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Indigenous Voices – Book List

  • Non-Fiction

Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices

Charleyboy, Lisa and Leatherdale, Mary Beth (eds.)

Theme: Indigenous Voices

Native artists and writers contribute heartfelt stories about growing up Native.

  • Picture Book
  • Young Adult

Missing Nimama

Florence, Melanie

Theme: Indigenous Voices

A young mother, one of the many missing Indigenous women, watches over her small daughter. A story of love, loss, and acceptance told in alternating voices.

  • Non-Fiction

Shannen and the Dream for a School

Wilson, Janet

Theme: Indigenous Voices

The true story of a thirteen-year-old girl who fought for the rights of the children in her community of Attawapiskat First Nation.

  • Picture Book

Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox

Daniel, Danielle

Theme: Indigenous Voices

An introduction to the Anishinaabe tradition of totem animals, as young children explain why they identify with different creatures.

  • Picture Book

Stolen Words

Florence, Melanie

Theme: Indigenous Voices

The harsh reality of having Native language stolen while attending one of Canada’s former residential schools.

  • Picture Book

The Legend of Buffalo Stone

Sprung, Dawn

Theme: Indigenous Voices

For the Blackfoot people, everything is connected to the buffalo: food, clothing and shelter. A First Nations legend.

  • Picture Book

The Salmon Twins

Simpson, Caroll

Theme: Indigenous Voices

Two twins, born in a Pacific Coast village, become greedy and are transformed into a two-headed sea serpent.

  • Fiction
  • Picture Book

The Water Walker

Roberston. Joanne

Theme: Indigenous Voices

Josephine Mandamin, a determined Ojibwe Nokomis (grandmother), walks to raise awareness of our need to protect Nibi (water).

  • Picture Book

When I Was Eight

Jordan-Fenton, Christy

Theme: Indigenous Voices

Margaret is determined to learn how to read, even though it means leaving her Arctic home for the outsiders’ school.

  • Picture Book

When We Were Alone

Robertson, David Alexander

Theme: Indigenous Voices

A young Cree girl is curious about her grandmother’s belongings and comes to learn about her past.

  • Fiction
  • Young Adult

Where I Belong

White, Tara

Theme: Indigenous Voices

When Carrie finds out that her birth father is Mohawk, she makes the journey to Quebec to find a sense of home.

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