Tag search:biography

House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery

by Liz Rosenberg
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
non-fiction, Historical, historical figure, biography, memoir, novel, Canada, Canadian, youth, family, mental health — 4 more, depression, anxiety, general, 800
Collection
General Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.52 M66 2018

Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson
Paperback, 2016
Tags
non-fiction, biography, autobiography, memoir, novel, young adult, African American, family, poetry, coming of age, general — 1 more, 800
Collection
General Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
811.54 W66 2014

The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After

by Clemantine Wamariya
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
non-fiction, 900, general, young adult, war, Africa, Rwanda, biography, memoir, history, historical events — 4 more, immigration, trauma, moving, new experiences
Collection
General Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
967.57 W36 2018

DK Life Stories: Gandhi

by Diane Bailey
Paperback, 2019
Tags
non-fiction, biography, history, Historical, historical figure, historical events, social justice, India, general, youth
Collection
General Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Series
DK Life Stories
Status
Available
Call number
954.03 B35 2019

DK Life Stories: Anne Frank

by Stephen Krensky
Paperback, 2019
Tags
non-fiction, biography, history, Historical, historical figure, historical events, World War II, holocaust, jewish, Germany, Nazi Germany — 2 more, general, youth
Collection
General Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Series
DK Life Stories
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 K74 2019

Native leaders of Canada / Copy 3

by Jean Chevrier
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
non-fiction, Indigenous, leaders, activists, professionals, biography, French author, stories, Canada
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 N385 2008 c.3

Who Is Jane Goodall?

by Roberta Edwards
Paperback, 2012
Tags
non-fiction, biography, history, animals, Africa, science, environmental science, general, youth, 500
Collection
General Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (48)
Status
Available
Call number
599.8 E39 2012

Who Are Venus and Serena Williams?

by James Buckley Jr.
Paperback, 2017
Tags
non-fiction, biography, sports, tennis, sisters, African American, general, youth, athlete, 700
Collection
General Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (140)
Status
Available
Call number
796.342 B83 2017

Who was Bruce Lee?

by Jim Gigliotti
Paper Book, 2014
Tags
non-fiction, biography, movies, media, sports, martial arts, Asian, Chinese, historical figure, general, youth — 2 more, athlete, 700
Collection
General Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (68)
Status
Available
Call number
791.43 G54 2014

Who is Michael Jordan?

by Kirsten Anderson
Paper Book, 2019
Tags
non-fiction, biography, sports, basketball, African American, general, youth, athlete, 700
Collection
General Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (161)
Status
Available
Call number
796.323 A53 2019

I am Jackie Robinson

by Brad Meltzer
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
junior picture, general, sports, baseball, history, historical figure, athlete, biography, memoir, African American
Collection
General Collection - Junior Picture
Series
Ordinary People Change the World
Status
Available
Call number
JP MEL

Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil deGrasse Tyson

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
junior picture, general, biography, memoir, African American, science, space, STEM
Collection
General Collection - Junior Picture
Status
Available
Call number
JP KRU

Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes / Copy 2

by Wab Kinew
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
junior picture, indigenous, historical figure, history, sports, non-fiction, celebration, culture, biography, poetry
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Junior Picture
Status
Available
Call number
JP KIN c.2

Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes

by Wab Kinew
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
junior picture, indigenous, historical figure, history, sports, non-fiction, celebration, culture, biography, poetry
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Junior Picture
Status
Available
Call number
JP KIN

The Totem Carvers: Charlie James, Ellen Neel, Mungo Martin / COPY2

by Phil Nuytten
Hardcover, 1802
Tags
non fiction, indigenous, biography, artists, artist, carvers, carvings, totem poles, Charles James, Ellen Neel, Mungo Martin — 1 more, 700
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
73189198200002
Status
Available
Call number
731 N89 1982 c.2

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

Bill Reid / Copy 3

by Doris Shadbolt
Paperback, 1986
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, haida, art, bill reid, culture, photography, photographs, biography, biographies, 700
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
08889750358603
Status
Available
Call number
730.92 R45 S48 1986 c.3

