National Indigenous History Month/National Indigenous Peoples Day
Did you know that June is National Indigenous History Month? June 21st is also a special day.. Happy National Indigenous People's Day!
Here's some of our most popular books written by Indigenous people or about the Indigenous experience..
Adult Non-Fiction
"Permanent Astonishment" by Tomson Highway
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"Truth Telling : Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada" by Michelle Good
"21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act : Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality" by Robert P.C. Joseph
"Life in the city of dirty water : a memoir of healing" by Clayton Thomas-Muller
"The Reason You Walk" by Wab Kinew
Adult Fiction
"Indians on Vacation" by Thomas King
"Sometimes the best way to find yourself is to get lost in another culture."
"Medicine Walk" by Richard Wagamese
“There was a feeling in him like a bruise, a purple ache that set between his ribs. He tasted a cry building at the back of his throat. It was too familiar and made him fearful.”
"Son of a Trickster" by Eden Robinson
“Close your eyes. Concentrate on your breath. Remember that you were not always earthbound. Every living creature, every drop of water and every sombre mountain is the by-blow of some bloated, dying star. Deep down, we remember wriggling through the universe as beams of light.”
“You can’t get over things you do to other people as easily as you get over things they do to you.”
"The Strangers" by Katherena Vermette
“Summer was always the worst season. Everyone always complained about winter, but winter was simple, you just didn't go outside. Summer always tried to sneak in where it was not wanted.”
Young Adult Non-Fiction
"Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants" by Robin Wall Kimmerer
"Carey Price : How a First Nations Kid Became a Superstar Goaltender" by Catherine Rondina
"Urban Tribes: Native Americans in the City" by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
"Notable Native People : 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present" by Adrienne Keene
"Kamloopa : an Indigenous Matriarch Story" by Kim Senklip Harvey
Young Adult Fiction
"The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
“I did have the longest hair of any of the boys... I braided it myself each morning, to keep it out of the way and to remind myself of things I couldn’t quite remember but that, nevertheless, I knew to be true.”
"Firekeeper's Daughter" by Angeline Boulley
“We love imperfect people. We can love them and not condone their actions and beliefs.”
"This Place : 150 Years Retold" by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
“They’re scared. They think we will rise up and do to them what they have done to us. They’d rather poison all the water, make all the land sick, and kill every plant and animal to keep that from happening.”
"Hunting by Stars" by Cherie Dimaline
“That isn't our border. That's an imaginary line drawn by politicians and land prospectors. The only thing we have to worry about is who the original people are so we can honor the lands we are on, and if we do that and remember to keep doing that, they don't win. They never win when we remember.”
"Warrior Girl Unearthed" by Angeline Boulley
“Doing the right thing for the right reason, with a good heart and clear intentions, matters.”
Junior Non-Fiction
"Fatty Legs: A True Story" by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton (Artwork by Liz Amini-Holmes)
"I am Not a Number" by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer
"The Kids Book of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada" by Diane Silvey
"Every Child Matters" by Phyllis Webstad (Illustrated by Karlene Harvey)
"Life in the Far North" by Bobbie Kalman and Rebecca Sjonger
Junior Fiction
"The Misewa Saga: The Barren Grounds" by David A. Robertson
“Humans...The land provides everything that anybody would need. If you take only what you need, the land renews itself so that it can provide more. Medicines, water, plants, meat. In exchange, because we don’t really have anything the land wants, we honor it for what it gives us...When you take more than the land can provide, it stops giving. It can’t give. That’s what’s happened here. That’s what happens with humans.”
"Weird Rules to Follow" by Kim Spencer
"I peel mine off with my fork, hold it up and ask, “Who wants my skin?” My mom holds her plate toward me. I drop the piece of skin on it and she says, “That's the best part."
"These are my Words : the Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens" by Ruby Slipperjack
"The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
“The strong old woman was walking away, and in her step there was the sadness of parting with an old but dangerously foolish friend.”
"Nish: North and South" by Isabelle Picard
"What's happening to you is just that the visible and the invisible are finding each other through you,"
Junior Easy
"Berry Song' by Michaela Goode
"When We Were Alone" by David A. Robertson and Julie Flett
"Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox" by Danielle Daniel
"The Orange Shirt Story" by Phyillis Webstad (Illustrated by Brock Nicol)
"The Girl and the Wolf" by Katherena Vermette
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We (SCRL) respectfully acknowledge that South Central Regional Branches are located on Treaty One Territory: Original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples and the homeland of the Metis Nations.
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