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2005., Juvenile, Groundwood Books : House of Anansi Press Call No: 971.23 LOY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Describes the author's last summer before being placed, at age ten, in St. Bernard's Mission residential school in Grouard, Alberta.
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[2018], Juvenile, HighWater Press Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: A young girl named Awasis loses her grandmother's bannock on the way to deliver the treat to a relative. The animals in the forest supply her with the ingredients, but she'll need her grandmother's help to make more. Features some Cree words incorporated into the text. Includes a pronunciation guide and a recipe for bannock.
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[2023]., Adolescent, Doubleday Call No: NL SUPERNATURAL F JOH Edition: First United States edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A gripping mystery tinged with horror from an award-winning debut writer, Bad Cree intertwines waking and dreaming worlds with Cree worldview to confront the toll of a legacy of violence on one Indigenous family and the land they call home. When Mackenzie, a young Cree woman living in Vancouver, wakes up with a severed crow's head in her hands, she panics. Only moments earlier she had been fending off masses of birds in a snow-covered forest. In bed, when she blinks, the head disappears. This is not the first time Mackenzie has brought something back from a dream. Night after night, she returns to a memory from before her sister, Sabrina's untimely death: a weekend at the family's lakefront campsite, long-forgotten in a fog of guilt and grief. But now that the waking world is closing in, too--murders of crows begin following her around the city, she wakes up from a dream of drowning throwing up water, and texts from someone claiming to be Sabrina demand that she go home--Mackenzie realizes this is more than she can handle alone. Traveling north to her rural hometown on First Nations land, she finds her beloved Big Prairie scarred by the oil companies' speedy boom and bust. Her family, still steeped in the same grief that Mackenzie ran away to Vancouver to escape, welcomes her back, but their shaky reunion only seems to intensify her dreams--and make them more dangerous. What really happened that night on the lake, and what did it have to do with Sabrina's death? Only a bad Cree would put their family at risk, but what if whatever has been calling Mackenzie home was already inside?"--Provided by the publisher.
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By Flett, Julie[2019]., Juvenile, Greystone Kids, Greystone Books Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When a young girl moves from the country to a small town, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman next door, who shares her love of arts and crafts. Can the girl navigate the changing seasons and failing health of her new friend? Acclaimed author and artist Julie Flett's textured images of birds, flowers, art, and landscapes bring vibrancy and warmth to this powerful story, which highlights the fulfillment of intergenerational relationships and shared passions.
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2024., Pre-adolescent, Nancy Paulsen Books Call No: NL REALISTIC F DUN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When twelve-year-old Summer visits her family on a reservation in Alberta, Canada, she begins experiencing vivid dreams of running away from a residential school like the one her grandfather attended as a child and learns about unmarked children's graves, prompting her to seek answers about her community's painful past.
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2021., Viking Canada Call No: NL B SAS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Trailblazer. Residential school survivor. First Indigenous player in the NHL. All of these descriptions are true--but none of them tell the whole story. Fred Sasakamoose suffered abuse in a residential school for a decade before becoming one of 125 players in the most elite hockey league in the world--and has been heralded as the first Canadian Indigenous player with Treaty status in the NHL. He made his debut with the 1954 Chicago Black Hawks on Hockey Night in Canada and taught Foster Hewitt how to correctly pronounce his name. Sasakamoose played against such legends as Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau, and Maurice Richard. After twelve games, he returned home. When people tell Sasakamoose's story, this is usually where they end it. They say he left the NHL after only a dozen games to return to the family and culture that the Canadian government had ripped away from him. That returning to his family and home was more important to him than an NHL career. But there was much more to his decision than that. Understanding Sasakamoose's decision to return home means grappling with the dislocation of generations of Indigenous Canadians. Having been uprooted once, Sasakamoose could not endure it again. It was not homesickness; a man who spent his childhood as "property" of the government could not tolerate the uncertainty and powerlessness of being a team's property. Fred's choice to leave the NHL was never as clear-cut as reporters have suggested. And his story was far from over. He continued to play for another decade in leagues around Western Canada. He became a band councillor, served as Chief, and formed athletic programs for kids. He paved a way for youth to find solace and meaning in sports for generations to come. This isn't just a hockey story; Sasakamoose's groundbreaking memoir intersects Canadian history and Indigenous politics, and follows his journey to reclaim pride in an identity that had previously been used against him."--
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[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Second Story Press Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The National Assembly of Cree Peoples has gathered together in the Windy Lake First Nation, home to the Mighty Muskrats--cousins Chickadee, Atim, Otter, and Sam. But when the treaty bundle, the center of a four-day-long ceremony, is taken, the four mystery-solving cousins set out to catch those responsible and help protect Windy Lake's reputation! What's worse, prime suspect Pearl takes off to the city with her older brother and known troublemaker, Eddie. If they have the burgled bundle with them, the Mighty Muskrats fear it may be lost for good. With clues pointing in too many different directions, the cousins need to find and return the missing bundle before the assembly comes to an end. The history and knowledge passed down to each generation through the bundle is at stake"--Provided by the publisher.
