INDIGENOUS AUTHORS

756672 It’s a special day—the day of the Jingle Dress Dance! Before the big powwow, there’s a lot to do: getting dressed, braiding hair, packing lunches, and practicing bounce-steps.But one young girl gets butterflies in her stomach...

  Inspiration behind "Street Warrior" Coloring Book:Cree Artist Sam Bighetty lived on the streets in Calgary for over 11 years. He knows what is like to be alone, to be hungry, to be cold. He knows what its like to need a friend, to need a...

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),...

WV-970-2 RONALD BALLANTYNE -BIOGRAPHY  TEACHER AND DEVELOPING ARTIST FROM WOODLAND CREE FROM NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING BEEN RAISED MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS PROVIDED ME NOT TO ONLY WITH THE CREE LANGUAGE FLUENCY, BUT ALSO THE...

WV-970-1 RONALD BALLANTYNE -BIOGRAPHY  WOODLAND CREE FROM NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING BEEN RAISED MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS PROVIDED ME NOT TO ONLY WITH THE CREE LANGUAGE FLUENCY, BUT ALSO THE APPRECIATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT...

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...

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...

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...