Robert James Challenger uses the form of parables to teach children important values. The observations of Grandmother and other family members interpret the actions of nature's creatures in a variety of circumstances. His simple, direct...
Indians of North America
- Author:Challenger, Robert JamesSummary:
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Join Raven, Eagle and Frog in a land before time! Raven Tales concentrates on the wild and funny adventures of Raven, the most powerful, and one might add, trickiest trouble-maker of the First Nations' folklore.
- Author:Demos, JohnSummary:
National Book Award finalist John Demos brings to life the compelling story of Eunice Williams, a Puritan girl who was captured and adopted by Native Americans In this riveting historical fiction narrative, National Book Award Finalist...
- Author:Carr, RobynSummary:
Lilly Yazhi knows all she needs to know about Clay Tahoma. Sure, he's got a certain appeal befitting his Navajo roots, but she's not falling for Clay's silent, "earthy" attractiveness. She certainly won't make the same mistake as Clay's...
- Author:Sellars, BevSummary:
Price Paid untangles truth from some of the myths about First Nations and addresses misconceptions still widely believed today. The second book by award-winning author Bev Sellars, Price Paid is based on a popular presentation Sellars...
- Author:Wedel, WaldoSummary:
- Author:Johnstone, William W.Summary:
For the greatest trapper in the country, there's no place like the Rocky Mountains. Preacher and his son Hawk are riding the High Lonesome when the clear mountain air is split by a girl's savage screams. A gang of ruthless...
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Power Struggles: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec examines the evolution of new agreements between First Nations and Inuit and the hydro corporations in Quebec and Manitoba, including the Wuskwatim Dam Project...
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Spectacular imagery adorns this fascinating anthology of the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations stories and legends. The book is a unique commemorative collection that celebrates the four host First Nations...
- Author:Ray, Deborah KoganSummary:
Documents the life and achievements of the nineteenth-century Northern Paiute leader, examining how her aptitude for languages and diplomacy enabled her to advocate on behalf of her tribe.
- Author:Holling, Holling ClancySummary:
A young Indian boy in the Canadian wilderness carves a twelve-inch canoe with a kneeling Indian figure and frees it to undertake a journey to the Atlantic Ocean in his place. Four years later this tiny vessel reaches its destination,...
- Author:Knockwood, IsabelleSummary:
In the 1880s, through an amendment to the Indian Act of 1876, the government of Canada began to require all Aboriginal children to attend schools administered by churches. Separating these children from their families, removing them...
- Author:Challenger, Robert JamesSummary:
This collection of west-coast fables combines the approach of Aesop with the oral tradition of First Nations storytellers. Woodpecker shows how to be a true friend. Beaver demonstrates how to achieve dreams through hard work. Rainbow...
- Author:Vernon, CaitlynSummary:
A hands-on guide to the magic and majesty of British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest, with suggestions for activism in any community.
- Author:Olsen, SylviaSummary:
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"Like all First Nations languages, Lillooet (Lil'wat) is a repository for an abundantly rich oral literature. In These Are Our Legends, the fifth volume of the First Nations Language Readers series, the reader will discover...
- Author:Challenger, Robert JamesSummary:
This is Robert James Challenger's fifth collection of beautifully illustrated, easy-to-read short stories that impart practical, moral lessons about life in today's world. As in Aesop's fables and First Nations legends, animals, birds...
- Author:Walker, NikiSummary:
Provides information on the lives of Native Americans in North America with a focus on such topics as food, transportation, hunting and fishing, beliefs, and more.
- Author:Miller, Robert J.Summary:
- Author:Smithyman, KathrynSummary:
Explores how the waters, mountains, and forests of the Pacific Northwest have provided food and shelter for groups such as the Tlingit, the Haida, and the Kwakiutl for thousands of years.