount           structured and complex and
                     often misunderstood place of         theorize the link between stories     their struggle to regain their lost   had flourished for thousands
                     humour and irony in Northwest        and contemporary Anishinaabe          Indigenous legal identity when        of years. Father Brabant, who
                     Coast Native art. Three essays       thought. Anishinaabeg is the          they married men who did not          had no understanding of the
                     consider how humour and              name the Odawa, Ojibwe and            have Indian status. In the early      region or its people, arrived as
                     irony can be used as a tool for      Algonquin peoples prefer to           1970s they founded the Indian         a zealous missionary deter-
                     First Nations people to develop      name themselves. Their thesis         Rights for Indian Women               mined to convert Aboriginals
                     resiliency in the face of the        is that Anishinaabeg identity is      movement and challenged               to Catholicism, forcing them
                     demands of the dominant west-        articulated through the struc-        the Canadian government’s             to abandon their heritage.
                     ern culture. In addition, this art   ture, content and context of oral     discrimination against First          He was responsible for the
                     book explores the many uses          stories. Declaring stories as a       Nations women and children            first residential schools on
                     of humour and irony in native        way of knowing is deemed as           who had been disinherited             Vancouver Island which were
                     art including the questioning of     resistive of colonial hegemony        from their treaty rights. Goyette     later criticized for “trying to kill
                     current practices, entertaining,     since stories are social, dwell       provides the historical context       the Indian in the child,” making
                     defusing tension in controver-       in the oral tradition, are based      and overviews of the Indian Act.      it easier for the government to
                     sies, drawing attention to issues    upon relationships, and respond       Additionally, Goyette describes       take away land and resources.
                     and responding to difficult          to history and time. Seven sec-       amendments to the Indian Act          Chief Tawinisam, the hereditary
                     disputes. The book challenges        tions called “stories” consider       and current perspectives on           leader of the Hesquiahts, wished
                     readers to look at Northwest         identity, tribal law, politics and    Aboriginal identity. A glossary       to maintain and protect tra-
                     Coast art in different ways. Brief   art. Annishinaabeg stories are        defines important terms.              ditional values and so became
                     biographies of the artists are       also embeded in the essays.              Caution: Use of the term           Brabant’s main opponent. This
                     included as well as explanatory         Caution: Use of the term           “Indian” in context.                  thoroughly researched historical
                     notes and anecdotes for many         “Indian”.                                                                   document brings to life the con-
                     of the illustrations.                                                                                            flict between the two cultures.

                     Grades: 10–12, english               Grades: 10–12, law, social            Grades: 10–12, social justice,        Grades: 10–12, social studies
                     language arts, english               justice, social studies               social studies                        Index/Bibliography: Yes/Yes
                     first peoples, social                Index/Bibliography: No/Yes            Index/Bibliography: Yes/Yes           ©2012 500 pp. 6"x9"
                     studies, visual arts, teacher        ©2013 446 pp. 6"x9"                   ©2013 216 pp. 6"x9"                   b/w photographs, maps
                     resource                             ISBN: 9780887557613 $29.95 PA         b/w photographs                       ISBN: 9781553801894 $24.95 PA
                     Index/Bibliography: No/Yes           University of Manitoba Press          ISBN: 9780888646422 $24.95 PA         epub: 9781553801900 $11.99
                     ©2012 120 pp. 7.5"x9.5"              www.uofmpress.ca                      epub: 9780888646903 $19.99            Ronsdale Press
                     ISBN: 9780981234120 $24.95 PA                                              University of Alberta Press           www.ronsdalepress.com
                     Bill Reid Gallery                                                          www.uap.ualberta.ca
                     www.billreidgallery.ca

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           gardens aflame                      ghost detective                      the gift is in the                  healing histories
           garry oak meadows of
                                               Zachary Muswagon                     making                              stories from canada's
           bc's south coast                                                         anishinaabeg stories                indian hospitals

           Maleea Acker                        This entertaining and some-                                              Laurie Meijer Drees
                                               times hilarious murder
                                                                                    Leanne Simpson
           Acker, a Victoria writer and        mystery novel is set on a Prairie    Amanda Strong                       Between the 1940s and 1970s,
           environmentalist, shares her        Province Reserve. The plot           When the author’s children          Canada’s federal government
           knowledge of the unique and         involves a ruthless multina-         were born, she wanted to            created Indian Health Services
           vanishing Garry oak meadow          tional company exploiting            continue the tradition of oral      in response to epidemic diseases
           ecosystem in No. 21 of the          sour gas resources with fatal        storytelling as a way to intro-     like tuberculosis, measles and
           Transmontanus series. She           consequences for innocent            duce them to the beauty and         smallpox. This book expands
           begins with the early history of    residents and for Billy, the         wisdom of their culture, and        the history of Canada’s Indian
           these wide-open landscapes,         murdered Band Compliance             as an inheritance from the past     health system by collecting
           noting that the first settlers      Officer. The story opens with        that they will someday gift to      Aboriginal perspectives. Drees
           failed to realize that these        Billy earth bound and unable to      their own children. She eventu-     references archived testimonies
           landscapes were the result of       cross over to the great hunt-        ally was asked to tell stories to   as well as personal interviews
           generations of cultivation by       ing grounds until he discovers       larger groups and then write        with former nurses, Aboriginal
           the Coast Salish peoples. Acker     who murdered him and why.            them down as a way for families     workers and patients to write a
           presents collective knowledge       With assistance from animal          to share their connections to       postcolonial “storywork” that
           gathered by scientists, arborists   spirit guides and dysfunctional      the past, nature, their own         includes diverse voices. Dress
           and the many volunteers who         humans, Billy and his support-       language and the oral tradition.    also provides the historical
           dedicate themselves to research     ers break through inertia and        The stories are teachings, often    context with an explanation
           and restoration of these            self-imposed stereotypes to          humorous, but with deeper           of tuberculosis, health care
           ecosystems. Written in a very       uncover the culprits and move        levels of meaning which include     policy, the facilities of the IHS
           poetic style, the author builds     on. Through bizarre, comi-           politics, leadership and “deeply    and Aboriginal perspectives
           a relationship with her readers.    cal, and sometimes traumatic         held collective values.” Simpson    in health care. She suggests a
           She recounts how the beauty of      adventures, this novel exposes       believes that it is each genera-    shared history of paternalism,
           the Garry oak meadow inspired       current issues realistically and     tion’s responsibility to keep the   isolation from families and
           her to transform her own yard       respectfully, with perceptive        stories relevant and meaningful     segregation from non-Native
           in Saanich into a small Garry       observations and an optimistic       so she uses modern phrases and      people as that which took place
           oak meadow causing concern in       approach. There is a conclud-        colloquial language. She also       in regards to Indian Residential
           her neighbourhood.                  ing hint that Ghost Detective        uses Anishinaabe names and          Schools.
                                               is addressing a much greater         words throughout with defini-          Caution: The term “Indian”
                                               struggle and perhaps, therefore,     tions at the end of each of the     is used to differentiate First
                                               beginning a new series.              stories.                            Nations from Inuit.

           Grades: 9–12, biology,              Grades: 8–12, english                Grades: 8–12, social studies        Grades: 10–12, science,
           geography, science, social          language arts                                                            social studies
                                                                                    Index/Bibliography: No/No
           studies
                                               Index/Bibliography: No/No            ©2013 108 pp. 5.5"x8.5"             Index/Bibliography: Yes/Yes
           Index/Bibliography: No/Yes                                                                                   ©2013 244pp 6"x9"
                                               ©2012 280 pp. 5.25"x8.25"            line drawings
           ©2012 108 pp. 6.75"x9.75"                                                                                    b/w photographs
                                               ISBN: 9781926696201 $18.95 PA        ISBN: 9781553793762 $22.00 PA
           b/w drawings & photographs, map                                                                              ISBN: 9780888646507
                                               Eschia Books Inc.                    epub: 9781553793816 $17.60
           ISBN: 9781554200658 $19.00 PA                                                                                epub: 9780888646927
                                               www.eschia.com                       HighWater Press
           New Star Books                                                           www.highwaterpress.com              University of Alberta Press
           www.newstarbooks.com                                                                                         www.uap.ualberta.ca

