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• Cold

  a Novel

  Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

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  Elmore Trent is a professor of Indigenous studies who finds himself entangled in an affair that's ruining his marriage; Paul North plays in the IHL (Indigenous Hockey League), struggling to keep up with the game that's passing him by;…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daughters of the Deer

  Daniel, Danielle

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  Marie, an Algonquin woman of the Weskarini Deer Clan, lost her first husband and her children to an Iroquois raid. In the aftermath of another lethal attack, she marries a former French soldier for the sake of the clan. Jeanne, their first…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And Then She Fell

  a Novel

  Elliott, Alicia

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  A look at motherhood and mental health follows a young Indigenous woman who discovers the picture-perfect life she always hoped for may have horrifying consequences.

• This House Is Not a Home

  Lafferty, Catherine, 1982-

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  After a hunting trip one fall, a family in the far reaches of so-called Canada’s north return to nothing but an empty space where their home once stood. Finding themselves suddenly homeless, they have no choice but to assimilate into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Indian Summer

  a Novel

  Kakwinokanasum, Joseph,

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  For Hunter Frank, the summer of ’79 begins with his mother returning home only to collect the last two months’ welfare cheques, leaving her three “half-breeds” to fend for themselves. When his older sister escapes their northern BC town…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wandering Stars

  Orange, Tommy, 1982-

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  Traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through to the shattering aftermath of Orvil Red Feather's shooting in There There.

• Prairie Edge

  a Novel

  Kerr, Conor

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  One night, Métis cousins Ezzy and Grey hatch a plan to capture a herd of bison from a nearby national park and release the animals in downtown Edmonton. They want to be seen, to be heard, and to disrupt the settler routines of the city,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bug

  Bonnell, Yolanda, 1982-

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  Bug is a solo performance and artistic ceremony that highlights the ongoing effects of colonialism and intergenerational trauma experienced by Indigenous women, as well as a testimony to the women's resilience and strength

• Moccasin Square Gardens

  Short Stories

  Van Camp, Richard, 1971-

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  The characters of Moccasin Square Gardens inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the sixtieth parallel. These stories are filled with in-laws, outlaws and common-laws. Get ready for illegal wrestling moves (“The Camel Clutch”),…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Minor Chorus

  Belcourt, Billy-Ray

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  An urgent first novel about breaching the prisons we live inside from one of Canada’s most daring literary talents. An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern Alberta in search of what eludes him: the shape…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thanks for Giving

  a Play

  Loring, Kevin, 1974-

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  Nan’s family is home for Thanksgiving, but some unsolicited truths are about to be dropped at the dinner table. Old wounds and new realities collide, and sibling rivalry is stoked, but the enduring spirit that guides this family charges…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Split Tooth

  Tagaq, 1975-

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  The story of a girl growing up in Nunavut in the 1970s.

• Holy Wild

  Benaway, Gwen

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  Poetry. Explores the complexities of being an Indigenous trans woman in expansive lyric poems, holding up the Indigenous trans body as a site of struggle, liberation, and beauty and navigating the daily burden of transphobia and violence.

• From Oral to Written

  a Celebration of Indigenous Literature in Canada, 1980-2010

  Highway, Tomson, 1951-

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  Indigenous Canadians tell their own stories, about their own people, in their own voice, from their own perspective.

• Kiss of the Fur Queen

  Highway, Tomson, 1951-

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  This story follows the lives of Jeremiah and Gabriel from their Cree childhood through their abusive experience at their Catholic residential school and finally to their lives as acclaimed artists.

• Empire of Wild

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  Inspired by the Canadian Métis legend of the Rogarou, Empire of Wild finds a woman reconnecting with her heritage when her missing husband reappears in the form of a charismatic preacher who does not recognize her.

• Tainna

  the Unseen Ones : Short Stories

  Dunning, Norma

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  A collection of short stories centred on modern-day Inuit people.

• All My Relations

  An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Native Fiction

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  This landmark anthology comprises short stories, a scene from a play, and excerpts from novels, by nineteen of the most talented Native American writers in Canada.

• Probably Ruby

  Bird-Wilson, Lisa,

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  An Indigenous woman adopted by white parents goes in search of her identity in this unforgettable debut novel about family, race, and history.

• This Accident of Being Lost

  Songs and Stories

  Simpson, Leanne, 1971-

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  A collection of stories and songs that explores the subject of decolonization.