Indigenous Resources
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Michelle Good Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada
From racism, broken treaties, and cultural pillaging, to the value of Indigenous lives and the importance of Indigenous literature, this collection reveals facts about Indigenous life in Canada that are both devastating and enlightening. Truth Telling also demonstrates the myths underlying Canadian history and the human cost of colonialism, showing how it continues to underpin modern social institutions in Canada. Passionate and uncompromising, Michelle Good affirms that meaningful and substantive reconciliation hinges on recognition of Indigenous self-determination, the return of lands, and a just redistribution of the wealth that has been taken from those lands without regard for Indigenous peoples. Truth Telling is essential reading for those looking to acknowledge the past and understand the way forward.
$29.99
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Patrick Hunter Turtle Island 500 Piece Puzzle
Turtle Island 500 piece puzzle designed by Patrick Hunter, Ojibway. The artist is paid a royalty on each sale, and their biography can be found on the back of the box.Designed to engage and inspire while showcasing vibrant Indigenous artwork, this puzzle measures approximately 25 x 20 in (62 x 50 cm) when completed. Age 6+
$19.00
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Eldon Yellowhorn, Kathy Lowinger Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People
Unlike most books that chronicle the history of Native peoples beginning with the arrival of Europeans in 1492, this book goes back to the Ice Age to give young readers a glimpse of what life was like pre-contact. The title, Turtle Island, refers to a Native story that explains how North and Central America were formed on the back of a turtle. Based on archeological finds and scientific research, we now have a clearer picture of how the Indigenous people lived. Using that knowledge, the authors take the reader back as far as 14,000 years ago to imagine moments in time. A wide variety of topics are featured, from the animals that came and disappeared over time, to what people ate, how they expressed themselves through art, and how they adapted to their surroundings. The importance of story-telling among the Native peoples is always present to shed light on how they explained their world. The end of the book takes us to modern times when the story of the Native peoples is both tragic and hopeful.
$16.95
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Two Sisters: A First Nations Legend
For the first time, E. Pauline Johnson’s The Two Sisters, a First Nations legend, accompanied by sumptuous illustrations by Sandra Butt showcases the splendour of the Salish Sea. The universal themes of Creation, courage, and peace run through this legend of two little girls who grow up to be courageous young women who help to bring lasting peace to their world. The story is supplemented by a reference section that will enable a reader, parent, teacher, or visitor to the coast to immerse themselves in the rich history of Coast Salish cultures.
$19.95
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Angela Sterritt Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls
Growing up, Sterritt was steeped in the stories of her ancestors: grandparents who carried bentwood boxes of berries, hunted and trapped, and later fought for rights and title to that land. But as a vulnerable young woman, kicked out of the family home and living on the street, Sterritt inhabited places that, today, are infamous for being communities where women have gone missing or been murdered: Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, and, later on, Northern BC's Highway of Tears. Sterritt faced darkness: she experienced violence from partners and strangers and saw friends and community members die or go missing. But she navigated the street, group homes, and SROs to finally find her place in journalism and academic excellence at university, relying entirely on her own strength, resilience, and creativity along with the support of her ancestors and community to find her way.
$24.95
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Jesse Wente Unreconciled
Family, Truth, And Indigenous Resistance Part memoir and part manifesto, Unreconciled is a stirring call to arms to put truth over the flawed concept of reconciliation, and to build a new, respectful relationship between the nation of Canada and Indigenous peoples. Jesse Wente remembers the exact moment he realized that he was a certain kind of Indian--a stereotypical cartoon Indian. He was playing softball as a child when the opposing team began to war-whoop when he was at bat. It was just one of many incidents that formed Wente's understanding of what it means to be a modern Indigenous person in a society still overwhelmingly colonial in its attitudes and institutions. As the child of an American father and an Anishinaabe mother, Wente grew up in Toronto with frequent visits to the reserve where his maternal relations lived. By exploring his family's history, including his grandmother's experience in residential school, and citing his own frequent incidents of racial profiling by police who'd stop him on the streets, Wente unpacks the discrepancies between his personal identity and how non-Indigenous people view him.