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                 he moved A                          home TruThs                              in The dog house                     kiyÂm
                 mounTAin                            HigHligHts FRom Bc
                                                                                              Wanda John-kehewin                   naomi mcilwraith
                 tHe liFe oF FRAnk cAldeR            HistoRy
                 And tHe nisgA’A lAnd clAims         Richard mackie                           These 28 poems are expres-           This book of poems had roots
                 AccoRd                              & graeme Wynn, eds.                      sions of a First Nations woman.      in McIlwraith’s Masters thesis,
                                                                                              The author wanted to give her        but is clearly an expression of
                 Joan Harper                         Home Truths selects articles             people a voice and “commu-           love of both her family and
                 This is the biography of Frank      from the journal BC Studies              nicate the devastating effects       Cree heritage. It is a record
                 Calder, the first Aboriginal in     on two themes: the struggle              of the colonization of the           of language preservation as
                 Canada to be elected to any         by Aboriginal peoples to resist          First Nations people”. John-         well as a personal narrative.
                 legislature and to be appointed     dispossession and the search by          Kehewin’s works encompass a          McIlwraith’s Scottish father
                 a cabinet minister. He served       newcomers for a home. Various            love of Mother Earth, the pain       learned to speak Cree fluently,
                 as MLA for Atlin, BC for 26         chapters describe the reduction          of losing a parent, abandon-         though her Métis mother did
                 years and for most of that time     of the indigenous population             ment and life lessons. The           not. His death, shortly after
                 he was also the president of the    and their cultural dislocation;          book’s format follows the four       she began to write, hastened
                 Nisga’a Tribal Council. Calder      the Tsimshian experience at the          quadrants of the medicine            awareness of the importance of
                 fought tirelessly for Aboriginal    settlements of Fort Simpson              wheel as taught to the author        preserving this Native language.
                 rights. He won the right of First   (a fur trade post), Metlakatla           by her father when she was           While she is aware that in tran-
                 Nations to negotiate land claims    (a missionary settlement), and           a young woman. The wheel             scribing an oral language some
                 in a Supreme Court of Canada        Port Essington (a salmon-                circle represents the whole          essential meaning is lost, she
                 decision favouring the Nisga’a.     canning town) in changing their          world. Held within are the four      understands that in preserving
                 When Calder passed away in          lives and attempting to subject          aspects of self: physical, mental,   one’s culture, one must preserve
                 2006, the world lost an interna-    them to government regulation;           spiritual and emotional and          the language, as language is
                 tionally respected Aboriginal       the displacement of a traditional        the poems follow suit. Many          culture. These poems are rich
                 elder. Includes extensive chap-     Native food fishery by a group           poems have shapes that assist        tapestries of cultural identity,
                 ter notes.                          of wealthy American sportsmen;           understanding. For example,          traditional practices and family
                    Harper is a former library       and how the Squamish families            Collective Tears of Unity is a       love, evoking the sights, smells,
                 educator both for the               on the Kitsilano Reserve were            teardrop. Standing on Thin Ice       tastes of an earlier time on the
                 Vancouver School Board              cheated out of their land by             provides a powerful example of       prairie. The Cree words inserted
                 and the University of British       the provincial government in             global warming.                      into the poems provide rhythm,
                 Columbia. This is her first book.   1913. The essays on the quests              John-Kehewin was awarded          timbre and beauty, which pro-
                    Caution: Use of the word         by newcomers for a home focus            the 2013 World Poetry                vide a deeper layer of meaning.
                 “Indian” reflects the historical    on rootlessness and a search for         Empowered Poet Award.                The work includes a pronuncia-
                 context of the work.                utopia.                                     Caution: Themes of alcohol        tion guide.
                                                                                              addiction and sexual abuse.

