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In this novel, first published in 1891, young, idealistic Genevieve Weir arrives in Indian Territory on a mission to bring "civilization" to the Muscogee people. There she meets Wynema, a young Muscogee girl who shares the traditions and beliefs of her tribe. Together, these young women come of age during a time in American history marred by racism, sexism, and brutality toward Native Americans.
A story about love's power to overcome differences,...
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"Este personaje terrible, que sobrevuela la historia de Tierra del Fuego todavía hoy, con biografías, fotos y objetos en los museos, es Iuliu Popper (1857-1893), un rumano culto, solitario y amoral, que recorrió la isla hasta en sus rincones más inexplorados maquinando empresas y -aseguran- matando a los indios que molestaran su paso. Europeo errante, de la especie que intentaba hacerse rica a fuerza de obsesiones como la de cosechar oro del mar...
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This hieroglyphic poetry book is the first of its kind. Aboriginal author/artist Michelle Sylliboy blends her poetry, photography, and Mi'kmaq (L'nuk) hieroglyphic poetry in this unprecedented book. Hieroglyphic (komqwejwi'kasikl) symbols dominated the landscape of the seven districts of the L'nuk Nation prior to colonization. Kiskajeyi. I AM READY was released in 2019, the United Nations Year of Indigenous Languages.
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A gritty, smart thriller from a literary superstar A killer has Seattle on edge. The serial murderer has been dubbed "the Indian Killer" because he scalps his victims and adorns their bodies with owl feathers. As the city consumes itself in a nightmare frenzy of racial tension, a possible suspect emerges: John Smith. An Indian raised by whites, John is lost between cultures. He fights for a sense of belonging that may never be his-but has his alienation...
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Quand une société s'effondre, une autre renaît.
Une petite communauté anishinaabe est plongée dans le noir, alors que l'hiver s'annonce. Plus d'électricité ni de moyens
de communication. L'arrivée inopinée de visiteurs fuyant l'effondrement de la société dans le Sud attise les tensions et divise les allégeances. Les mois durs de l'hiver s'éternisent, la pénurie de nourriture s'aggrave et s'accumulent les cadavres. La véritable menace,...
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Flint and Feather (1913) is a collection of the complete poems of E. Pauline Johnson. Revered as one the foremost Canadian poets of her time, Johnson was a prolific writer whose works explored her Mohawk heritage while shedding light on the racism and persecution faced by indigenous peoples across North America.
"The lyrical verse herein is as a 'Skyward floating feather, / Sailing on summer air.' And yet that feather may be the eagle plume that...
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Basking in the golden warmth from their pit fire, Spirit Bear and his pregnant wife, Kaitlin, share a lazy morning together. It was spring, and a nasty storm was rolling in. It was a perfect time for staying inside and sharing.Kaitlin, still fairly new to the Oglala Sioux people's ways, was curious about her husband's past. Should their child be born a boy, Kaitlin wanted to know what it will be like for their son to grow up in the shadow of his father,...
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A young man with a questionable past must survive a nightmare of terror and torture in this dark and powerful thriller from one of Canada's most acclaimed contemporary authors The Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, Canada, is about as close to urban hell as you can get in the Western Hemisphere. Yet in this cauldron of drugs, shattered dreams, and extreme violence, Tom Bauer and his girlfriend, Paulie-both ex-junkies and parents of baby Melody-are trying...
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In her first historical novel, Totems of September, Emmy-nominated author Robin Ladue uses her Native American storytelling tradition of circles on circles and lives on lives. It is interspersed with the culture of the Northwest and Plains tribes through the use of animal legend and myths. The juxtaposition of Wyoming's Devils Tower and the tragedy of September 11 brings to light little-known Native American history, as well as current themes: US...
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Nouvelles de Norma Dunning
Traduit de l'anglais par Daniel Grenier
Annie Muktuk, les hommes la désirent et se l'arrachent. Elle règne avec sa beauté légendaire et sa gloire chimérique sur le petit monde d'Igloolik. Des visages hauts en couleur prennent aux tripes. Josephee, se fiant à la ruse des Esprits, amène sa femme Elipsee sur le territoire dans l'Arctique pour la guérir du cancer. Husky, agent de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, vit...