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2004., Pre-adolescent, G. Stevens Pub. Call No: 970.3 STO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Native American peoplesSummary Note: Describes the origin, history, language, daily life, and future prospects of the Cree Indians of Canada.
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By Stout, Mary2004., Juvenile, Gareth Stevens Pub. Call No: 971.2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Native American peoplesSummary Note: This book describes the origin, history, language, daily life, and future prospects of the Cree Indians of Canada.
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2016., Pre-adolescent, Powerkids Press Call No: 970.3 GRA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Spotlight on Native Americans.Summary Note: Delves into the story of the Cree Indians from the time before the arrival of European colonists through the current issues that they face today.
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c1997., Lerner Publications Call No: 971.23 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: We are still hereSummary Note: Twelve-year-old Matthew Dunn learns about the traditional ways of his Chipewyan, Cree, and Métis ancestors on a trip to Fort Chipewyan, in Alberta, Canada.
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[2019]., Juvenile, Annick Press Call No: NL SUPERNATURAL F MIL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Ghosts aren't meant to stick around forever . . . Ghosts are everywhere in Shelly's life. Recently passed people, pets, and a boy who lives in the local graveyard and lends her Smiths tapes are all part of spirit world she and her grandmother are privy to. In the tradition of their Cree ancestors, Shelly and her grandmother help these lost souls transition to the next world by catching them in their hair. But when Shelly's mom dies, her relationship to ghosts--and death--changes. Instead of helping spirits move on, she starts bringing them home and hiding them in her room. But no matter how many ghosts she collects, Shelly can't ignore the one that's missing. Why hasn't her mom's ghost come home yet? Rooted in a Cree worldview and inspired by the author's great-grandmother's stories, The Ghost Collector delves into questions of grief, loss, and the many ways people can linger after death."--
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2021., Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Call No: [E] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As she waits for the arrival of her new baby, a mother-to-be gathers gifts to create a sacred bundle. A white feather, cedar and sage, a stone from the river... Each addition to the bundle will offer the new baby strength and connection to tradition, family, and community. As they grow together, mother and baby will each have gifts to offer each other.
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[2017]., Juvenile, HighWater Press Call No: E THO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Nishom is a school bus driver who teaches the kids who ride his bus different Cree vocabulary words.
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-- People & culture of the Cree2016., Pre-adolescent, Cavendish Square Call No: 970.3 BIA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: First peoples of North America.Summary Note: Examines the people, history, and culture of the Cree through primary sources, photos, and myths specific to the tribe.
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2013., Bloomsbury Call No: REALISTIC F HAR Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1830s Canada, a thirteen-year-old Cree girl journeys westward from York Factory to the Red River valley, lured by a Norfolk trotter horse and determined to find her Scottish fur trader father.
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c2011., Adolescent, Second Story Press Call No: 971.004 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A kids' power book.Summary Note: Read about a Cree Indian community in Northern Ontario whose school was closed because of soil contamination. Discover the hardships the Cree children faced as they attended classes in makeshift classrooms and relive their successful efforts, spearheaded by Shannen Koostachin, to have a new school built in their community and to establish equality for all children
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[2017]., Juvenile, Second Story Press Call No: 371.8 FLO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families.
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c1993., Juvenile, Children's Book Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Using text and his own paintings, the author describes the experiences of Indians of North America in general as well as his experiences growing up as a Plains Cree Indian in Canada.
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2006., Penguin Books Call No: NL HISTORICAL F BOY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "...It is 1919 and Niska, an Oji-Cree medicine woman, has left her home in the bush of northern Ontario to receive Xavier Bird, her only relation who has returned from the trenches of Europe. Gravely wounded and addicted to morphine, Xavier recounts how he and his best friend, Elijah Whiskeyjack, prowled the battlefields as snipers of enormous skill and how the circumstances of their deadly craft led them to very different fates.Told with unblinking focus, this is a stunning tale of brutality, survival, and rebirth that marks the arrival of a prodigious new talent." From the bookjacket.