                 grAdes: 10–12, englisH              grAdes: 10–12, englisH                   grAdes: 10–12, englisH               grAdes: 8–12, englisH
                 lAnguAge ARts, sociAl               lAnguAge ARts, lAW, sociAl               lAnguAge ARts                        lAnguAge ARts, sociAl
                 Justice, sociAl studies             studies
                                                                                              index/Bibliography: no/no            studies
                 index/Bibliography: yes/no          index/Bibliography: yes/yes
                                                                                              ©2013 70 pp. 6"x9"                   index/Bibliography: no/yes
                 ©2013 202 pp. 6"x9"                 ©2012 416 pp. 6"x9"
                                                                                              isBn: 9780889227491 $16.95 PA        ©2012 163 pp. 6"x7.5"
                 b/w drawings, photographs & maps    b/w drawings & photographs, maps
                                                                                              talonbooks                           isBn: 9781926836690 $16.95 PA
                 isBn: 9781553802273 $21.95 PA       isBn: 9781550175776 $26.95 PA
                                                                                              www.talonbooks.com                   epub: 9781926836713 $10.59
                 epub: 9781553802280 $11.99
                                                     Harbour Publishing
                                                                                                                                   Athabasca university Press
                 Ronsdale Press                      www.harbourpublishing.com
                                                                                                                                   www.aupress.ca
                 www.ronsdalepress.com

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           living indigenous                   mAniTowAPow                             noBody cries AT                     seTTlemenT,
           leAdershiP                          ABoRiginAl WRitings FRom                Bingo                               suBsisTence, And
           nAtive nARRAtives                   tHe lAnd oF WAteR
                                                                                       dawn dumont                         chAnge Among
           on Building stRong                  niigaanwewidam James                                                        The lABrAdor
           communities                         sinclair & Warren cariou,               This engaging and funny
                                                                                                                           inuiT
           carolyn kenny & tina                eds.                                    memoir chronicles the author’s
                                                                                       experiences growing up on the       eds. david c. natcher et al
           ngaroimata Fraser, eds.             This anthology captures the             Okanese First Nation reserva-
                                               range and scope of Aboriginal                                               In this collection of scholarly
           Meant as a guide for readers to                                             tion, opening up her experience
                                               writings in Manitoba. It brings                                             essays the history, practices and
           learn about issues and practices                                            to outsiders. Dumont manages
                                               together a collection of rich,                                              issues of the Labrador Inuit are
           in Aboriginal leadership this                                               to convey the mindset of herself
                                               colourful and diverse stories,                                              explicated to show the rationale
           book uses storytelling to convey                                            as a little girl living in that
                                               speeches, letters and poetry                                                and foci of the treaty negotia-
           information gathered both                                                   environment, and she does it
                                               featuring historical writings,                                              tions and ultimate agreement
           from the contributors’ lived                                                with a lot of humour. Through
                                               literary writing, storytelling and                                          between the Labrador Inuit
           experiences and their research                                              her storytelling, she addresses
                                               contemporary political works.                                               and the federal and provincial
           on the topic. The contributors                                              both the positives and negatives
                                               Excerpts from the works of                                                  governments. In the creation
           are all women with Aboriginal                                               of rez life, all while very much
                                               Louis Riel and Elijah Harper,                                               of Nunatsiavummiut regional
           backgrounds from Canada, the                                                engaging the reader in the story.
                                               to Wab Kanew’s hip-hop lyrics                                               self-government, the settle-
           United States and New Zealand.                                                 Dumont’s short stories have
                                               provide a new perspective on                                                ment, subsistence, process of
           The stories discuss Aboriginal                                              been published in anthologies
                                               the Aboriginal experience. The                                              settling land claims and future
           leadership as it has been in the                                            and her play Nicimis was work-
                                               material presented was chosen                                               issues the community will need
           past, as it is today and how                                                shopped at the Weesageechak
                                               for artistic excellence, historical                                         to address are considered. The
           it could be in the future as                                                Begins to Dance Festival. She is
                                               significance and representation                                             essays are researched and writ-
           Aboriginal people negotiate                                                 also a stand-up comedian and a
                                               of the diversity of Aboriginal                                              ten by anthropologists, archae-
           living between two cultures and                                             program host on APTN.
                                               voices. Each segment is intro-                                              ologists, sociologists, biologists,
           the conflict that can create. The                                              Caution: Contains some
                                               duced with a brief biography                                                geographers and environmental
           chapter “Parental Involvement                                               swearing, discussion and
                                               of the contributor. In the                                                  scientists. The complexi-
           in First Nations Communities”                                               descriptions of alcohol and
                                               foreword, Beatrice Mosionier                                                ties of Inuit social, economic
           could be of particular interest                                             drug use, discussions of a sexual
                                               notes that during her school                                                and political adaptations are
           to educators. Although written                                              nature.
                                               visits, she finds that students                                             revealed to show the structures
           by academics and very much
                                               hunger for more knowledge                                                   and requirements of a modern
           research-based, the storytell-
                                               of the Aboriginal experience.                                               treaty agreement.
           ing format makes the book
           accessible.                         Manitowapow definitely meets
                                               this need.

