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• Moonshot. Volume 1

  the Indigenous Comics Collection

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  An anthology of stories about identity, culture, and spirituality told by writers and artists from a range of communities across North America including creators that identify as Métis, Inuit, Dene, Anishnaabe, Cree, Mi'kmaq, Caddo, Haida, Sioux,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pizza Punks Collection

  Pauls, Cole

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  Dive deep into the world of cheese-loving, crust-craving, sauce-savouring punks and explore just how far an extremely dedicated punk might go to attain the cheesiest of pies.

• Pemmican Wars

  Vermette, Katherena, 1977-

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  An ordinary history class turns extraordinary for a young Métis girl adjusting to a new home and school when she finds herself transported through time. She visits a bison hunt on the Saskatchewan prairie and a Métis camp, travels the old fur-trade…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Surviving the City. Volume 01

  Spillett, Tasha, 1988-

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  Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan is Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape, until Dez disappears after learning she can't stay with her grandmother anymore. Will Dez’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sugar Falls

  a Residential School Story

  Robertson, David, 1977-

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  A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leads Daniel to Betsy, his friend's grandmother, who tells him her story. Sugar Falls is based on the true story of Betty Ross, Elder from Cross Lake First Nation.

• The Spirit of Denendeh. Volume 01, A Blanket of Butterflies

  Van Camp, Richard

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  No one knows how a suit of samurai armour ended up in the Fort Smith museum. When a mysterious stranger turns up to claim it, Sonny, a young Tłı̨chǫ Dene boy, is eager to help. Learn about the real-life inspiration behind the story and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Arctic Comics

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  Five tales of myth, adventure, and humour, written and drawn by Inuit comic creators. Stories include those of a boy daydreaming while hunting seals, a far-north version of Archie where a lover's tiff plays out on a softball field, and the magical…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Night Wanderer

  a Native Gothic Novel

  Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

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  Nothing ever happens on the Otter Lake reservation. But when 16-year-old Tiffany discovers her father is renting out her room, she's deeply upset. Little does anyone know that the mysterious Pierre L'Errant is actually a vampire, returning to his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Borders

  King, Thomas,

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  Are you Canadian, the border guards ask, or American? "Blackfoot." When border guards will not accept their citizenship, mother and son wind up trapped in an all-too-real limbo between nations that do not recognize who they are. This is a powerful…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Place :

  150 Years Retold

  Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri, 1965-

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  Explore the past 150 years and the survival strategies adopted by Indigenous people through the lens of this beautifully illustrated and emotional journey.

• 7 Generations

  a Plains Cree Saga

  Robertson, David Alexander,

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  Edwin is facing an uncertain future. Only by learning about his family's past—as warriors, survivors of a smallpox epidemic, casualties of a residential school—will he be able to face the present and embrace the future.

• The Outside Circle

  LaBoucane-Benson, Patti

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  Two brothers surrounded by poverty, drug abuse, and gang violence, try to overcome centuries of historic trauma in very different ways to bring about positive change in their lives. Author Patti Laboucane-Benson is a Métis woman who has worked in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How I Survived Four Nights on the Ice

  Ittusardjuat, Serapio

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  After his snowmobile breaks down halfway across the sea ice on a trip back from a fishing camp, Serapio Ittusardjuat recounts the traditional skills and knowledge he leaned on to stay alive.

• Fire Starters

  Storm, Jen, 1986-

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  After finding an old flare gun, a night of mischief turns into a nightmare as the local gas bar on Agamiing Reserve goes up in flames and two Indigenous boys are falsely accused of arson. As the story develops and the truth comes out, this is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation