CANADIAN ABORIGINAL BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS 2015–2016 CATALOGUE
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SEC
OND
AR
Y
TRUTH IN PLAY
DRAMA STRATEGIES FOR
BUILDING MEANINGFUL
PERFORMANCES
Debbie Nyman, Jill Lloyd-
Jones & David S. Craig
This title offers 10 scenes and
6 monologues dealing with
contemporary social issues from
authentic voices across gender
and culture. Each script is fol-
lowed by strategies to deepen
understanding of the text, tips
to enhance rehearsal and perfor-
mance, and a list of additional
related readings and plays. Two
monologues are presented in
their original French language,
as well as in English translation.
Aboriginal content is very
limited. Only one scene, drawn
from the play Agokwe by
Waawaate Fobister, is based on
this Aboriginal author’s experi-
ence growing up as a gay youth
on a reserve.
Caution: Mature social
issues include bullying, inter-
racial dating, mental illness,
sexual orientation, and teen
parenting. Includes language
in keeping with the raw
characters.
GRADES: 11–12, DRAMA, ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL
JUSTICE, TEACHER RESOURCE
Index/Bibliography: No/No
©2014 189pp. 7"x9"
ISBN 9781770912724 $19.95 PA
Playwrights Canada Press
www.playwrightscanada.com
UN/INHABITED
Jordan Abel
This challenging book takes
found poetry to a place it has
never been asking questions
such as: What is text, publish-
ing, public domain, commons,
readable? What does inhabited,
settler, frontier, treaty or pioneer
mean? Nisga’a poet Abel reaches
into the public domain for 91
Western novels using selected
text—settler, frontier, treaty,
etc.—to highlight the famil-
iar concepts or themes found
therein. By omitting them from
the text the poet shows how the
presence of First Nations people
was conveniently omitted by
the behaviours and language of
European immigrants. He also
omits text by overlaying maps
and extracts whole sections
to the point of unreadability
to demonstrate what it must
have been like for First Nations
when first confronted with
European language. An essay
and afterword explain Abel’s
intent. Sources of found text and
an index with page numbers for
various geographical terms only
are included.
GRADES: 10–12, CREATIVE
WRITING, ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ARTS, SOCIAL STUDIES, TEACHER
RESOURCE
Index/Bibliography: Yes/No
©2015 240pp. 5.5"x8.5"
ISBN 97808892292218 $24.95 PA
Talonbooks
www.talonbooks.com
WE ARE COMING
HOME
REPATRIATION AND THE
RESTORATION OF BLACKFOOT
CULTURAL CONFIDENCE
Gerald Conaty, ed.
We Are Coming Home is the
chronicle of the highly intricate
process of repatriation of medi-
cine bundles from the Glenbow
Museum back to the Blackfoot
and Cree Elders of the Piikani,
Siksika, and Kainai people. This
initiative, expressing respect to
the spirituality of the Aboriginal
peoples, led to the drafting and
passing in 2000 of the First
Nations Sacred Ceremonial
Objects Repatriation Act
(FNSCORA) legislation, still
unique in Canada. The respec-
tive roles of museum practice in
relation to living tradition are
examined, as is the revival of
First Nations Spirituality. This
book documents the power of
right action at a professional
level.
GRADES: 12, HISTORY, SOCIAL
STUDIES
Index/Bibliography: Yes/Yes
©2015 320pp. 6"x9"
b/w & colour photographs, maps
ISBN 9781771990172 $34.95 PA
epub 9781771990196 $34.95
Athabasca University Press
www.aupress.ca
WHERE I BELONG
Tara White
In this novel, Carrie knows
she is adopted but no one
knows anything about her
birth family. Her vivid dreams
are the only clues she has. Her
parents are very protective and
Carrie feels stifled and rebel-
lious especially when she meets
an attractive Mohawk boy of
whom her parents disapprove.
Carrie runs away and is brought
back by police who are actu-
ally looking for another girl.
As a result Carrie meets her
biological father, twin sister, and
an extended Mohawk family.
She spends a week with her new
family at the time of the Oka
uprising when tensions are high.
Carrie’s dreams of blockades,
firebombs, and masked men are
coming to life. As the dispute
is settled, Carrie realizes that
Mohawk spirituality and west-
ern medicine both have a part to
play in her life and that she can
love both families.
GRADES: 10–12, ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ARTS
Index/Bibliography: No/No
©2014 110pp. 5.5"x8.25"
ISBN 9781896580777 $12.95 PA
epub 9781926890685 $8.95
Tradewind Books
www.tradewindbooks.com
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BETTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
BIG BEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
BROTHERS OF THE WOLF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
CANOE HE CALLED LOO TAAS, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
DIPNETTING WITH DAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
DISCOVERING NUMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
DISCOVERING WORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
DREAMING IN INDIAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
ECHOES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
FIRST NATIONS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, THE, 3RD EDITION . . .7
FROM THE WEST COAST TO THE WESTERN FRONT . . . . . . . . .7
GREY EYES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
HONOURING THE BUFFALO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
ISLAND’S SPIRIT RISING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
LEGENDS OF VANCOUVER / LÉGENDES DE VANCOUVER . . . . .6
LIFE CYCLE OF A LIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
ME ARTSY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
NORVAL MORRISSEAU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
ONE STORY, ONE SONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
ORCA CHIEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
OUTSIDE CIRCLE, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
PAGE AS BONE—INK AS BLOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
PEACE PIPE DREAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
P’ÉSK’A AND THE FIRST SALMON CEREMONY . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
SEARCH FOR HEINRICH SCHLÖGEL, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
SEVEN TEACHINGS STORIES, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 4
SHORE TO SHORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
SOAPSTONE SIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A FOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
TAAN’S MOONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
THREE FEATHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
THUNDERBIRD POEMS, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
TOFINO AND CLAYOQUOT SOUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
TRUTH IN PLAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
UN/INHABITED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
WE ARE COMING HOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
WHERE I BELONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
WINTER MOON SONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
INDEX BY TITLE
Abel, Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Auger, Neepin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Baillie, Martha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Barber, Terry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Brooks, Martha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Budd, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, 6
Busch, Frank Christopher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Charleyboy, Lisa, ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Conaty, Gerald, ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Craig, David S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Daniel, Danielle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Dennis, Darrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Dickson, Greg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Forsythe, Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Fournier, Suzanne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Gear, Alison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Horsfield, Margaret, ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Johnson, E. Pauline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Kennedy, Ian, ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Kirton, Jónína . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
LaBoucane-Benson, Patti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Leatherdale, Mary Beth, ed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Lloyd-Jones, Jill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Muckle, Robert J.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Nyman, Debbie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Olsen, Sylvia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Pinkney, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Reid-Stevens, Amanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Ritchie, Scot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Robertson, David Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Ruffo, Armand Garnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, 10
Sellars, Willie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Silverthorne, Judith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Simpson, Caroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Takeda, Louise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Taylor, Drew Hayden, ed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Van Camp, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Vermette, Katherena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Vickers, Roy Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Wagamese, Richard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
White, Tara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
INDEX BY AUTHOR