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Heart Berries: A Memoir

by Terese Marie Mailhot
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, women, memoir, memoirs, british columbia, coming of age, trauma, ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder, mental illness — 6 more, survivors, family, abuse, memories, personal experience, 900
Status
BOXED
Call number
971.1 M366 2018

Stolen from Our Embrace / Copy 5

by Suzanne Fournier
Paperback, 1998
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, children, childhood, child welfare, abduction, trauma, history, residential schools, abuse, survivors — 1 more, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 F68 1998 c. 5

Five Little Indians / COPY 2

by Michelle Good
Paperback, 2020
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, historical fiction, abuse, Residential Schools, award winning, reconciliation, Northwest Coast, Vancouver — 3 more, survivors, trauma, women
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Checked out
Call number
FIC GOO c. 2

Stolen from Our Embrace

by Suzanne Fournier
Paperback, 1998
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, child welfare, residential schools, trauma, abuse, assimilation, family, community, culture, heritage — 3 more, reconciliation, healing, 900
Status
BOXED
Call number
971.004 F69 1997 c.4

We Are Telling Our Stories for Our Children and Grandchildren : Nekehkoh'ink'ez Nechaikoh huba Nek'u'a nats'uwhulnuk

by Carrier Nation Elders and Storytellers
Paperback, 2013
Tags
needs cover, indigenous, non fiction, residential schools, survivors, history, trauma, abuse, personal experience, personal stories, family — 7 more, community, culture, traditions, elders, autobiography, autobiographies, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.1 N45 2013 c.2

Split Tooth / COPY 2

by Tanya Tagaq
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
indigenous, adult fiction, fiction, inuit, family, trauma, abuse, substance abuse, pregnancy, animals, spirit — 2 more, myths, heroine
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC TAG c. 2

Medicine Unbundled: A Journey Through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care / COPY 2

by Gary Geddes
Paperback, 2017
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, history, health care, medical care, medicine, health, healing, wellness, segregation — 5 more, segregated health care, trauma, abuse, survivors, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97817720316452
Status
Available
Call number
362.1 G44 2017 c. 2

Horses in the Sand: A Memoir

by Lorrie Potvin
Paperback, 2022
Tags
memoir, Metis, queer, abuse, art, birth family, Indigenous community, family, non-fiction, Indigenous, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97817713384931
Status
Available
Call number
306.76 P68 2022

Porcupines and China Dolls / COPY 3

by Robert Alexie
Paperback, 2002
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, Residential Schools, gwich'in, Northwest Territories, Arctic, trauma, drug and alcohol abuse, mature content — 3 more, suicide, abuse, reconciliation
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC ALE c.3

The Missing

by Meleanie FLorence
2016
Tags
indigenous, youth fiction, fiction, mmiw, mmiwg, missing and murdered, missing, red river, police, family, abuse — 5 more, trauma, serial killer, investigation, murder, justice system
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Fiction
Barcode
97814594108551
Status
Available
Call number
FIC FLO

Porcupines and China Dolls / COPY 2

by Robert Arthur Alexie
Paperback, 2009
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, Residential Schools, gwich'in, Northwest Territories, Arctic, trauma, drug and alcohol abuse, mature content — 3 more, suicide, abuse, reconciliation
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC ALE c. 2

#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women / Copy 2

by Charleyboy Editor
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
native american, indigenous women, women, abuse, stereotypes, voices, advocacy, poems, poem, essay, essays — 2 more, interviews, Indigenous interviews
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 C47 2017 c. 2

My Heart Shook Like a Drum: What I Learned at the Indian Mission Schools, Northwest Territories

by Alice Blondin-Perrin
Paperback, 2009
Tags
non-fiction, Indigenous author, Dene author, Dene, Cameron Bay, Northwest Territories, residential schools, Catholic, nuns, abuse, Yellowknife
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97808888737501
Status
Available
Call number
371.829 B58 2009

Aggie and Mudgy: The Journey of Two Kaska Dena Children

by Wendy Proverbs
Paperback, 2021
Tags
indigenous, youth fiction, fiction, dene, kaska dena, novel, family, residential schools, abuse, trauma, family history — 5 more, history, historical fiction, colonialism, healing, survivors
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Fiction
Barcode
97817720337551
Status
Available
Call number
FIC PRO

These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens / COPY 2

by Ruby Slipperjack
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
Residential Schools, novel, fiction, historical fiction, Anishinaabe, Cree, bullying, racism, young adult, abuse, indigenous
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Fiction
Series
Dear Canada (1966)
Status
Available
Call number
FIC SLI c. 2

