14-year-old Saxso, a member of the Abenaki tribe in 18th-century Quebec, must set out to rescue his family from British soldiers that attacked his village and took his mother and two sisters prisoner.
Indians of North America
- Author:Bruchac, JosephSummary:
- Author:LaDuke, WinonaSummary:
"Chronicles is a major work, a collection of current, pressing and inspirational stories of Indigenous communities from the Canadian subarctic to the heart of Dine Bii Kaya, Navajo Nation. Chronicles is a book literally risen from...
- Author:Baxter, Jean RaeSummary:
In her fourth historical novel dealing with British North America and the American Revolution, Jean Rae Baxter focuses on Broken Trail, a young boy who was born white but captured and adopted by the Oneida people. The great Mohawk...
- Author:Haig-Brown, Roderick L.Summary:
An exciting story of a boy's growth to manhood which gives an excellent picture of the life and culture of the North Pacific Indians in the Pre-Columbian period.
- Author:Grey, ZaneSummary:
The story of a young Navajo who is raised by white parents and struggles to find a place in society.
- Author:Grey, ZaneSummary:
Just as young surveyor Warren Neale discovers graft and corruption in the building of the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming, his fiancee Allie is kidnapped by ruffians.
- Author:King, ThomasSummary:
In his 2003 Massey lecture, award-winning author and scholar Thomas King looks at the breadth and depth of Native experience and imagination. Beginning with Native oral stories, King weaves his way through literature and history,...
- Author:Hayes, J. M.Summary:
Murder is unthinkable to The People—a Paleolithic tribe migrating across Alaska and becoming some of the first undocumented immigrants to enter the Americas. For them, murder isn’t merely tragic, it’s forbidden. Murder poisons the...
- Author:Neering, RosemarySummary:
They endured the torments of scurvy and the vagaries of deep fogs, adverse winds, and contrary currents. They suffered through appalling quarters and rotting food. They spent years away from their homes and families, never knowing...
- Author:Jonker, Peter MarinusSummary:
This is the story of the fascinating and challenging life of Stoney chief Frank Kaquitts--Sitting Wind. It includes his time as an actor, when he played Sitting Bull opposite Paul Newman in Buffalo Bill and the Indians. This award-...
- Author:Rebus, AnnaSummary:
Provides information on the Sioux Indians with a focus on their homes, communities, clothing, food, religion, and more.
- Author:Lawson, JulieSummary:
In a tumble-down house carved out of the dunes lives an old man with second sight. He is the sifter of sands, the man who separates the sparkling mica, black lava, golden-reds, and misty grays. And as he sifts he mesmerizes Jessica and...
- Author:Simpson, CarollSummary:
In her third book inspired by First Nations’ stories, children’s author and illustrator Caroll Simpson explains the significance of community values. She introduces readers to a world of creatures like Sea Lion, Killer Whale, Dogfish...
- Author:Webster, ChristineSummary:
Provides information on the Salish Indians with a focus on their homes, communities, clothing, food, religion, and more.
- Author:Highway, TomsonSummary:
Protrays the attempts of seven Indian women from a northern Ontario reserve to beat the odds and win the world's largest bingo in Ontario.
- Author:Manuel, Arthur, Derrickson, Ronald M.Summary:
In this book Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson challenge virtually everything that non-Indigenous Canadians believe about their relationship with Indigenous Peoples and the steps that are needed to place this relationship...
- Author:Dorricott, Linda, Cullon, DeidreSummary:
Captain Richards' journal is an account of three survey seasons on Vancouver Island aboard two British Navy ships, the HMS Plumper and the HMS Hecate. Between 1860 and 1862 Richards and his dedicated crew surveyed and charted the entire...
- Author:Milloy, John SheridanSummary:
The first economic, military, and diplomatic history of the Plains Cree from contact with the Europeans in the 1670s to the disappearance of the buffalo from Cree lands by the 1870s, focussing on military and trade relations between...
- Author:Lomberg, MichelleSummary:
Provides information on the Ojibwa Indians with a focus on their homes, communities, clothing, food, religion, and more.
- Author:Taylor, Drew HaydenSummary:
Nothing ever happens on the Otter Lake reserve. But when 16-year-old Tiffany discovers her father is renting out her room, she's deeply upset. Sure, their guest is polite and keeps to himself, but he's also a little creepy. Little do...