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• Making Love With the Land

  Essays

  Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)

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  In these ten unique, heart-piercing non-fiction pieces, award-winning writer Joshua Whitehead illuminates the com­plex moment we’re living through now, in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples are navigating new and old ideas about “the land.”

• Di-bayn-di-zi-win : to Own Ourselves

  Embodying Ojibway-Anishinabe Ways

  Fontaine, Jerry, 1955-

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  A collaboration exploring the importance of the Ojibway-Anishinabe worldview, the use of ceremony and language in living a good life, attaining true reconciliation, and resisting the notions of indigenization and colonialization inherent in Western…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Place

  150 Years Retold

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  Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All the Little Monsters

  How I Learned to Live With Anxiety

  Robertson, David, 1977-

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  With humour, warmth and heartbreaking honesty, award-winning author David A. Roberston explores the struggles and small victories of living with chronic anxiety and depression and shares his hard-earned wisdom in the hope of making other people’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Berry Pickers

  Peters, Amanda

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  A four-year-old girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that will remain unsolved for nearly fifty years. A stunning debut by a vibrant new voice in fiction, The Berry Pickers is a riveting novel about the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Becoming a Matriarch

  a Memoir

  Knott, Helen, 1987-

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  Becoming a Matriarch is charted with poetic insights, sass, humour, and heart, taking the reader over the rivers and mountains of Dane Zaa territory in Northeastern British Columbia, along the cobbled streets of Antigua, Guatemala, and straight to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bad Medicine

  Twin, Christopher

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  A group of Cree teens gather around a fire to share stories of spirits and shapeshifters in this chilling debut graphic novel. Inspired by Cree folklore and modern Cree life, Bad Medicine will transport readers to terrifying new worlds that only…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Firekeeper's Daughter

  Boulley, Angeline

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  In Firekeeper's Daughter, debut author Angeline Boulley crafts a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community.

• Real Ones

  a Novel

  Vermette, Katherena, 1977-

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  An energetic, probing and ultimately hopeful story, real ones pays homage to the long-fought, hard-won battles of Michif (Métis) people to regain ownership of their identity and the right to say who is and isn't Métis.

• There There

  Orange, Tommy, 1982-

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  Fierce, angry, funny, and heartbreaking, There There is a relentlessly paced multi-generational story about violence and recovery, memory and identity, and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people. An unforgettable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If I Go Missing

  Jonnie, Brianna

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  Combining graphic fiction and non-fiction, this young adult graphic novel serves as a window into one of the unique dangers of being an Indigenous teen in Canada today. The text of the book is derived from excerpts of a letter written to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Whistle at Night

  An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology : Are You Ready to Be Un-settled?

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  "These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling author Stephen…Read moreRead more of this annotation