Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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c1994, Juvenile, Carolrhoda Books Call No: HIS FIC DUB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1752, nineteen-year-old Abenaki warrior Ogistin is present when a band of his people capture an English trapper, John Stark, and as Stark is carried into captivity in Canada a bond of hate and competition develops between him and Ogistin.
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2018., Primary, Crocodile Books, USA Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: In the Nicola Valley of British Columbia, a First Nations family sets out to gather edible plants and mushrooms. During the outing, the grandmother, Yayah, shows the children good plants to eat, like rhubarb and celery, and those to avoid, like poison ivy. They discuss how to prepare and eat the food, and the children learn new words in their native language.
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2018., Milweed Editions Call No: NL F WAG Edition: First US edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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[2016], Douglas & McIntyre Call No: NL REALISTIC F VAN Edition: 20th anniversary sp Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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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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c2005., Juvenile, House of Anansi Press ; Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West Call No: E CAM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Young Shi-shi-etko is being sent to residential school soon and she spends her last days at home enjoying nature and the teachings of her family.
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c2008., Juvenile, Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: E CAM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Shi-shi-etko and her brother Shin-chi are sent to an Indian residential school. Draws on interviews with survivors of Indian residential schools to describe daily life at the school where they were forced to use English names, study, work, and never speak to each other.
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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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[2020]., Primary, Second Story Press Call No: 371.8 CAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Ashley meets her great-uncle by the old train tracks near their community in Nova Scotia. Ashley sees his sadness, and Uncle tells her of the day years ago when he and the other children from their community were told to board the train before being taken to residential school where their lives were changed forever. They weren't allowed to speak Mi'gmaq and were punished if they did. There was no one to give them love and hugs and comfort. Uncle also tells Ashley how happy she and her sister make him. They are what give him hope. Ashley promises to wait with her uncle by the train tracks, in remembrance of what was lost.
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[2015], Juvenile, Annick Press Call No: NL 920 URB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Explores the lives of Native American youths living in urban environments, discussing how they connect with other Natives and stay in touch with their own cultures in spite of city environments. Includes stories from the young men and women interviewed, as well as poems and artwork.
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c2002., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: As the French and Indian War rages in October of 1759, Saxso, a fourteen-year-old Abenaki boy, pursues the English rangers who have attacked his village and taken his mother and sisters hostage.