God and the Indian

by Drew Hayden Taylor
Paperback, 2014
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, playwrights, theatre, cree, nehiyawak, residential schools, survivors, trauma, grief, abuse — 4 more, poverty, homelessness, healing, 800
Collections
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction, Indigenous Collection - playwrights
Barcode
97808892284431
Status
Available
Call number
812 H39G63 2014

Kill the Indian, Save the Man: The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools

by Ward Churchill
Paperback, 2004
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, American author, Native American, history, education, boarding schools, genocide, abuse
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97808728643441
Status
Available
Call number
371.829 C48 2004

Up Ghost River: A Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History / COPY 2

by Edmund Metatawabin
Paperback, 2015
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, cree, nehiyawak, healing, wellness, inspiration, memoir, memoirs, residential schools, survivors — 7 more, trauma, abuse, culture, reconciliation, truth and reconciliation, history, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 M52 2015 c.2

Violence Against Indigenous Women: Literature, Activism, Resistance (Indigenous Studies)

by Allison Hargreaves
Paperback, 2017
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, women, women's studies, violence, abuse, violence against women, feminism, activism, resistance, history — 6 more, colonialism, colonization, mmiw, mmiwg, literature, 800
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97817711223991
Status
Available
Call number
810.9 H37 2017

Genocidal Love: A Life after Residential School

by Bevann Fox
Paperback, 2020
Tags
indigenous. non fiction, cree, nehiyawak, history, historical fiction, literature, literary studies, biography, biographies, memoir, memoirs — 12 more, women's studies, women, residential schools, reconciliation, genocide, love, survivors, inspiration, abuse, trauma, healing, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97808897774151
Status
Available
Call number
371.829 F69 2020

Dreamspeaker

by Anne Cameron
Paperback, 2005
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, abuse, Foster care, Northwest Coast, British Columbia, forest, fears, Spirit world
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC CAM

Sketches

by Eric Walters
Paperback, 2007
Tags
fiction, general, young adult, homeless, homelessness, crime, abuse, Canadian author, family, friendship, friends — 4 more, Toronto, Ontario, art, novel
Collection
General Collection - Youth Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC WAL

As Long as the Rivers Flow

by Larry Loyie
Paperback, 2005
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, Residential Schools, Ojibway, abuse, sexual assault, historical fiction, alcoholism, family
Collections
Language Hub, Indigenous Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Series
Lawrence Series (3)
Status
LANGUAGE HUB
Call number
970.4 L69 2002

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City / COPY 3

by Tanya Talaga
Paperback, 2017
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, anishinaabe, anishinaabeg, ojibway, ojibwe, racism, death, politics, law, justice — 8 more, residential schools, trauma, abuse, human rights violations, violence, biography, biographies, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97814870022683
Status
Available
Call number
305.897 T35 2017 c. 3

Five Little Indians: A Novel

by Michelle Good
Paperback, 2020
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, historical fiction, abuse, Residential Schools, award winning, reconciliation, Northwest Coast, Vancouver — 3 more, survivors, trauma, women
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Checked out
Call number
FIC GOO

In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience / Copy 2

by Helen Knott
Paperback, 2020
Tags
non fiction, indigenous collection, memoir, Aboriginal Fiction, Canadian Fiction, autobiography, indigenous, healing, addiction, abuse
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.1 K66 2019 c.2

Starlight / Copy 3

by Richard Wagamese
Paper Book, 2018
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, crime, nature, abuse, Interior, British Columbia, mother, healing
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Checked out
Call number
FIC WAG c.3

If you could see me now / Copy 2

by Evelyn Battell Editor
?
Tags
Indigenous, stories, abuse, family, family abuse
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
09681219000002
Status
Available
Call number
362.82 B37 c.2

If you could see me now

by Evelyn Battell Compiled
?
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, women, domestic abuse, domestic violence, abuse, trauma, violence, violence against women, stories, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
09681219000001
Status
Available
Call number
362.82 B37 c.1

Chasing painted horses

by Drew Hayden Taylor
Paper Book, 2019
Tags
Indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, friendship, otter lake, abuse, horses, art
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC TAY

In my own moccasins: a memoir of resilience

by Helen Knott
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
non fiction, indigenous collection, memoir, Aboriginal Fiction, Canadian Fiction, autobiography, indigenous, healing, addiction, abuse
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.1 K66 2019

Indigenous beasts

by Nathan Sellyn
Paper Book, 2006
Tags
father, son, relationships, rape, men, growing up, abuse, murder, gay, bullying, spouse — 6 more, brother, brothers, violence, short stories, canadian, general
Collection
General Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC SEL

Deadly loyalties

by Jen Storm
Paper Book, 2007
Tags
indigenous, youth fiction, fiction, gang violence, gangs, murder, abuse, violence, coming of age, homelessness, poverty — 7 more, loyalty, loyalties, friendship, betrayal, redemption, revenge, survival
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC STO