$22.95
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Paulette Regan Unsettling the Settler Within
Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling, and Reconciliation in Canada In 2008, Canada established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to mend the deep rifts between Aboriginal peoples and the settler society that created Canada's notorious residential school system. This book argues that non-Aboriginal Canadians must undergo their own process of decolonization in order to truly participate in the transformative possibilities of reconciliation. Settlers must relinquish the persistent myth of themselves as peacemakers and acknowledge the destructive legacy of a society that has stubbornly ignored and devalued Indigenous experience. A compassionate call to action, this powerful book offers a new and hopeful path toward healing the wounds of the past.
$36.95
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Edmund Metatawabin, Alexandra Shimo Up Ghost River: A Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History
A powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s, the resulting trauma, and the spirit he rediscovered within himself and his community through traditional spirituality and knowledge. Metatawabin has worked tirelessly to bring traditional knowledge to the next generation of Indigenous youth and leaders, as a counsellor at the University of Alberta, Chief in his Fort Albany community, and today as a youth worker, First Nations spiritual leader and activist. His story gives a personal face to the problems that beset First Nations communities and fresh solutions, and untangles the complex dynamics that sparked the Idle No More movement. Haunting and brave, Up Ghost River is a necessary step toward our collective healing.
$22.00
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Allison Hargreaves Violence Against Indigenous Women: Literature, Activism, Resistance
Organized as a series of case studies that pair literary interventions with recent sites of activism and policy-critique, the book puts literature in dialogue with anti-violence debate to illuminate new pathways toward action. Indigenous women's literature is a critical site of knowledge-making and critique. Centering the voices of contemporary Indigenous women writers, this book provides a strong foundation for reading literature in the context of Indigenous feminist activism and the ongoing intellectual history of Indigenous women's resistance.
$31.99
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Taiaiake Alfred Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom
With each of his books, Taiaiake Alfred challenges us to confront the future with new ways of thinking about where we as indigenous communities have been, where we are now and what thinking tools and warrior tools we need to move forward as indigenous nations. This is a book that needs to be read by indigenous leaders, activists, politicians, scholars, community workers, artists, teachers; in fact anyone who sees their future as an indigenous person in an indigenous world.
$43.95 $26.37
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Joanne Robertson Water Walker
The story of a determined Ojibwe Grandmother (Nokomis) Josephine Mandamin and her great love for Nibi (water). Nokomis walks to raise awareness of our need to protect Nibi for future generations, and for all life on the planet. She, along with other women, men, and youth, have walked around all the Great Lakes from the four salt waters, or oceans, to Lake Superior. The walks are full of challenges, and by her example Josephine invites us all to take up our responsibility to protect our water, the giver of life, and to protect our planet for all generations.
$18.95
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Jo Chrona Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies
An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education How can Indigenous knowledge systems inform our teaching practices and enhance education? How do we create an education system that embodies an anti-racist approach and equity for all learners? This powerful and engaging resource is for non-Indigenous educators who want to learn more, are new to these conversations, or want to deepen their learning. Some educators may come to this work with some trepidation. You may feel that you are not equipped to engage in Indigenous education, reconciliation, or anti-racism work. You may be anxious about perpetuating misconceptions or stereotypes, making mistakes, or giving offence. In these chapters, I invite you to take a walk and have a conversation with a good mind and a good heart. With over two decades in Indigenous education, author Jo Chrona encourages readers to acknowledge and challenge assumptions, reflect on their own experiences, and envision a more equitable education system for all.
$35.99
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We All Count
A Book of Ojibway Art This board book teaches children to count in English as well as in Ojibway. This beautifully illustrated book by Indigenous artist Jason Adair is a showcase of Ojibway art and culture. Ojibwe /oʊˈdʒɪbweɪ/,is also known as Ojibwa /oʊˈdʒɪbwə/, Ojibway, Otchipwe, or Ojibwemowin, is an indigenous language of North America of the Algonquian language family. The aggregated dialects of Ojibwemowin comprise the second most commonly spoken First Nations language in Canada (after Cree), and the fourth most widely spoken in the United States or Canada behind Navajo, the Inuit languages and Cree.* (*from Wikipedia)
$12.00
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We All Count: A Book of Cree Numbers
A board book story about helping and caring for each other, regardless of background. We all count. Flett also encourages counting using the Cree language.
