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Shannen and the dream for a school / by Wilson, Janet,1952-;
Shannen Koostachin was a student growing up in Attawapiskat First Nation, a small community in Northern Ontario. The local school closed 20 years ago after an oil spill and since then the children have had nothing but a few portables to learn in. This is the story of Shannen's fight to have a new school built in her community.LSC
Subjects: Koostachin, Shannen, 1994-2010; Indian activists; Children's rights; Cree children;
© c2011., Second Story Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Five little indians / by Good, Michelle,author.;
With compassion and insight, 'Five Little Indians' chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward. Michelle Good is a writer of Cree ancestry and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in SK. She lives in Kamloops, BC.
Subjects: Psychic trauma; Friendship; Indigenous teenagers; First Nations; Residential schools;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Five little indians : [Book Club Set] / by Good, Michelle,author.;
With compassion and insight, 'Five Little Indians' chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward. Michelle Good is a writer of Cree ancestry and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in SK. She lives in Kamloops, BC.
Subjects: Psychic trauma; Friendship; Indigenous teenagers; First Nations; Residential schools;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 15
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The four continents / by Monkman, William Kent.;
Explores the work of Kent Monkman, a Canadian artist of Cree ancestry who works with a variety of mediums, including painting, film, performance and installation.LSC
Subjects: Monkman, William Kent.; Indian art;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Inconvenient skin = Nyêhtâwan wasakay / by Koyczan, Shane,1976-author.; Ratt, Solomon,translator.;
"Reconciliation has become a contested buzz word filled with promises and good intentions but rarely any meaningful follow through. While Canada's history is filled with darkness, this collection of poems aims to unpack that history to clean the wounds of the infection so the nation can finally heal. Powerful and thought provoking this collection will draw you in as you consider Canada's colonial legacy."
Subjects: Poetry.; Native peoples; Native peoples; Native peoples; Indians of North America;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Call me Indian : from the trauma of residential school to becoming the NHL's first treaty Indigenous player / by Sasakamoose, Fred,1933-author.; Masters, Meg,author.;
"Trailblazer. Residential school survivor. First Indigenous player in the NHL. All of these descriptions are true--but none of them tell the whole story. Fred Sasakamoose suffered abuse in a residential school for a decade before becoming one of 125 players in the most elite hockey league in the world--and has been heralded as the first Canadian Indigenous player with Treaty status in the NHL. He made his debut with the 1954 Chicago Black Hawks on Hockey Night in Canada and taught Foster Hewitt how to correctly pronounce his name. Sasakamoose played against such legends as Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau, and Maurice Richard. After twelve games, he returned home. When people tell Sasakamoose's story, this is usually where they end it. They say he left the NHL after only a dozen games to return to the family and culture that the Canadian government had ripped away from him. That returning to his family and home was more important to him than an NHL career. But there was much more to his decision than that. Understanding Sasakamoose's decision to return home means grappling with the dislocation of generations of Indigenous Canadians. Having been uprooted once, Sasakamoose could not endure it again. It was not homesickness; a man who spent his childhood as "property" of the government could not tolerate the uncertainty and powerlessness of being a team's property. Fred's choice to leave the NHL was never as clear-cut as reporters have suggested. And his story was far from over. He continued to play for another decade in leagues around Western Canada. He became a band councillor, served as Chief, and formed athletic programs for kids. He paved a way for youth to find solace and meaning in sports for generations to come. This isn't just a hockey story; Sasakamoose's groundbreaking memoir intersects Canadian history and Indigenous politics, and follows his journey to reclaim pride in an identity that had previously been used against him."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Sasakamoose, Fred, 1933-; Hockey players; Native hockey players; Cree; First Nations;
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Ligne de trappe / by Robertson, David,1977-; Flett, Julie.; Luby, Brittany.; Bessière, Arnaud.;
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Subjects: Grands-pères; Grands-parents et enfants; Mémoire; Cris (Indiens); Grandfathers; Grandparent and child; Memory; Cree Indians; Cree;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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