Stolen from our embrace : the abduction of First Nations children and the restoration of aboriginal communities

by Suzanne Fournier
Paper Book, 1998
Tags
Residential Schools, Indigenous, non fiction, Canada, children, history, abuse, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, resistance, 900 — 1 more, child welfare
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 F68 1998

Tr'ëhuhch'in näwtr'udäh'ą = finding our way home

by Chris Clarke
Paper Book, 2009
Tags
Residential Schools, reconciliation, Yukon, non-fiction, abuse, stories, history
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97809688868301
Status
Available
Call number
371.829 C53 2009

Food & spirits : stories

by Beth Brant
Paper Book, 1991
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, short stories, LGBTQ, women, abuse, multi-generational, AIDS, healing
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC BRA

We Are Telling Our Stories for Our Children and Grandchildren : Nekehkoh'ink'ez Nechaikoh huba Nek'u'a nats'uwhulnuk

by Carrier Nation Elders and Storytellers
Paper Book, 2013
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, residential schools, survivors, history, trauma, abuse, personal experience, personal stories, family, community — 6 more, culture, traditions, elders, autobiography, autobiographies, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.1 N45 2013

Medicine unbundled : a journey through the minefields of Indigenous health care

by Gary Geddes
Paper Book, 2017
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, elders, segregated health care, health care, racism, abuse, neglect, hospitals, history — 2 more, survivors, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97817720316451
Status
Available
Call number
362.1 G44 2017

Thunder through my veins : memories of a Métis childhood

by Gregory A. Scofield
Paper Book, 1998
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, metis, displacement, poverty, heritage, abuse, loss, community, rejection, memories — 5 more, memoir, memoirs, life story, childhood, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
970.4 S375T5 1998

Porcupines and china dolls : a novel

by Robert Arthur Alexie
Paper Book, 2002
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, Residential Schools, gwich'in, Northwest Territories, Arctic, trauma, drug and alcohol abuse, mature content — 3 more, suicide, abuse, reconciliation
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC ALE

Flowers on my grave : how an Ojibwa boy's death helped break the silence on child abuse

by Ruth Teichroeb
Paper Book, 1997
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, ojibway, ojibwe, ojibwa, child abuse, abuse, family suffering, death, family, welfare system — 3 more, suicide, mental health, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97800025542991
Status
Available
Call number
362.7 T45 1997

Thunder through my veins : memories of a Métis childhood

by Gregory A. Scofield
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, metis, displacement, poverty, heritage, abuse, loss, community, rejection, memories — 5 more, memoir, memoirs, life story, childhood, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
970.4 S375T5 1999

Kiss of the fur queen

by Tomson Highway
Paper Book, 1998
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, fantasy, mythology, LGBTQ, Historical, historical fiction, magic, Cree — 7 more, Manitoba, Arctic, Residential Schools, abuse, trauma, music, dance
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC HIG

The circle game : shadows and substance in the Indian residential school experience in Canada

by Roland David Chrisjohn
Paper Book, 2006
Tags
Residential Schools, St. Joseph's, non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, First Nations, Indigenous, abuse
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97818947780531
Status
Available
Call number
371.829 C47 2006

Dreamspeaker

by Cam Hubert
Paper Book, 1981
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, abuse, Foster care, Northwest Coast, British Columbia, forest, fears, Spirit world
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC HUB

Silent words

by Ruby Slipperjack
Paper Book, 1992
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, historical fiction, east coast, abuse, survival, coming of age, multi-generational, community
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC SLI

Starlight

by Richard Wagamese
Paper Book, 2018
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, crime, nature, abuse, Interior, British Columbia, mother, healing
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC WAG

Starlight / Copy 2

by Richard Wagamese
Paper Book, 2018
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, crime, nature, abuse, Interior, British Columbia, mother, healing
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Barcode
97807710708462
Status
Available
Call number
FIC WAG c.2

Seven fallen feathers : racism, death, and hard truths in a northern city / COPY 2

by Tanya Talaga
Paper Book, 2017
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, anishinaabe, anishinaabeg, ojibway, ojibwe, racism, death, politics, law, justice — 8 more, residential schools, trauma, abuse, human rights violations, violence, biography, biographies, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97814870022682
Status
Available
Call number
305.897 T35 2017 c. 2

Seven fallen feathers : racism, death, and hard truths in a northern city

by Tanya Talaga
Paper Book, 2017
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, anishinaabe, anishinaabeg, ojibway, ojibwe, racism, death, politics, law, justice — 8 more, residential schools, trauma, abuse, human rights violations, violence, biography, biographies, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97814870022681
Status
Available
Call number
305.897 T35 2017
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