           grAdes: 11–12, comPARAtive          grAdes: 9–12, englisH                   grAdes: 10–12, englisH              grAdes: 10–12, lAW, sociAl
           civiliZAtions, sociAl studies,      lAnguAge ARts, sociAl                   lAnguAge ARts, sociAl               studies, teAcHeR ResouRce
           teAcHeR ResouRce                    Justice, sociAl studies                 studies                             index/Bibliography: no/yes
           index/Bibliography: yes/yes         index/Bibliography: yes/yes             index/Bibliography: no/no           ©2012 264 pp. 6"x9"
           ©2012 238 pp. 6"x9"                 ©2012 440 pp. 6"x9"                     ©2011 298 pp. 5.5"x8.5"             b/w photographs, diagrams
           b/w photographs, charts/diagrams    b/w reproductions, map                  isBn: 9781897235843 $15.95 PA       isBn: 9780887557316 $27.95 PA
           isBn: 9780774823470 $34.95 PA       isBn: 9781553793076 $35.00 PA           epub: 9781927068113 $11.95          epub: 9780887554254 $25.00

           uBc Press                           HighWater Press                         thistledown Press                   university of manitoba Press
           www.ubcpress.ca                     www.highwaterpress.com                  www.thistledownpress.com            www.uofmpress.ca

