Tag search:Vancouver island

Kwulasulwut II : more stories from the Coast Salish

by Ellen White
Paper Book, 1997
Tags
non-fiction, Snuneymuxw, Coast Salish, youth, First Nations, Northwest Coast, Vancouver Island, indigenous, stories, legends, values — 1 more, Indigenous author
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 W4562 1997

Catching Spring / COPY 3

by Sylvia Olsen
Paperback, 2004
Tags
fiction, indigenous, youth, Vancouver Island, Northwest Coast, Tsarlip, historical fiction, reserve, fishing, marine life, community — 1 more, culture
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC OLS c.3

Extraordinary accounts of Native life on the West Coast : words from Huu-ay-aht ancestors / Copy 1

by Kathryn Anne Bridge
Paper Book, 2004
Tags
non-fiction, west coast, first nations, Huu-ay-aht, collection of short stories, History, Barkley Sound, Canadian author, Vancouver Island
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Series
Amazing Stories Books
Barcode
97815515379171
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 B745 2004

Legends and Teachings of Xeel's, the Creator

by Dr. Ellen Rice White (Kwulasulwut)
Paperback, 2019
Tags
non-fiction, Indigenous author, Snuneymuxw, Coast Salish, First Nations, Northwest Coast, Vancouver Island, indigenous, stories, legends, teachings — 1 more, creator
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97819268865581
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 R53 2018

Legends and Teachings of Xeel's, the Creator / COPY 2

by Dr. Ellen Rice White (Kwulasulwut)
Paperback, 2019
Tags
non-fiction, Indigenous author, Snuneymuxw, Coast Salish, First Nations, Northwest Coast, Vancouver Island, indigenous, stories, legends, teachings — 1 more, creator
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97819268865582
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 R53 2018 c. 2

Guests Never Leave Hungry : the autobiography of James Sewid, a Kwakiutl Indian / 1989 ed. COPY 2 /

by James Sewid
Paper Book, 1989
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, kwakiutl, alert bay, vancouver island, british columbia, canada, autobiography, customs, culture, traditions — 3 more, history, 900, kwakwaka'wakw
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 S493 1989 c.2

Guests Never Leave Hungry : the autobiography of James Sewid, a Kwakiutl Indian / COPY 1 /

by James Sewid
Hardcover, 1969
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, kwakiutl, alert bay, vancouver island, british columbia, canada, autobiography, customs, culture, traditions — 3 more, history, 900, kwakwaka'wakw
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 S493 1969

When the rains came and other legends of the Salish People / Copy 1

by Dolby Turner
Paper Book, 1992
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, salish, vancouver island, west coast, canada, british columbia, culture, family, legends, stories — 4 more, history, friendship, khenipsen, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97809205018701
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 T874 1992 c.1

Tales from the Longhouse / Copy 2

Paper Book, 1973
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, vancouver island, kingcome inlet, british columbia, children, longhouse, culture, customs, legends — 7 more, stories, folklore, oral history, oral tradition, history, tales, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97808882605811
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 T33 1973

Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

by Leslie Gentile
Paperback, 2021
Tags
indigenous, youth fiction, fiction, salish, vancouver island, elvis, elvis presley, trailer park, summer, family
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Fiction
Barcode
97817708661571
Status
Available
Call number
FIC GEN

River City: A History of Campbell River and the Discovery Islands

by Jeanette Taylor
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, discovery islands, campbell river, vancouver island, lekwiltok, history, culture, economy, settlers, colonization — 2 more, photographs, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.1 T39 1999

Voices from the Edge

by Dvora Levin Editor
2011
Tags
sex worker, poems, Victoria, Vancouver Island, local, Rock Bay Shelter, homelessness, mature content
Collection
General Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97818974308041
Status
Available
Call number
821.008 V65 2011