I Will See You Again

by Lisa Boivin
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
junior picture, indigenous, Dene, death, memories, biography, healing, grief
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Junior Picture
Status
Available
Call number
JP BOI

Starlight tour : the last, lonely night of Neil Stonechild

by Susanne Reber
Paper Book, 2005
Tags
indigenous, adult, fiction, novel, death, missing, Saskatchewan, crime, true crime, biography, memoir — 4 more, true stories, racism, police, justice
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
FIC REB

Two spirits soar : the art of Allen Sapp, the inspiration of Allan Gonor / Copy 1

by W. P. Kinsella
Paper Book, 1990
Tags
art, indigenous art, paintings, biography, cree, cree art
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97807737242731
Status
Available
Call number
759.11 K56 1990

During my time : Florence Edenshaw Davidson, a Haida woman / Copy 2

by Margaret B. Blackman
Paperback, 1992
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, Indigenous, Haida, women, biography, First Nations, Canada, Northwest Coast, oral history
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 B58 1992 c.2

During my time : Florence Edenshaw Davidson, a Haida woman / Copy 1

by Margaret B. Blackman
Paperback, 1992
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, Indigenous, Haida, women, biography, First Nations, Canada, Northwest Coast, oral history
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 B58 1992

Portraits From the Plains / Copy 2

by Grant MacEwan
Paperback, 1971
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, portraits, biography, biographies, stories of inspiration, strength, accomplishments, heritage, pride — 2 more, photographs, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 M213 1971 c.2

Riel: A Life of Revolution / Copy 3

by Maggie Siggins
Paperback, 1995
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, biography, louis riel, revolution, metis, culture, history, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.05 S55 1994 c.3

A Cree life : the art of Allen Sapp

by Allen Sapp
Paper Book, 1977
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, cree, allen sapp, saskatchewan, art, biography, biographies, culture, community, family — 4 more, drawings, artists, paintings, 700
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
759.11 S337 1977

Adolf Hitler

by John Toland
Paper Book, 1976
Tags
Nazi Germany, Germany, biography, non-fiction, holocaust, Politics, Europe, history, World War II
Collection
General Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
943.086 T65 1976

He moved a mountain : the life of Frank Calder and the Nisga'a land claims accord / Copy 2

by Joan Harper
Paper Book, 2013
Tags
non-fiction, Nisga'a, treaties, government, politics, British Columbia, history, land claims, Frank Calder, non-Indigenous author, biography
Collection
General Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.1 H376 2013

He moved a mountain : the life of Frank Calder and the Nisga'a land claims accord / Copy 1

by Joan Harper
Paper Book, 2013
Tags
non-fiction, Nisga'a, treaties, government, politics, British Columbia, history, land claims, Frank Calder, non-Indigenous author, biography
Collection
General Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.1 H376 2013

Meet Chris Hadfield

by Elizabeth MacLeod
Paper Book, 2018
Tags
non-fiction, 600, biography, science, scientist, space, astronauts, general, youth, Canadian author, Canadian — 1 more, Canada
Collection
General Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
629.4 M33 2018

Fifty dollar bride : Marie Rose Smith, a chronicle of Métis life in the 19th century

by Jock Carpenter
Paper Book, 1988
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, Metis, history, Canada, prairies, biography
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 C3717 1988

Crowfoot, chief of the Blackfeet

by Hugh A. Dempsey
Paper Book, 1972
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, Canadian author, Alberta, history, Prairies, Blackfeet, diplomat, First Nations, biography, Royal Canadian Mounted Police — 2 more, Canada, Siksika Nation
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 D4635 1972a

Elijah : no ordinary hero

by Pauline Comeau
Paper Book, 1993
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, Manitoba, Meech Lake, constitution, biography, history, Red Sucker Lake, Ojibway-Cree, activism, Canadian government — 1 more, Elijah Harper
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.2 C646 1993

Ancestral portraits : the colour of my people

by Frederick R. McDonald
Paper Book, 2002
Tags
indigenous, non-fiction, biography, Cree, portraits, Alberta
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Series
Art in Profile: Canadian Art and Architecture
Barcode
97815523806451
Status
Available
Call number
759.11 M33 2002