$12.00
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Julie Flett We All Play
From Julie Flett, the beloved author and illustrator of Birdsong, comes a joyous new book about playtime for babies, toddlers, and kids up to age 7. Animals and kids love to play! This wonderful book celebrates playtime and the connection between children and the natural world. At the end of the book, animals and children gently fall asleep after a fun day of playing outside, making this book a great bedtime story. A beautiful ode to the animals and humans we share our world with, We All Play belongs on every bookshelf. This book also includes a glossary of Cree words for wild animals in the book and a pronunciation guide and link to audio pronunciation recordings.
$22.95
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David Bouchard, Kristy Cameron We Learn From the Sun
An Indigenous rhyming poem with colorful illustrations about the seven sacred teachings that can be learned from the sun. This richly illustrated book by Metis writer David Bouchard and Metis illustrator Kristy Cameron, weaves together Woodland style paintings with a rhythmic poem about the spiritual lessons that we can learn from the Sun and the seven sacred teachings.
$22.99
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Masiana Kelly, Tamara Campeau We Love You as Much as the Fox Loves Its Tail
This loving bedtime poem shares all the ways in which a family will welcome their long-awaited new member. Sharing love as deep as the beluga dives and as warm as the shaggy hair of the muskox, this poem envelopes a new baby in the embrace of their new home in all its forms — the Arctic landscape and the welcoming arms of family.
$18.95
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Richard Van Camp, Julie Flett We Sang You Home
In this sweet and lyrical board book from the creators of the bestselling Little You, gentle rhythmic text captures the wonder new parents feel as they welcome baby into the world. A celebration of the bond between parent and child, this is the perfect song to share with your little ones.
$12.95
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Richard Van Camp, Julie Flett We Sang You Home (Cree and English Edition)
In this sweet and lyrical board book from the creators of the bestselling Little You, gentle rhythmic text captures the wonder new parents feel as they welcome baby into the world. A celebration of the bond between parent and child, this is the perfect song to share with your little ones. Internationally renowned storyteller and bestselling author Richard Van Camp teams up with award-winning illustrator Julie Flett for a second time to create a stunning dual-language board book for babies and toddlers. Ages 3-5
$6.95
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Native Northwest Weaving Life Together: Indigenous Colouring Journal on Diversity
Each page offers traditional and cultural insights into the natural and supernatural worlds. Thought-provoking questions are intended to deepen personal development and our relationships with others. The corresponding animal on the next page allows readers to take the time to further reflect and connect with their creativity as they colour in the animals. Weaving Life Together author, Melaney Gleeson-Lyall, is a Musqueam, Snaw-naw, Coast Salish artist and author.
$9.00
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Richard Van Camp Welcome Song For Baby
From renowned First Nations storyteller Richard Van Camp comes a lyrical lullaby for newborns. Complemented with stunning photographs, this evocative board book is perfectly suited as a first book for every baby.
$12.95
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Micqaela Jones What a Fox 72 Piece Puzzle
What A Fox 72 piece puzzle designed by Micqaela Jones, Te-moak. The artist is paid a royalty on every sale. Our 72 piece Puzzles on the Go are packaged in a tin box and feature authentic Indigenous art with the artist's biography on the back of the tin. The finished size is 8.3 x 11.2" (21x28.5 cm). Ages 3+
$10.00
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The Port Alberni Friendship Center What Colour is the Rainbow?
Walk through the forest with t`uc`up as he recognizes the colours in everyday events and places. This book is written in Nuu-chah-nulth. Its simple illustrations make the text easy to follow for any reader.
$14.00
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What Is Truth, Betsy?
A Story of Truth Selected for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids & Teens Miskwaadesi is confused about the teaching Truth. But she knows more than she thinks she does. What is Truth, Betsy? is one book in The Seven Teachings Stories series. The Seven Teachings of the Anishinaabe—love, wisdom, humility, courage, respect, honesty, and truth—are revealed in seven stories for children. Set in urban landscapes, Indigenous children tell familiar stories about home, school, and community. Great ideas for using this book in your classroom can be found in the Teacher’s Guide for The Seven Teachings Stories.
$9.95
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