Catching spring / COPY 2

by Sylvia Olsen
Paper Book, 2004
Tags
fiction, indigenous, youth, Vancouver Island, Northwest Coast, Tsarlip, historical fiction, reserve, fishing, marine life, community — 1 more, culture
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC OLS c.2

Catching spring

by Sylvia Olsen
Paper Book, 2004
Tags
fiction, indigenous, youth, Vancouver Island, Northwest Coast, Tsarlip, historical fiction, reserve, fishing, marine life, community — 1 more, culture
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC OLS

Songhees scrapbook: an inquiry into reconciliation

by Gordon Robert Compiler
Paperback, 2019
Tags
Songhees, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Vancouver Island, reconciliation, non-fiction, indigenous, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
03231197063201
Status
Available
Call number
323.1197 R63 2019

Extraordinary accounts of Native life on the West Coast : words from Huu-ay-aht ancestors / Copy 2

by Kathryn Anne Bridge
Paper Book, 2004
Tags
non-fiction, west coast, first nations, Huu-ay-aht, collection of short stories, History, Barkley Sound, Canadian author, Vancouver Island
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Series
Amazing Stories Books
Barcode
97815515379172
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 B745 2004

Salt Water People

by National Film Board of Canada
DVD, ?
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, history, vancouver island, language, languages, writing, oral history, photography, photographs, illustrated — 1 more, 900
Collection
Media Collection
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 E55 1972

On Their Own Terms: True Stories of Trailblazing Women of Vancouver Island (Amazing Stories)

by Haley Healey
Paperback, 2019
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, nootka, nuu-chah-nulth, vancouver island, women, women's studies, feminism, true stories, empowerment, resilience — 2 more, history, 900
Collection
General Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
920.72 H43 2019

Stand tall, my son

by George Clutesi
Paper Book, 1990
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, youth, education, coming of age, history, vancouver island, culture, natural world, relationships, european settlers — 1 more, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 C595 1990

To Share, Not Surrender: Indigenous and Settler Visions of Treaty Making in the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia / Copy 2

by Peter Cook Editor
Paperback, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, Canadian author, local author, treaty, colonialism, colonization, settlers, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, land — 5 more, SENĆOŦEN, Lekwungen, Songhees, Huu-ay-aht, WSANEC
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97807748638342
Status
Available
Call number
342.71 T6 2021

To Share, Not Surrender: Indigenous and Settler Visions of Treaty Making in the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia

by Peter Cook Editor
Paperback, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, Canadian author, local author, treaty, colonialism, colonization, settlers, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, land — 5 more, SENĆOŦEN, Lekwungen, Songhees, Huu-ay-aht, WSANEC
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97807748638341
Status
Available
Call number
342.71 T6 2021

Songhees : gai? ata ?ey? sÌŒqal'o'wen = Songhees : to work with good mind, good feelings. Copy 1

by Chief Ron Sam Foreword
Paper Book, 2013
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, british columbia, vancouver island, lekwungen, lekwugen, songhees, community, history, culture — 6 more, traditions, art, photography, pictures, illustrations, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 S66 2013

Songhees : gai? ata ?ey? sÌŒqal'o'wen = Songhees : to work with good mind, good feelings. Copy 2

by Chief Ron Sam Foreword
Paper Book, 2013
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, british columbia, vancouver island, lekwungen, lekwugen, songhees, community, history, culture — 6 more, traditions, art, photography, pictures, illustrations, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 S66 2013 c.2

Big Brother and Little Brother meet Loon

by Wendy Edwards
Paper Book, 2010
Tags
junior picture, Indigenous, Coast Salish, British Columbia, Northwest Coast, Snaw'naw'as, Nanoose, Vancouver Island, local, Nanoose Bay, Hulquminum — 5 more, language, language learning, animals, loon, Salishan
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Junior Picture
Status
Available
Call number
JP EDW

