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• Tiná7 Cht Ti Temíxw

  We Come From This Land : a Walk Through the History of the Squamish People

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  It is a powerful introduction to our vast history and a launching point for discovering more about the different places, people, and stories offered here.

• Wînipêk

  Visions of Canada From An Indigenous Centre

  Sinclair, Niigaanwewidam James,

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  It illuminates the reality of Indigenous life all over what is called Canada. This is a book that demands change and celebrates those fighting for it, that reminds us of what must be reconciled and holds accountable those who must do the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Becoming a Matriarch

  a Memoir

  Knott, Helen, 1987-

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  A great story of mothers, daughters, and grandmothers. On looking up to and relying on our matriarchs to becoming the matriarchs to the next generations as our matriarchs pass on.

• The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere

  Steeves, Paulette F. C.,

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  It includes Indigenous oral traditions, archaeological evidence, and a critical and decolonizing discussion of the development of archaeology in the Americas.

• Being in Being

  the Collected Works of a Master Haida Mythteller /

  Skaay, 1827?-1905?,

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  Being in Being contains three masterpieces by legendary Haida mythteller Skaay of the Qquuna Qiighawaay. The shortest recounts the high points of the legend of his family.

• Indigenous Justice

  True Cases by Judges, Lawyers & Law Enforcement Officers

  Shyba, Lorene,

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  Indigenous Justice is Book 10 in the Durvile True Cases series. In the spirit of truth and reconciliation, judges, lawyers, and law enforcement officers write about working with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples through their trials…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Meeting My Treaty Kin

  a Journey Toward Reconciliation

  Menzies, Heather, 1949-

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  In this thoughtful narrative, Menzies explores her decolonizing journey. Her story shows how a settler, through respectful listening, can learn what being in a treaty relationship might mean

• E Nâtamukw Miyeyimuwin

  Residential School Recovery Stories of the James Bay Cree. Volume One

  DyckFehderau, Ruth,

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  In this quietly powerful and deeply human book, Ruth DyckFehderau and twenty-one James Bay Cree storytellers put a face to Canada's Indian Residential School cultural genocide.

• The Mohawk Warrior Society

  a Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival

  Hall, Louis Karoniaktajeh,

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  The first collection of its kind, this anthology by members of the Mohawk Warrior Society uncovers a hidden history and paints a bold portrait of the spectacular experience of Kanien'kehá:ka survival and self-defense.

• A Haida Wedding

  Williams-Davidson, Terri-Lynn,

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  A visual and cultural celebration of a traditional Haida wedding ceremony, exploring its roots, rituals, symbolism, joyfulness, and contemporary significance for a thriving Indigenous Nation.

• On Savage Shores

  How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe /

  Dodds Pennock, Caroline, 1978-

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  A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Age of Discovery by telling the story of the Indigenous Americans who journeyed across the Atlantic to Europe after 1492.

• Thinning Blood

  a Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  Myers, Leah,

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  Throughout, Myers tells the larger story of how, as she puts it, her “culture is being bleached out,” offering sharp vignettes of her own life between White and Native worlds.