BOOKS

833722   Mary was four years old when she was first taken away to the Lejac Indian Residential School. It was far away from her home and family. Always hungry and cold, there was little comfort for young Mary. Speaking Dakelh was forbidden and...

458991   Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things―from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen―provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her...

122242 When Phyllis was a little girl she was excited to go to residential school for the first time. Her Granny bought her a bright orange shirt that she loved and she wore it to school for her first day. When she arrived at school her bright orange...

122204 Everyone gets sad, angry, frustrated and disappointed. Difficult emotions are a natural part of life. In this book, Trudy's Healing Stone, Trudy Spiller shares a special teaching about a practice that anyone can use to help them process their...

51895 Learn the meaning behind the phrase, ‘Every Child Matters.’ Orange Shirt Day founder, Phyllis Webstad, offers insights into this heartfelt movement. Every Child Matters honours the history and resiliency of Indigenous Peoples on...

53495 This book relates the history and self-identifying process of a Metis woman who lived on the western plains of Canada during the transitional period from fur trade to sedentary agricultural economy. Marie Rose Delorme Smith was a woman of...

Julie Flett is a Cree-Metis author, illustrator, and artist. She has received many awards including the 2017 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature for her work on When We Were Alone by David Robertson (High Water Press),...

122433 Orange Shirt Day is observed annually on September 30th to honour Residential School Survivors and theirfamilies, and to remember those who did not make it. It was initially envisioned as a way to keep theconversations going about all aspects of...

4119-014-039 Black Elk of the Sioux has been recognized as one of the truly remarkable men of his time in the matter of religious belief and practice. Shortly before his death in August, 1950, when he was the "keeper of the sacred pipe," he said, "It...

CBB8 BOARD BOOK Packaging: T.P.S. 5.8 inches W x 7.5 H (Portrait) Extent: 12 spreads (24 pages) + cover Stock and printing: PARTIAL PROCEEDS FROM THIS PUBLICATION SUPPORT ABORIGINAL EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT. Say Good Morning! To the plants, trees and...

Paul Wahasaypa - Siha Tooskin - has learned from Ena (his mom) and Ade (his dad) to maintain a strong mind, heart, and spirit.  Though starting at a new school can be hard, especially when the kids there have never experienced the values and culture...

798491 Paul Wahasaypa - Siha Tooskin - already knows that the eagle is important because of the way this his family respects and cares for eagle feathers.  Now he's old enough for the teachings of where the feathers come from and why they are so...