INDIGENOUS AUTHORS

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...

122754 Beyond the Orange Shirt Story is a unique collection of truths, as told by six generations of Phyllis Webstad’s family that will give readers an up-close look at what life was like before, during, and after their Residential School...

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...

122235 Written by Theresa "Corky" Larsen-Jonasson When two foxes, who are best friends, have a fight it upsets the whole community of animals. Kokom the Owl knows just what to do and brings together all the animals and holds a Sharing Circle Suggested...

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...

122228 When we look up to the sky and see a beautiful eagle soaring by, we may stop to appreciate its graceful sight, but, as Kevin Locke explains, eagles also have powerful teachings to offer. In this book Kevin shares with us that each feather on the...

51099 "Every child matters, including you and me. With our orange hearts, we walk in harmony." As a young child, your little world can be full of big emotions. In this book, I, Phyllis Webstad, founder of Orange Shirt Day, show that sharing my story with...

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...