Best of Aboriginal Literature Celebrated
Description of the Anskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival which was created to bring together and celebrate Indigenous authors and their works.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.23.
Description of the Anskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival which was created to bring together and celebrate Indigenous authors and their works.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.23.
Recommended for Grade 3 students.
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.
Material divided into seven categories: graphic novel, nonfiction, novel, play, poetry, short stories, and stories. Each entry contains summary, information about the author and list of titles also written by them.
Accompanying Materials: Teacher's Guide; Learner's Text; Pacific Map; Navigation
Interview with the chair of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada's Aboriginal Health Issues Committee who helped create the Association of Aboriginal Midwifes and Aboriginal Midwifery Education Program.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.
Excerpt from an essay that examines the themes in Maria Campbell's Halfbreed.
Argues that the limitations of the medium or cultural materials and the offered resistance fuel the creative tension in the novel.