Indigenous Resources
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Garfinkel Publications Book of Play
This board book offers young children a chance to explore counting, shapes, ABCs, and colors in a setting of Coast Salish, Haida, and Bella Bella art of the Northwest Coast. Nine artists shared their art and culture to create the board book's designs. The book includes a simple maze, a matching activity, and an environmental activity identifying animals and birds of the Northwest Coast.
$12.00
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Boomer The Thunderbird
Boomer the Thunderbird is the most powerful supernatural spirit. Flapping of wings causes thunder. