Aboriginal Resource "Must Have" List 2019/2020
Extensive list of titles with the applicable grade levels and subjects.
American Indian Literature in the Nineties: The Emergence of the Middle-Class Protagonist
American Indian Literatures, Authenticity, and the Canon
American Indian Persistence and Resurgence
Amherst College Collection of Native American Literature (Selections)
Animkee
Anthology of Traditional Tobacco Stories
Applying Deloria’s Challenge: Indigenous and Mass Society’s Conceptions of Indian Self-determination
Arctic Circle Songs
The Artists Speak
The Artists Speak
As I Remember It: Teachings (ɂɘms taɂaw) from the Life of a Sliammon Elder
As If Other / As If Indian: Reader Response to Appropriation of the Native Voice in Contemporary Fiction of Northern Ontario
At the Intersections of Empire: Ceremony, Transnationalism, and American Indian–Filipino Exchange
Authentic First Peoples Resources for Grades 10 to 12 and Adult Learning
General information on choosing appropriate texts, common themes, copyright and protocol and dealing with sensitive content followed by an extensive list of material with annotations for grade level, description, themes and content cautions.
Bat Steals the Moon
Retelling of traditional story.
Source: Man in the Moon: Sky Tales from Many Lands collected by Alta Jablow and Carl Withers.
Battle of the Northern Lights
Traditional Sami story.
Source: The Storytelling Star by James Riordan.
"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"
The Beautiful Way
Being Aboriginal: Comments, Observations and Stories From Aboriginal Australians
Being an Indigenous CRC in the Era of the TRC #Notallitscrackeduptobe
Being Indigenous: Perspectives on Activism, Culture, Language and Identity
The Bella Coola Indians [vols. 1 & 2]
Beyond the Shadows: The Legacy of Indian Residential Schools in Canada
Black Hawk in Translation: Indigenous Critique and Liberal Guilt in the 1847 Dutch Edition of Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak
Book Guide for How Raven Got His Crooked Nose: An Alaskan Dena'ina Fable Retold by Barbara J. Atwater and Ethan J. Atwater, Illustrated by Mindy Dwyer
Recommended for Grade 3 students.
Book Reviews
Breaking Away: The Novels of Gerald Vizenor
Briefly Noted [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, vol.4 no.1]
Bringing Métis Children’s Literature to Life: Teacher Guidebook for GDI Publications
The Buffalo, the Chickadee, and the Eagle: A Multispecies Textual History of Plenty Coups’s Multivocal Autobiography
Building Confidence of Academic Library Staff in the Selection of Culturally Authentic Native American Picture Books
Curriculum & Instruction Thesis (MSc) -- Minnesota State University Moorhead, 2021.
Campaigning in the North West Territories
Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools: Selected and Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians and Educators: 2019/20
Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools: Selected and Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians and Educators: 2020-2021
Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools: Selected & Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians and Educators, 2018/19
Canadian Indigenous Children's Books through the Lense of Truth and Reconciliation
Primary source for titles was Amazon Best Sellers in Children’s Native Canadian Story Books, as well as publishers' web pages, and library and authors' lists. Objective was to identify fiction books for ages 0-18 written by Indigenous authors that contained reconciliation-related themes. More than 150 books met the inclusion criteria.
Celebrating Indigenous Languages
Centering A Métis Grandmothers’ Knowledge: Story of Grandmothers’ Teachings and Métis Child Welfare in B.C.
Centering Indigenous Voices to Inform the Delivery of Culturally-Appropriate Mental Wellness Services
Chiefly Feasts
Child-Targeted Assimilation: An Oral History of Indian Day School Education in Kahnawà:ke
Children’s Book Activity Sheets for Home-Based Learning
Activities for the following titles: A Promise is a Promise; Awasis Bannock; Bowwow Powwow; Gifts from Raven; Go Show the World; How Raven Stole the Sun; I Like Who I Am; My Heart Fills with Happiness; Raven Squawk, Orca Squeak; Sweetest Kulu; Walk on the Shoreline; We Are Water Protectors; Windy Lake; and You Hold Me Up.
Simple activities and questions to help parents who are reading and discussing books with children.