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                 str8up and gangs                   stories in a new                         strong hearts                        sturgeon reach
                 the untold stories                 skin                                     native lands                         shifting currents at the
                                                    approaches to inuit                      anti-clearcutting activism           heart of the fraser
                 Thirteen Men Who Got
                 Caught Up in the Gang              literature                               at grassy narrows first              Terry Glavin
                 Lifestyle                                                                   nations                              & Ben Parfitt
                                                    Keavy Martin
                 Curtis Eklund                                                               Anna J. Willow
                                                    Stories in a New Skin introduces                                              The title refers to a stretch of
                 This book is a collection of the   southern Canadians to the                When the Anishinaabe people          BC’s Fraser River between Hope
                 personal stories, poems, songs     literary traditions of the Inuit         at Grassy Narrows blocked            and Mission, an area that has
                 and artwork of 13 young First      by examining classical stories           a logging road in December,          been home to human settle-
                 Nations men who have all been      and songs, life writing, oral his-       2002, they began a long process      ments for thousands of years.
                 in jail. The stories are about     tory and contemporary works.             of resistance. Willow chronicles     In this Transmontanus series
                 their lives and the experiences    Working with the texts, Martin           what became the longest-             title, the authors demonstrate
                 and behaviour that led them        demonstrates that the Inuit              running indigenous blockade in       the importance of this ancient
                 there. The book is specifically    have their own literary tradition        Canadian history, as well as the     river and the land along its
                 aimed at telling youth about       which adapts to the influences           history of the reserve, includ-      banks, citing its significance as
                 the pitfalls of joining gangs      of non-Inuit literature. Includes        ing its disastrous relocation in     a breeding ground for many
                 and where that lifestyle leads.    extensive endnotes.                      the early 1960s from spacious        species of fish as well as its rich
                 The authors are all very candid       Martin is an associate                clan-based configurations to         history, both anthropologically
                 about how both the things that     professor of English and Film            Canadian subdivisions. Crime         and archeologically. Looking
                 happened to them growing           Studies at the University of             and alcohol-based problems           back 20 million years to the
                 up and their own choices and       Alberta. Stories in a New Skin           became rampant. In the 1970s,        river’s birth, they bring readers
                 action have led to their current   was a finalist for the 2012              methyl mercury was discovered.       up to the 21st century and our
                 circumstances. Written by men      Gabrielle Roy Prize (English             Contaminated lakes and rivers        ceaseless demands for gravel
                 who have been directly involved    Section) from the Association            caused serious illnesses and         from the river for construction,
                 in gangs, this book will have a    for Canadian and Quebec                  deaths. Commercial fishery was       which is causing floods and
                 powerful impact on readers.        Literatures.                             banned, leading to loss of tour-     habitat loss on the river itself
                    Caution: Contains a lot of                                               ism and the main food source.        and in the surrounding land.
                 descriptions of violence, drink-                                            With this blockade, the people          Parfitt has received a Jack
                 ing, drug use, child abuse, and                                             of Grassy Narrows reclaimed          Webster Award for Journalism.
                 ‘asterisked out’ swearing.                                                  their cultural identity and deter-   Glavin has earned the Hubert
                                                                                             mined their own future.              Evans Award for Non-Fiction
                                                                                                                                  and the Lieutenant-Governor’s
                                                                                                                                  Award for Literary Excellence.

                 Grades: 10–12, law, social         Grades: 12, english, teacher             Grades: 12, social studies,          Grades: 11–12, comparative
                 studies                            resource                                 sustainable resources                civilizations, earth science,
                                                                                                                                  sustainable resources
                 Index/Bibliography: No/No          Index/Bibliography: Yes/Yes              Index/Bibliography: Yes/Yes
                 ©2012 104 pp. 5.5"x8.5"                                                     ©2012 266 pp. 6"x9"                  Index/Bibliography: No/Yes
                                                    ©2012 200 pp. 6"x9"
                 b/w photographs, drawings,                                                  b/w photographs                      ©2013 144 pp. 5.5"x8.5"
                                                    b/w maps
                 illustrations                                                               ISBN: 9780887557392 $27.95 PA        b/w photographs, charts
                                                    ISBN: 9780887557361 $27.95 PA
                 ISBN: 9780986875069 $19.05 PA                                                                                    ISBN: 9781554200603 $19.95 PA
                                                    epub: 9780887554285 $25.00               University of Manitoba Press
                 Hear My Heart Books Inc.                                                    www.uofmpress.ca                     New Star Books
                                                    University of Manitoba Press
                 www.hearmyheartbooks.ca                                                                                          www.newstarbooks.com
                                                    www.uofmpress.ca

