Tag search:biography

Buffalo days and nights

by Peter Erasmus
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, peter erasmus, western canada, buffalo plains, rupert's land, biography, biographies, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.2 E73 1999

The adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt, captive of Chief Maquinna : Jewitt's narrative

by John R. Jewitt
Paper Book, 1995
Tags
Anthropology, non fiction, chief Maquinna, Northwest Coast, Nuu-chah-nulth, shipwreck, captivity, biography, Nootka Tribe
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 J49 1995

Men of courage from our First Nations

by Vincent Schilling
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, north america, ojibway, aleutian, mandan, hidatsa and arikara, men, biography, stories, history — 1 more, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
970.1 S3823 2008

Marie-Anne : the extraordinary life of Louis Riel's grandmother

by Maggie Siggins
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, women, women's studies, louis riel, adventure, travel, inspiration, fur trade, warfare — 5 more, history, life story, biography, biographies, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.2 S54 2008

Nunaga : ten years of Eskimo life

by Duncan Pryde
Paper Book, 1971
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, inuit, nunaga, fur traders, fur trade, culture, biography, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
970.004 P79 1971

Brotherhood to nationhood : George Manuel and the making of the modern Indian movement

by Peter McFarlane
Paper Book, 1993
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, george manuel, contemporary issues, modern movement, rights, indigenous power, self-reliance, leadership by example, leadership, biography — 2 more, biographies, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97809212846661
Status
Available
Call number
323.1197 M34 1993

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

by Phil Nuytten
Paper Book, 1982
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
73189198200001
Status
Available
Call number
731 N89 1982

Women of the West Coast : stories of Clayoquot Sound, then & now

by Marnie Andersen
Paper Book, 2004
Tags
non-fiction, stories, non-Indigenous author, women, west coast, history, biography, British Columbia
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.1 A537 2004

The war chief of the Six Nations : a chronicle of Joseph Brant

by Louis Aubrey Wood
Paper Book, 1915
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, mohawk, history, war chief, chiefs, six nations, biography, biographies, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Series
Chronicles of Canada (16)
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 W66 1915

The adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt, captive of Maquinna

by John R. Jewitt
Paper Book, 1987
Tags
Anthropology, non fiction, chief Maquinna, Northwest Coast, Nuu-chah-nulth, shipwreck, captivity, biography, Nootka Tribe
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 J49 1987

The sun traveller : the story of the Callihoos in Alberta

by Elizabeth Macpherson
Paper Book, 1998
Tags
Callihoo familiy, biography, Alberta, indigenous history, fur trade, treaty, Metis
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 M237 1998

The song and the silence : Sitting Wind : the life of Stoney Indian Chief Frank Kaquitts

by Peter Marinus Jonker
Paper Book, 1988
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, cree, stoney, culture, history, residential schools, survivors, cultural differences, biography, biographies — 1 more, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 J667 1988

Shananditti : the last of the Beothucks

by Keith Winter
Paper Book, 1975
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, beothuck, beothucks, beothuk, history, genocide, cultural loss, settlers, colonialism, conolinazaiton — 4 more, colonizers, biography, biographies, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 W564 1975

Red on white : the biography of Duke Redbird

by Martin Dunn
Paper Book, 1971
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, art, collage, collages, poetry, poems, literature, biography, biographies, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 D86 1971

Chief : the fearless vision of Billy Diamond

by Roy MacGregor
Paper Book, 1989
Tags
non fiction, Indigenous, 900, biography, Indigenous business leaders, Cree, chiefs, Rupert River, Waskaganish, Quebec Cree, Quebec
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 M234 1989

Black Elk speaks : being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux

by Black Elk,
Paper Book, 1972
Tags
non-fiction, Native American, Oglala Sioux, non-indigenous author, biography
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
970.004 B58 1972

Black Elk speaks : being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux

by Black Elk,
Paper Book, 1961
Tags
non-fiction, Native American, Oglala Sioux, non-indigenous author, biography
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
970.004 B58 1961

Big Bear : the end of freedom

by Hugh A. Dempsey
Paper Book, 1984
Tags
non-fiction, non-Indigenous author, Canadian author, Alberta, Cree, biography, history, Prairies, freedom, settlers
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 D463 1984

Assu of Cape Mudge : recollections of a Coastal Indian chief

by Harry Assu
Paper Book, 1989
Tags
non-fiction, Indigenous, chief, Quadra Island, Cape Mudge, Pacific Northwest Coast, Kwagiulth, Kwakiutl, recollections, biography
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 A85 1989

Andy Paull : as I knew him and understood his times

by Herbert Francis Dunlop
Paper Book, 1989
Tags
indigenous, biography, Squamish, Andy Paull, non fiction, 900, Burrard Inlet, potlatch, Stawamus, St. Paul's Indian Residential School, residential schools — 1 more, needs cover
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 D864 1989

The Secret of Your Name: Proud to be Métis = Kiimooch ka shinikashooyen : aen kishchitaymook aen li Michif iwik

by David Bouchard
Paper Book, 2010
Tags
Métis, Michif, Michif language, Mitchif, Mechif, Michif-Cree, Métif, Métchif, non-fiction, youth, art — 8 more, biography, language, social studies, virtues, poetry, culture, indigenous, 800
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Youth Non-Fiction
Barcode
97808899543971
Status
Available
Call number
821 B6798S43 2010

Pauline Johnson, her life and work

by E. Pauline Johnson
Paper Book, 1965
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, prose, poetry, poem, poems, pauline johnson, mohawk, biography, biographies, literature — 1 more, 800
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
82164861965279
Status
Available
Call number
821 J648A6 1965

Night Flying Woman : an Ojibway narrative

by Ignatia Broker
Paper Book, 1983
Tags
non fiction, indigenous, indigenous collection, American Indian, biography, Native Americans, Ojibwe, oral history, anthropology, mythology
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
973.004 B765 1983

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

I was born under a spruce tree / Copy 2

by J. J. Van Bibber
Paper Book, 2012
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, yukon, history, family, pelly river, travel, stories, personal stories, adventures, biography — 4 more, biographies, illustrations, photographs, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.9 V36 2012

I was born under a spruce tree / Copy 1

by J. J. Van Bibber
Paper Book, 2012
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, yukon, history, family, pelly river, travel, stories, personal stories, adventures, biography — 4 more, biographies, illustrations, photographs, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.9 V36 2012

Big Bear (Mistahimusqua) / Copy 2

by J. R. Miller
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, plains cree, cree, culture, history, politics, government, biography, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.2 M55 1996

Big Bear (Mistahimusqua) / Copy 1

by J. R. Miller
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, plains cree, cree, culture, history, politics, government, biography, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.2 M55 1996

Riel : a life of revolution / Copy 2

by Maggie Siggins
Paper Book, 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

Riel : a life of revolution / Copy 1

by Maggie Siggins
Paper Book, 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

Speaking together : Canada's native women / COPY 2

by Secretary of State
Paper Book, 1975
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, women, biography, culture, family, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
30543619751262
Status
Available
Call number
305.4 C36 1975 c. 2

Speaking together : Canada's native women

by Secretary of State
Paper Book, 1975
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, canada, women, biography, culture, family, 300
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
30543619751261
Status
Available
Call number
305.4 C36 1975

Crowfoot, Chief of the Blackfeet

by Hugh A. Dempsey
Paper Book, 1976
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 1976

Crowfoot, Chief of the Blackfeet / Copy 1

by Hugh A. Dempsey
Paper Book, 1976
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 1976

Stoney Creek woman : the story of Mary John / Copy 2

by Bridget Moran
Paper Book, 1988
Tags
woman's perspective, Carrier nation, mother, tragedy, hardship, Mary John, biography
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 M67 1988 c.2

Stoney Creek woman : the story of Mary John

by Bridget Moran
Paper Book, 1988
Tags
woman's perspective, Carrier nation, mother, tragedy, hardship, Mary John, biography
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 M67 1988

The Salish people : the local contribution of Charles Hill-Tout / v. 1 Copy 1

by Charles Hill-Tout
Paper Book, 1978
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, salish. thompson, okanagan, britsh columbia, canada, biography, ethnography, culture, customs, history — 2 more, traditions, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 H557 1978 v.1 c.1

Queesto, Pacheenaht Chief by birthright / Copy 2

by Charles Jones
Paper Book, 1981
Tags
Pacheedaht, pacheenaht, hereditary chief, seal hunter, biography, black and white
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Checked out
Call number
971.004 J665 1981

Native leaders of Canada / Copy 2

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

Native leaders of Canada / Copy 1

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

Honour song : a tribute / Copy 3

by Barbara Hager
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, honour song, tribute, elders, community, culture, history, canada, biography, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 H347 1996

Honour song : a tribute / Copy 2

by Barbara Hager
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, honour song, tribute, elders, community, culture, history, canada, biography, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 H347 1996

Honour song : a tribute / Copy 1

by Barbara Hager
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, honour song, tribute, elders, community, culture, history, canada, biography, 900
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
971.004 H347 1996

Flint & feather : the life and times of E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake / Copy 2

by Charlotte Gray
Paper Book, 2002
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, mohawk, travel, poetry, poet, biography, biographies, literature, 800
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97800020006592
Status
Available
Call number
821 J648G73 2002

Flint & feather : the life and times of E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake / Copy 1

by Charlotte Gray
Paper Book, 2002
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, mohawk, travel, poetry, poet, biography, biographies, literature, 800
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97800020006591
Status
CHECKED OUT (Community Learning Program)
Call number
821 J648G73 2002

Bill Reid / Copy 2

by Doris Shadbolt
Hardcover, 1986
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, bill reid, haida, coast salish, canada, british columbia, northwest coast, biography, history, heritage — 7 more, art, customs, traditions, photography, sculpture, carving, 700
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
08889750358602
Status
CHECKED OUT (Community Learning Program)
Call number
730.92 R45S48 1986 c.2

Bill Reid / Copy 1

by Doris Shadbolt
Hardcover, 1986
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, bill reid, haida, coast salish, canada, british columbia, northwest coast, biography, history, heritage — 7 more, art, customs, traditions, photography, sculpture, carving, 700
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
08889750358601
Status
Available
Call number
730.92 R45S48 1986

George Watts : creating greatness : a tribute to George Watts through recipes, stories, and much more! Copy 2

by George Watts
Paper Book, 2007
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, biography, stories, tribute, recipes, food, politician, family, photographs, life story — 1 more, 600
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97809783654002
Status
Available
Call number
641.5 G46 2007 c. 2

George Watts : creating greatness : a tribute to George Watts through recipes, stories, and much more! Copy 1

by George Watts
Paper Book, 2007
Tags
indigenous, non fiction, biography, stories, tribute, recipes, food, politician, family, photographs, life story — 1 more, 600
Collection
Indigenous Collection - Non-Fiction
Barcode
97809783654001
Status
Available
Call number
641.5 G46 2007
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