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• This Place :

  150 Years Retold

  Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri, 1965-

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  Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Firekeeper's Daughter

  Boulley, Angeline

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  Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths. *Winner of the 2021 Printz Award for Excellence in YA…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Warrior Girl Unearthed

  Boulley, Angeline

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  A thrilling mystery about an Indigenous teen who must find a way to bring an ancestor home to her tribe.

• Looking for Smoke

  Cobell, K. A.,

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  Since moving to the Blackfeet Reservation with her parents, Mara Racette has felt like an outsider, taunted by her tight-knit classmates for growing up far away. So, when a local girl includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet giveaway to honor her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  This is a macabre tale about a lonely girl who falls in love with a ghost on the grounds of a cemetery where her widowed father is caretaker.

• The Marrow Thieves

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population - and it is their marrow that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Those Pink Mountain Nights

  Ferguson, Jenny, 1985-

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  A story about the hurt of a life stuck in past tense, the hum of connections that cannot be severed, and one week in a small snowy town that changes everything.

• The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  Ferguson, Jenny, 1985-

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  Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She'll be working in her family's ice-cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriend and her former best friend, King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rez Ball

  Graves, Byron

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  The story of a young athlete determined to play like the hero his Ojibwe community needs him to be.

• Fire Song

  Jones, Adam Garnet

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  Shane is still reeling from the suicide of his kid sister, Destiny. How could he have missed the fact that she was so sad? He tries to share his grief with his girlfriend, Tara, but she’s too concerned with her own needs to offer him much comfort.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If I Go Missing

  Jonnie, Brianna

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  Combining graphic fiction and non-fiction, this young adult graphic novel serves as a window into one of the unique dangers of being an Indigenous teen in Canada today. The text of the book is derived from excerpts of a letter written to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Walking in Two Worlds

  Kinew, Wab, 1981-

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  In the real world, Bugz is a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen who faces the stresses of teenage angst and reserve life. But in the virtual world, her alter ego is not just confident but dominant in a massive multiplayer video game universe.

• Borders

  King, Thomas, 1943-

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  When a boy and his mother attempt to visit his sister in Utah, border guards will not accept Mohawk as their citizenship and mother and son wind up trapped between nations that do not recognize who they are.

• Elatsoe

  Little Badger, Darcie, 1987-

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  Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream. There are some differences. This America been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Snake Falls to Earth

  Little Badger, Darcie, 1987-

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  Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. A catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven't been in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moonshot. Volume 1

  the Indigenous Comics Collection

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  Moonshot is a collection that showcases diverse Indigenous representation in comic books. This is an anthology of stories about identity, culture, and spirituality told by writers and artists from a range of communities across North America.

• Liar's Test

  Kwaymullina, Ambelin, 1975-

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  A gripping fantasy with a deadly contest to win a crown, a fierce heroine determined to right the wrongs done to her people, and a smoldering love story that could change everything.

• Man Made Monsters

  Rogers, Andrea L.,

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  Following one extended Cherokee family across the centuries, from the tribe’s homelands in Georgia in the 1830s to World War I, the Vietnam War, our own present, and well into the future, each story delivers a slice of a particular time…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Reckoner Rises. Volume 01, Breakdown

  Robertson, David, 1977-

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  After the events in Wounded Sky, Cole and Eva arrive in Winnipeg, the headquarters of Mihko Laboratories. They are intent on destroying the company once and for all, but their plans are thwarted when a new threat surfaces. When Cole becomes mired in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Four Faces of the Moon

  Strong, Amanda,

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  Gidagaakoons (Spotted Fawn) meets her grandmother and other ancestors in a dreamlike landscape. Spotted Fawn is a photographer, and through her lens she learns more about her Métis, Cree, Nakoda, and Anishinaabe backgrounds.