Smoky-Top, the art and times of Willie Seaweed

by Bill Holm
Paper Book, 1983
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, Kwakiutl, biography, artwork, art, carvings, masks, totem poles, Kwakwaka'wakw, Northwest Coast — 7 more, Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Ba'a's, Gixsam, Nak'waxda'xw, chief, 700
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Checked out
Call number
730.92 H65 1983

Our spirits listen : the life and contributions of Fred John

by Monique Gray Smith
Paper Book, 2014
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, history, biography, biographies, residential schools, survivors, healing, wisdom, teachings, stories — 1 more, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 G736 2014

Taqramiut = The northerners = Les septentrionaux

by Northern Quebec Inuit Association.,
Paper Book, 1974
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, northerners, inuit, history, culture, traditions, personal stories, language, biography, biographies — 2 more, photographs, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.9 N67 1974

Louis Riel

by George F. G. Stanley
Paper Book, 1972
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, louis riel, riel, metis, history, leaders, biography, biographies, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.05 S73 1972

The life of Louis Riel

by Peter Charlebois
Paper Book, 1978
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, Canadian author, physician, Manitoba, Batoche, Metis, biography
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.05 C63 1978

My tribe, the Crees

by Joseph F. Dion
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
non-fiction, biography, Indigenous, Cree, non-Indigenous author, memoir, Alberta, Bonnyville, cutture, treaties
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
970.004 D56 1996

Nunaga, my land, my country

by Duncan Pryde
Paper Book, 1971
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, nunaga, history, culture, traditions, customs, autobiography, autobiographies, biography, biographies — 1 more, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
970.004 P789 1971

For Joshua: An Ojibway Father Teaches his Son

by Richard Wagamese
Paper Book, 2003
Tags
indigenous, adult, novel, Ojibway, non-fiction, memoir, biography, spirituality, Canada, teachings, alcoholism — 5 more, drug and alcohol abuse, father, son, family troubles, family
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
28003856595381
Status
Available
Call number
813.54 W34 2003

The amazing Mazie Baker : the Squamish Nation's warrior elder

by Kay Johnston
Paper Book, 2016
Tags
Squamish, indigenous, Elders, biography, residential schools, advocacy, memoir, non-fiction
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 J64 2016

Gabriel Dumont, frontiersman

by Sandra Lynn McKee
Paper Book, 1980
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, gabriel dumont, frontiersman, metis, leadership, history, biography, photographs, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.2 G33 1980

I am Nokomis, too : the biography of Verna Patronella Johnston

by Rosamond M. Vanderburgh
Paper Book, 1977
Tags
indigenous, Ojibway, biography
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.3 J64 1977

Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance : the glorious imposter

by Donald B. Smith
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
non fiction, Indigenous, race shifting, Black, impersonation, impersonator, biography, 900, claiming indigineity
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 S654 1999

John Tootoosis

by Norma Sluman
Paper Book, 1984
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, john tootoosis, history, cree, life story, biography, biographies, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
970.004 S585 1984

Sacred feathers : the Reverend Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) & the Mississauga Indians

by Donald B. Smith
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, history, ojibway, ojibwa, ojibwe, peter jones, culture, cultural assimilation, european culture, biography — 2 more, biographies, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Series
American Indian Lives
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 J65 1999

Wanderings of an artist among the Indians of North America : from Canada to Vancouver's island and Oregon through the Hudson's Bay Company's territory and back again

by Paul Kane
Paper Book, 1974
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, artist, art, travel, art inspiration, culture, history, biography, biographies, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
970.004 K36 1974

Red Crow, warrior chief

by Hugh A. Dempsey
Paper Book, 1980
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, Canadian author, Alberta, history, Prairies, Blackfeet, First Nations, biography, Canada, Siksika Nation
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
970.004 D46 1980

The one-and-a-half men : the story of Jim Brady and Malcolm Norris, Metis patriots of the twentieth century

by Murray Dobbin
Paper Book, 1981
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, biography, Metis, patriots, history, Canada, Alberta, Saskatchewan, politics
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 D63 1981
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