91) Blue Bear Woman
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Blue Bear Woman or Ourse bleueis the first novel in Quebec written by an Indigenous woman. The story of a young Cree woman's search for her roots and identity, this is also the author's debut novel, originally published in 2007, and it will be her second book to be published in English. The novel has been described as a "texte de resistance", showing contemporary Indigenous life and the impact on the Cree of the building of the Eastmain dam in northern...
92) God's Country 2
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Orphaned at an early age, eleven-year-old Carrie Camden gets adopted and comes to the Rocky Mountains in 1829, where she is once again orphaned by an Indian attack. She is assigned to mountain man Garrett Carter for her care.
Wise beyond her years and tough as nails, the devious "bad kid" makes an indelible impression on Jake, Right Hand, Fat, Dan, and the other mountain men. The poor Choteau brothers become the object of her wrath, and pay a never...
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El lento silbido de los sables es una rigurosa mezcla de historia y ficción. Patricio Manns desnuda en esta nueva novela histórica dos temas particulares: el choque de culturas inserto en una guerra bestial y las relaciones inevitablemente envenenadas que esta guerra —conocida como "Pacificación de la Araucanía"— promueve entre las partes en conflicto. Las páginas oscuras de esta epopeya saltan a la luz y penetran en las razones del sempiterno...
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A rancher is, consumed to take more and more land, driven by the memory of his father. A hunger for power in the province's capital may result in a dam flooding the area. Then, a gunshot changes everything.
An unforgiving winter envelops young Noah Hanlon, on the run after being, charged with murder. Searching endless terrain for the real killer, he reconnects with his Indigenous heritage. Revelations point in unexpected directions. A whiff of perfume,...
95) Chinongwa
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‘ Chinongwa Murehwa was nine, but her age was not vital. Just her virginity.' In the village where Chinongwa lives, her family, displaced from their lands, are very poor. One desperate solution to hunger is to trade young daughters into marriage. At first, to their shame, her father' s and aunt' s attempts to marry off their youngest child fail. No one is interested in this small, thin girl. Eventually, a childless woman,...
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On Christmas Day 1957, Joe Trevorrow walked through the blistering heat to seek help for his sick baby boy. When relatives agreed to take Bruce to hospital, Joe was relieved - his son was in safe hands - but, within days, Bruce would be living with another family, and Joe would never see his son again. At the age of ten, Bruce would be returned to his Indigenous family, sparking a lifelong search for an identity that could never truly be known and...
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Une femme a laissé sa voix sur un lit de préjugés. J'ai reconnu son cri. Je l'habite et le propulse dans mes poèmes.
Au couchant de la terre promise, dédié aux enfants de Joyce Echaquan, est un cri du cœur, une alerte rouge contre l'apathie et l'indifférence.
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Un blizzard a percé l'écran de ma vie
Tourbillon dans mon cœur
Mon âme l'a saisi
Pour en faire une larme
Qui a mouillé les yeux du monde entier
Le sourire de Joyce m'a...
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Le petit caillou de la mémoire, c'est l'homme face à la nature démesurée. C'est William de la mer et des forêts profondes, qui pêche des saumons, abat des arbres, aime des femmes, cuit au soleil lent de sa vie. Une ode aux gens simples, aux défricheurs. Écriture somptueuse et grâce tranquille, le roman nous entraîne de Saint-Suliac sur Rance aux bords de mer gaspésiens, en passant par Terre-Neuve.
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A compelling story with powerful characters set in the Northern Territory of Australia. Culminating on top of the sacred Gujigari Rock of the Wainanda clan...who will lose their nerve first?
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Manggilulu: a young up and coming indigenous leader, too young to be catapulted into a position of intrigue, where his wit and passion clash with the white administrators. Was he guilty of the murder that he was apprehended for?
Livvy: an anthropologist,...
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Becky receives a visitor from a place she never even knew existed, and it has a dramatic effect on her life. The Washington DC police pursue Peter Wilson, as do Greek bakery owners who do not like the idea of Becky's new pie factory. Both receive some justice they never dreamed of. Tension builds as Becky contemplates the government's plan to build the transcontinental railroad.
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