Chiefly feasts : the enduring Kwakiutl potlatch / Copy 1

by Aldona Jonaitis
Paper Book, 1991
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, british columbia, vancouver island, kwakiutl, potlatch, museum, culture, tradition, customs — 6 more, art, history, photography, pictures, illustrations, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 C49 1991

Chiefly feasts : the enduring Kwakiutl potlatch / Copy 2

by Aldona Jonaitis
Paper Book, 1991
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, british columbia, vancouver island, kwakiutl, potlatch, museum, culture, tradition, customs — 6 more, art, history, photography, pictures, illustrations, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 C49 1991

Tales from the Longhouse / Copy 1

Paper Book, 1973
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, vancouver island, kingcome inlet, british columbia, children, longhouse, culture, customs, legends — 7 more, stories, folklore, oral history, oral tradition, history, tales, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 T33 1973

First Nations families / Copy 2

by Karin Clark
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
indigenous, junior picture, family, children's book, fiction, non fiction, history, customs, victoria, vancouver island
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Junior Picture
Status
Available
Call number
JP CLA

Son of raven, son of deer: Fables of the Tse-shaht people / Copy 3

by George Clutesi
Audiobook, 1967
Tags
Tse-shaht, Tseshaht, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, indigenous myths, fables
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
67105607196703
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 C6 1967 c.3

Extraordinary Accounts of Native Life on the West Coast: Words from Huu-ay-aht Ancestors / Copy 3

by Kathryn Bridge
Paperback, 2004
Tags
non-fiction, west coast, first nations, Huu-ay-aht, collection of short stories, History, Barkley Sound, Canadian author, Vancouver Island
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Series
Amazing Stories Books
Barcode
97815515379173
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 B745 2004 c.3

First Nations families / Copy 1

by Karin Clark
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
indigenous, junior picture, family, children's book, fiction, non fiction, history, customs, victoria, vancouver island
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Junior Picture
Status
Available
Call number
JP CLA

Crooked Beak of Heaven: Masks and Other Ceremonial Art of the Northwest Coast / Copy 2

by Bill Holm
Paper Book, 1972
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, northwest coast, canada, Kwakiutl, british columbia, vancouver island, coast salish, art, culture, history — 2 more, photographs, 700
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
70976574197202
Status
Available
Call number
709.7 H6574 1972 c.2

Romantic Vancouver Island : Victoria, yesterday and today

by Dorothy Abraham
Paper Book, 1969
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, history, romance, Vancouver Island
Collection
General Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
20033012107211
Status
Available
Call number
917.11 A25 1969

Gabriola: Petroglyph Island

by Mary Bentley
Paper Book, 1981
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, petroglyphs, Gabriola Island, Gulf Islands, history, rock art, pictographs
Collection
General Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97114619810001
Status
Available
Call number
971.1 B46 1981

White jade tiger

by Julie Lawson
Paper Book, 2006
Tags
fiction, youth, novel, chapter book, general, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian author, Asian — 9 more, Chinese, china town, adventure, school, travel, time travel, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction
Collection
General Collection - Youth Fiction
Barcode
97815500265351
Status
Available
Call number
FIC LAW

A day of signs and wonders

by Kit Pearson
Paper Book, 2016
Tags
fiction, general, youth, novel, historical fiction, death, grief, family, siblings, Emily Carr, Canada — 7 more, Northwest Coast, Pacific Northwest Coast, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Canadian author, friendship
Collection
General Collection - Youth Fiction
Barcode
97814434439991
Status
Available
Call number
FIC PEA

Popular Wildflowers of Coastal British Columbia and Vancouver Island

by Neil L. Jennings
Paperback, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, plants, British Columbia, Vancouver Island
Collection
General Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97817716034541
Status
Available
Call number
582.13 J46 2020

I was born precious and sacred / Copy 3

by Debora Abood
Paper Book, 2014
Tags
junior picture, children, baby, values, virtues, teachings, Northwest Coast, Vancouver Island, Victoria, culture, traditions
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Junior Picture
Barcode
97809921516213
Status
Available
Call number
JP ABO c. 3

