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Tireless Runners
A Family History of Indigenous Canada
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CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781487006419
Pub Date: May 2025
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
For readers of Thomas King’s The Inconvenient Indian and Chelsea Vowel’s Indigenous Writes, Tireless Runners tells the history of colonization from pre-contact to the present day through the multi-generational...
Soft as Bones
A Memoir
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CA$24.99
ISBN: 9781487013028
Pub Date: March 2025
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
A poetic memoir as intricately woven as a dreamcatcher about overcoming the pain of generational trauma with the power of traditional healing.
Recollections of a Forest Life
The Life and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh
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CA$26.99
ISBN: 9781771124461
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
The life and travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, or George Copway, the chief of the Ojibway nation, first published in 1850. This edition is part of the Early Canadian Literature series and features an afterword by Deanna Reder.
Last One Walking
The Life of Cherokee Community Leader Charlie Soap
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CA$40.95
ISBN: 9780806194721
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
The Native American fight for land has been well-chronicled, but the fight for water has not. Last One Walking helps to fill that void with a narrative that is also deeply moving, revealing on every page the spirit of ga-du-gi.
Enough! Georges Erasmus's Fifty-Year Battle for Indigenous Rights
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CA$28.99
ISBN: 9781459752900
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: Dundurn Press
The political life of Dene leader Georges Erasmus — a radical Native rights crusader widely regarded as one of the most important Indigenous leaders of the past fifty years.For decades, Georges Henry...
Indiscipline
Reading Collaboratively Written Native American Autobiography
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CA$47.95
ISBN: 9781469678757
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: University of North Carolina Press
In the last few years, there have been myriad media reports regarding Federal Indian boarding schools and their grisly history of violence and cultural erasure against Native people in the United States....
Finding Otipemisiwak
The People Who Own Themselves
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CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781551529554
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: Arsenal Pulp Press
A Sixties Scoop survivor's journey back to her Nation and the truth of who she is Otipemisiwak is a Plains Cree word describing the Metis, meaning "the people who own themselves." Andrea Currie was...
Métis Matriarchs
Agents of Transition
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CA$34.95
ISBN: 9781779400116
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: University of Regina Press
Explores the integral roles that Métis women assumed to ensure the survival of their communities during the fur trade era and onwardMétis Matriarchs examines the roles of prominent Métis women from...
Following Shimun
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CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781774151716
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: Mawenzi House Publishers
Following Shimun paints a vibrant picture of the Innu community at a turning point in its history.
North of Nowhere
Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner
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CA$34.99
ISBN: 9781487011482
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
The incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada told by one of the commissioners who led it.
Unbroken
My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls
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CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781778402142
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Greystone Books
"A remarkable life story. . . Angela Sterritt is a formidable storyteller and a passionate advocate."—Cherie Dimaline, author of The Marrow Thieves"Sterritt's story is living proof of how courageous...
Pablo Abeita
The Life and Times of a Native Statesman of Isleta Pueblo, 1871-1940
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CA$36.95
ISBN: 9780826366313
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
This is the first biography of a Pueblo leader, Pablo Abeita, a man considered the most important Native leader in the Southwest in his day. Abeita was a strong advocate for Isleta and the other eighteen...
One Second at a Time
My Story of Pain and Reclamation
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CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780774880978
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
A deeply personal history of colonialism’s corrosive effects on an Ojibway-Anishinabe woman who survives a traumatic childhood, becomes a teen mother, and eventually escapes unrelenting domestic violence to find hope and healing, dedicating herself to helping women and children like her former self.
The Dialogues
The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow
Price:
CA$22.00
ISBN: 9781989496916
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: Wolsak and Wynn Publishers
In The Dialogues: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow, award-winning author Armand Garnet Ruffo brings to life not only the story of the famed WWI Indigenous sniper, but also the complexities of telling Indigenous stories.
The Honourable John Norquay
Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman
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CA$39.95
ISBN: 9781772840582
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University of Manitoba Press
Once described as Louis Riel’s alter ego, Manitoba Premier John Norquay skirmished with John A. Macdonald and endured racist taunts while championing the interests of the Prairie West. This biography of an Indigenous political leader sheds welcome light on a neglected historical figure and a tumultuous time for Canada and Manitoba.
Mamaskatch
A Cree Coming of Age
Price:
CA$28.95
ISBN: 9781771624091
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Douglas & McIntyre
A powerful story of resilience—a must-read for all Canadians.
Tireless Runners
A Family History of Indigenous Canada
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781487006419
Pub Date: May 2025
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
Soft as Bones
A Memoir
CA$24.99
ISBN: 9781487013028
Pub Date: March 2025
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
A poetic memoir as intricately woven as a dreamcatcher about overcoming the pain of generational trauma with the power of traditional healing.
Recollections of a Forest Life
The Life and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh
CA$26.99
ISBN: 9781771124461
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Last One Walking
The Life of Cherokee Community Leader Charlie Soap
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9780806194721
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Enough! Georges Erasmus's Fifty-Year Battle for Indigenous Rights
CA$28.99
ISBN: 9781459752900
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Indiscipline
Reading Collaboratively Written Native American Autobiography
CA$47.95
ISBN: 9781469678757
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: University of North Carolina Press
Finding Otipemisiwak
The People Who Own Themselves
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781551529554
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: Arsenal Pulp Press
Métis Matriarchs
Agents of Transition
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9781779400116
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: University of Regina Press
Following Shimun
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781774151716
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: Mawenzi House Publishers
Following Shimun paints a vibrant picture of the Innu community at a turning point in its history.
North of Nowhere
Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner
CA$34.99
ISBN: 9781487011482
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
The incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada told by one of the commissioners who led it.
Unbroken
My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781778402142
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Greystone Books
Pablo Abeita
The Life and Times of a Native Statesman of Isleta Pueblo, 1871-1940
CA$36.95
ISBN: 9780826366313
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
One Second at a Time
My Story of Pain and Reclamation
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780774880978
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
A deeply personal history of colonialism’s corrosive effects on an Ojibway-Anishinabe woman who survives a traumatic childhood, becomes a teen mother, and eventually escapes unrelenting domestic violence to find hope and healing, dedicating herself to helping women and children like her former self.
The Dialogues
The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow
CA$22.00
ISBN: 9781989496916
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: Wolsak and Wynn Publishers
In The Dialogues: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow, award-winning author Armand Garnet Ruffo brings to life not only the story of the famed WWI Indigenous sniper, but also the complexities of telling Indigenous stories.
The Honourable John Norquay
Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9781772840582
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University of Manitoba Press
Once described as Louis Riel’s alter ego, Manitoba Premier John Norquay skirmished with John A. Macdonald and endured racist taunts while championing the interests of the Prairie West. This biography of an Indigenous political leader sheds welcome light on a neglected historical figure and a tumultuous time for Canada and Manitoba.
Mamaskatch
A Cree Coming of Age
CA$28.95
ISBN: 9781771624091
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Douglas & McIntyre
A powerful story of resilience—a must-read for all Canadians.