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Looks like daylight : voices of indigenous kids / by Ellis, Deborah,1960-;
Includes Internet addresses.A number of Indian children from Canada and the United States discuss what happens in their daily lives by engaging in interviews with the author.LSC
Subjects: Indian children; Native children;
© 2013., Groundwood Books,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Nibi's water song / by Tenasco, Sunshine.; Chief Lady Bird,1993-;
Nibi is an Indigenous girl on the search for clean water to drink. Though she is faced with repeated obstacles, Nibi's joyful and determined energy become a catalyst for change and action as her community, and in widening circles, the country and government rally around her to make clean drinking water available for all. There is a strong underlying message that even when a problem seems too large to face, every bit that everyone does helps. And inaction is not an option.LSC
Subjects: Native children; Fresh water; Drinking water;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Shi-shi-etko / by Campbell, Nicola I.; LaFave, Kim.;
Shi-shi-etko just has four days until she must leave her family and everything she knows to attend residential school. She spends her last days at home treasuring and appreciating the beauty of her world.LSCAboriginal Children's Book of the Year
Subjects: Native children; Indians of North America;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Stolen words / by Florence, Melanie.; Grimard, Gabrielle,1975-;
A look at the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families and the beautiful, healing relationship between a little girl and her grandfather.LSC
Subjects: Grandparent and child; Native children; Cree Indians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Seven fallen feathers : [Book Club Set] / by Talaga, Tanya,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Over the span of ten years, seven high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The seven were hundreds of miles away from their families, forced to leave their reserve because there was no high school there for them to attend. Award-winning journalist Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest, and struggle with, human rights violations past and present against aboriginal communities."--
Subjects: Native children; Native peoples; Native peoples; Native peoples;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 12
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Seven fallen feathers : racism, death, and hard truths in a northern city / by Talaga, Tanya,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Over the span of ten years, seven high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The seven were hundreds of miles away from their families, forced to leave their reserve because there was no high school there for them to attend. Award-winning journalist Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest, and struggle with, human rights violations past and present against aboriginal communities."--
Subjects: Native children; Native peoples; Native peoples; Native peoples;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Together we drum, our hearts beat as one / by Poll, Willie.; Chief Lady Bird,1993-;
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Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; First Nations women; Native children; Indigenous children;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Sixties Scoop / by Nicks, Erin.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.Discusses the removal of Indigenous children from their families, the reasons behind their removal, their lives in foster care, and the feelings of identity loss, depression, and anxiety felt by many adoptees as a result of being raised in a non-Indigenous family. LSC
Subjects: Interracial adoption; Native peoples; Native children; Native peoples; Native peoples;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Shin-chi's canoe / by Campbell, Nicola I.; LaFave, Kim.;
When Shi-shi-etko returns for her second year at a residential school, she is accompanied by her six-year-old brother Shin-chi, to whom she gives the gift of a tiny cedar canoe to help him get through the difficult months until summer.LSC
Subjects: Native children; Indians of North America; Off-reservation boarding schools; Brothers and sisters;
© 2008., Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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I'm finding my talk / by Thomas, Rebecca(Poet); Young, Pauline,1965-;
A response to Rita Joe's iconic poem "I Lost My Talk," and published simultaneously with the new children's book edition illustrated by Pauline Young, comes a companion picture book by award-winning spoken-word artist and Mi'kmaw activist Rebecca Thomas. A second-generation residential school survivor, Thomas writes this response poem openly and honestly, reflecting on the process of working through the destructive effects of colonialism. From sewing regalia to dancing at powow to learning traditional language, I'm Finding My Talk is about rediscovering her community, and finding culture. Features stunning, vibrant illustrations by Mi'kmaw artist Pauline Young.LSC
Subjects: Identity (Philosophical concept); Indians of North America; Native children; Children's poetry, Canadian (English); Residential schools; First Nations children;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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