From the bestselling creator of The Thundermaker comes another adventure featuring Little Thunder and Wolverine—a trickster, who is strong and fierce and loyal. The two are best of friends, even though Wolverine can sometimes get them...
Mi'kmaq
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Author:Syliboy, AlanSummary: -
Author:Syliboy, AlanSummary:A young Mi'kmaw boy, Little Thunder, learns the importance of responsibility as his father teaches him, and then passes on, the role of Thundermaker.
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Author:Meuse, Theresa, Stevens, ArthurSummary:Matthew loves to play games with his friends and share his toys with them. But most of all he loves to share the special treasures that remind him of his First Nations culture. Perhaps his favourite treasure is the medicine pouch that...
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Author:Choyce, Lesley, Joe, RitaSummary:A varied and spirited collection of work by the Mi’kmaq writers of Atlantic Canada, this volume brings together young and old and includes short stories, autobiography, poetry and personal essays. Valuable as a landmark of an ancient...
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Author:Webster, ChristineSummary:Provides information on the Mi'kmaq Indians with a focus on their homes, communities, clothing, food, religion, and more.
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Author:Meuse-Dallien, TheresaSummary:Celebrated Mi'kmaw writer and artist depict a young Mi'kmaw girl's first spiritual gathering (mawiomi) in this vibrant picture book. Alex is attending her first Mi'kmaw spiritual gathering, or mawiomi. Though she is timid at first,...
- Author:Peters, AmandaSummary:
A four-year-old girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that will remain unsolved for nearly fifty years July 1962. A Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the...
- Author:Clair, Peter J.Summary:
This novel tells the story of two Mi'kmaq individuals, two centuries apart. A girl named Taapoategl shows incredible faithfulness to culture and family in the most difficult of circumstances during the mid-18th century colonization by...
- Author:Thomas, RebeccaSummary:
What does it mean to be Mi'kmaq? And if Swift Fox can't find the answer, will she ever feel like part of her family?
When Swift Fox's father picks her up to go visit her aunties, uncles, and cousins, her belly is already full of... - Author:Meuse, TheresaSummary:
A modern story of traditional Indigenous knowledge that follows a young boy and his Auntie as they gather and braid sweetgrass, one of the four sacred medicines.
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Author:Cuthbertson, BrianSummary:When New Brunswick became its own colony in 1784, the government concluded several peace treaties with the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet in the territory that protected First Nations lands. But as settlers, loyalists, and disbanded soldiers...
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Author:Holmes Whitehead, RuthSummary:In Stories from the Six Worlds, it is their stories, passed down by word of mouth, that best preserve and present Mi’kmaw culture. For in their tales, the People themselves speak about their world and give us glimpses of how their...
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Author:Collins, GarySummary:Embedded in a rock in an obscure, pristine brook in the wilds of Newfoundland is a legendary quartz vein. The story of the vein and the wealth trapped in it is well-known, but its location has eluded six generations of Newfoundlanders....
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Author:Joe, RitaSummary:Straight from the heart, Rita Joe tells the story of her remarkable life: her tumultuous childhood in foster homes, education in an Indian residential school, turbulent marriage and daily struggles with prejudice, sexism and poverty....
- Author:Doucette, Judith M.Summary:
After moving from an all-French Indigenous community to the English community of St. George's when he was a little boy, Poppa's life as a young man was very sad. He was treated badly by his schoolteachers and some other children in the...
- 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...
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Author:Gespe'gewa'gi Mi'gmawei MawiomiSummary:Nta'tugwaqanminen provides evidence that the Mi'gmaq of the Gespe'gewa'gi (Northern New Brunswick and the Gaspé Peninsula) have occupied their territory since time immemorial. They were the sole occupants of it prior to European...
- Author:Joe, Saqamaw Mi'selSummary:
Muinji'j has been waiting all his life to make this trip with his grandfather--a trip to the city to sell otter, beaver and muskrat pelts, and bring back supplies to the village. It's a long expedition that tests Muinji'j...
- Author:MacEachern, Shanika, MacEachern, Muinji'jSummary:
'The story of the Mi'kmaw people is one that very few truly know, Ladybug. Even fewer understand what happened at the residential schools. It is a hard story to tell, but you must know the truth. Sit and I will tell you the story.' When...
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Author:Andersen, Raoul R., Crellin, John K.Summary:Mi’sel Joe: An Aboriginal Chief’s Journey chronicles both the life of an individual and that of his people. Mi’sel Joe is the traditional and administrative chief of Newfoundland’s Conne River Mi’kmaq Reserve. Through a series...
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