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           sugAr fAlls                          They cAlled me                         The Third riel                      Tse-loh-ne (The
           A ResidentiAl scHool stoRy           numBer one                             consPirAcy                          PeoPle AT The end
           david Alexander                      secRets And suRvivAl At An
                                                                                       stephen legault                     of The rocks)
           Robertson                            indiAn ResidentiAl scHool                                                  JouRney doWn tHe dAvie
           Scott B. Henderson                   Bev sellars                            The Third Riel Conspiracy is        tRAil
                                                                                       the second in the Durrant
           This graphic novel is based on                                                                                  keith Billington
                                                In They Called Me Number               Wallace mystery series. In this
           the life of Betsy Ross, an elder     One, the author weaves her             installment, NWMP Sergeant          After working with the people
           from Manitoba’s Cross Lake           own experiences of hunger and          Durrant Wallace investigates        of Fort Ware for over ten years,
           First Nation. The misery of          abuse at St. Joseph’s Mission          the murder of a man during the      Keith Billington was invited
           Betsy’s schooling is conveyed        residential school in Williams         Battle of Batoche. During the       to join a group of elders on
           through text and image. The          Lake, BC with those of her             investigation, Wallace uncovers     a 460km trek by foot along
           sparse black and white illustra-     mother and grandmother. At             two plots that are taking place:    the Aatse Davie Trail, which
           tions suggest a thin life of         the school she was taught that         one to kill Louis Riel before his   is a part of their traditional
           farming, praying and copying         her culture was inferior and she       trial begins and another to help    territory. He uses the recount-
           Latin. The nuns and priest are       should strive to become more           Louis Riel escape back to the       ing of that journey and the
           dark figures that dominate the       “White”. This experience has           United States. With the help of     circumstances that led to it as a
           scene when they enter. Physical      had lasting effects on Sellars and     his three friends, Wallace works    vehicle for also telling interest-
           abuse prevails and the images        it has taken many years for her        to solve the crime and unravel      ing stories about the history of
           do not spare us its effects. Betsy   to heal and embrace her culture.       the plots involving Louis Riel.     the Tse-loh-ne, their current
           stays strong by remembering          Includes extensive chapter                Legault is the author of         life and their struggles living
           the words of her father telling      notes.                                 seven books including the Cole      between two cultures.
           her to hold on to her language          Sellars has a B.A. from the         Blackwater mystery series.             Written by a non-Aboriginal
           and her spirit. Unfortunately,       University of Victoria and a law          Caution: Use of the word         man who for many years has
           some girls despair and Betsy’s       degree from the University of          “Indian” and “half-breed” in a      worked closely with Aboriginal
           friend drowns trying to escape.      British Columbia. She served           historical context.                 communities, including work-
           Reconciliation is also a theme       as an advisor to the BC Treaty                                             ing as band manager for the
           in the novel represented by the      Commission and is currently                                                Fort Ware Sekani Band, this is
           teenagers who interview Betsy        the elected chief of the Xat’sūll                                          an engaging book that includes
           and the teacher who creates the      (Soda Creek) First Nation. This                                            personal stories along with band
           biography assignment.                is her first book.                                                         and area history.
              Caution: Violence, death and         Caution: Use of the word                                                   Keith Billington is the author
           sexual abuse are depicted or         “Indian” instead of “First                                                 of House Calls by Dogsled and
           implied.                             Nations.”                                                                  Cold Land, Warm Hearts.

           grAdes: 9–12, englisH                grAdes: 10–12, englisH FiRst           grAdes: 10–12, englisH              grAdes: 10–12, englisH
           lAnguAge ARts                        PeoPles, sociAl Justice,               lAnguAge ARts, sociAl               lAnguAge ARts, sociAl
                                                sociAl studies                         studies                             studies
           index/Bibliography: no/no
           ©2012 40 pp. 6.5"x10"                index/Bibliography: yes/no             index/Bibliography: no/no           index/Bibliography: no/yes
           b/w illustrations                    ©2013 228 pp. 5.5"x8.5"                ©2013 264 pp. 5.25"x8"              ©2012 256 pp. 6"x9"
           isBn: 9781553793342 $15.00 PA        b/w photographs                        isBn: 9781927129852 $14.95 PA       b/w photographs, map
           epub: 9781553793397 $12.00           isBn: 9780889227415 $9.95 PA           epub: 9781927129869 $9.99           isBn: 9781894759885 $22.95 PA

           HighWater Press                      epub: 9780889227422 $16.95             touchWood editions                  caitlin Press
           www.highwaterpress.com                                                      www.touchwoodeditions.com           www.caitlin-press.com
                                                talonbooks
                                                www.talonbooks.com

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