I was born precious and sacred / Copy 1

by Debora Abood
Paper Book, 2014
Tags
junior picture, children, baby, values, virtues, teachings, Northwest Coast, Vancouver Island, Victoria, culture, traditions
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Junior Picture
Barcode
97809921516211
Status
Available
Call number
JP ABO

I was born precious and sacred / Copy 2

by Debora Abood
Paper Book, 2014
Tags
junior picture, children, baby, values, virtues, teachings, Northwest Coast, Vancouver Island, Victoria, culture, Indigenous food traditions
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Junior Picture
Barcode
97809921516212
Status
Available
Call number
JP ABO c. 2

Clam gardens : aboriginal mariculture on Canada's west coast

by Judith Williams
Paper Book, 2006
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, northwest coast, north america, vancouver island, clam garden, harvests, fishing, mariculture, food, agriculture — 1 more, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97815542002381
Status
Available
Call number
639.8 W55 2006

Mission to Nootka, 1874-1900 : reminiscences of the west coast of Vancouver Island

by August Joseph Brabant
Paper Book, 1977
Tags
non-Indigenous author, non-fiction, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Christian Missionaries, 200
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
08882607251191
Status
Available
Call number
266 B73 1977

Spirit Transformed: A Journey from Tree to Totem

by Roy Henry Vickers
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, victoria, vancouver island, british columbia, canada, commonwealth games, coast salish, totem pole, art, culture — 4 more, heritage, salmon people, legend, 700
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97815519201531
Status
Available
Call number
731 V536 1996

Crooked Beak of Heaven: Masks and Other Ceremonial Art of the Northwest Coast

by Bill Holm
Paper Book, 1972
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, northwest coast, canada, Kwakiutl, british columbia, vancouver island, coast salish, art, culture, history — 2 more, photographs, 700
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
70976574197201
Status
Available
Call number
709.7 H6574 1972

Kwulasulwut II : more stories from the Coast Salish / COPY 2

by Ellen White
Paperback, 1997
Tags
non-fiction, Snuneymuxw, Coast Salish, youth, First Nations, Northwest Coast, Vancouver Island, indigenous, stories, legends, values — 1 more, Indigenous author
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Barcode
97809194415451
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 W4562 1997 c. 2

The Chilkat dancing blanket / Copy 2

by Cheryl Samuel
Paper Book, 1982
Tags
Indigenous, clothing, Alaska, Vancouver Island, history, ceremony, legend, technique
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
09147186932312
Status
Available
Call number
746.9 S26 1982

Kwulasulwut : stories from the coast Salish / Copy 1

by Ellen White
Paper Book, 1981
Tags
non-fiction, Snuneymuxw, Coast Salish, youth, First Nations, Northwest Coast, Vancouver Island, indigenous, stories, legends, Indigenous author
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Barcode
91944104119801
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 W456 1981

Kwulasulwut : stories from the coast Salish / Copy 2

by Ellen White
Paper Book, 1981
Tags
non-fiction, Snuneymuxw, Coast Salish, youth, First Nations, Northwest Coast, Vancouver Island, indigenous, stories, legends, Indigenous author
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Barcode
91944104119802
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 W456 1981 c.2

The Whaling People of the West Coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery

by E. Y. Arima
Paper Book, 2011
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, West coast, Nootka, Nuu-chah-nulth, British Columbia, Washington state, Vancouver Island, Olympic peninsula, culture
Collection
General Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.1 A675 2011

Why did it happen to me? / Copy 2

by Carla Frenchy
Paper Book, 2000
Tags
non-fiction, pregnancy, teen pregnancy, youth, 600, indigenous, death, grief, abortion, true stories, complications — 3 more, Northwest Coast, Vancouver Island, Ladysmith
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Barcode
29718968861832
Status
Available
Call number
618.3 F74 2000
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