All Points West September 2024: Indigenous Authors at GVPL

Recommendations shared by GVPL librarian, Delia Filipescu (and Jason D'Souza!) on CBC Radio's All Points West.

Updated September 3, 2024
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Peyakow : reclaiming Cree dignity
McLeod, Darrel J.
Paper Book
Mamaskatch, Darrel J. McLeod's 2018 memoir of growing up Cree in Northern Alberta, was a publishing sensation--winning the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction, shortlisted for many other major prizes and translated into French and German editions. In Peyakow, McLeod...
Mamaskatch : a Cree coming of age
McLeod, Darrel J.
Paper Book
Growing up in the tiny village of Smith, Alberta, Darrel J. McLeod was surrounded by his Cree family's history. In shifting and unpredictable stories, his mother, Bertha, shared narratives of their culture, their family and the cruelty that she and her sisters endured in residential school....
The Witness Blanket : truth, art and reconciliation
Newman, Carey
Paper Book
For more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada. Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure that history is never forgotten. The Blanket is a living work of art--a collection of...
Tilly : a story of hope and resilience
Gray Smith, Monique
Paper Book
Tilly has always known she's part Lakota on her dad's side. She's grown up with the traditional teachings of her grandma, relishing the life lessons of her beloved mentor. But it isn't until an angry man shouts something on the street that Tilly realizes her mom is Aboriginal too--a Cree woman taken...
Season in Chezgh'un : A Novel.
McLeod, Darrel J.
Paper Book
A subversive novel by acclaimed Cree author Darrel J. McLeod, infused with the contradictory triumph and pain of finding conventional success in a world that feels alien. James, a talented and conflicted Cree man from a tiny settlement in Northern Alberta, has settled into a comfortable...
Trudy's healing stone
Spiller, Trudy
Paper Book
Everyone gets sad, angry, frustrated and disappointed. Difficult emotions are a natural part of life. In this book, Trudy's Healing Stone, Trudy Spiller shares a special teaching about a practice that anyone can use to help them process their feelings with the help of Mother Earth. Recommended for...
And Then She Fell: A Novel
Elliott, Alicia
Ebook
*NATIONAL BESTSELLER* *Indigenous Voices Award winner* *Amazon First Novel Award winner* *Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction* *Named a Globe and Mail and CBC Best Book of the Year* From the bestselling author of A Mind Spread Out on the...
The All + Flesh: Poems
Bird, Brandi
Paper Book
Winner, 2024 Indigenous Voices Award for Poetry in English Finalist, 2024 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry Finalist, 2024 League of Canadian Poets' Gerald Lampert Memorial Award Finalist, 2024 League of Canadian Poets' Raymond Souster Award Longlist, 2024...
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Pauls, Cole
Paper Book
Indigenous Voices Award winner Cole Pauls returns with a robust collection of stories that celebrate the cultural practices and experiences of Dene and Arctic peoples. Gathering Pauls's comics from magazines, comic festivals and zine making workshops, these comics are his most personal...
Unbroken My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls
Sterritt, Angela.
Ebook
JAJ : a Haida manga
Yahgulanaas, Michael Nicoll
Paper Book
With gorgeous imagery, visual artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas brings to life the tumultuous history of first contact between Europeans and Indigenous peoples and the early colonization by the Europeans of the northern West Coast. Yahgulanaas uses a blend of traditional and modern art,...
Richard Wagamese selected : what comes from spirit
Wagamese, Richard
Paper Book
Richard Wagamese, one of Canada's most celebrated Indigenous authors and storytellers, was a writer of breathtaking honesty and inspiration. Always striving to be a better, stronger person, Wagamese shared his journey through writing, encouraging others to do the same. Following the...
Moccasin Square Gardens : short stories
Van Camp, Richard
Paper Book
The characters of Moccasin Square Gardens inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the sixtieth parallel. These stories are filled with in-laws, outlaws and common-laws. Get ready for illegal wrestling moves ("The Camel Clutch"), pinky promises, a doctored casino,...
My Indian summer : a novel
Kakwinokanasum, Joseph
Paper Book
Winner of the PMC Indigenous Literature Award 2023 Three kohkums, a man named Crow, two best friends, and a drug dealer . . . twelve-year-old Hunter may be getting out of Red Rock sooner than he hoped. For Hunter Frank, the summer of '79 begins with his mother returning home only to...
Five little Indians
Good, Michelle.
Paper Book
" Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. Alone and without any skills, support or...

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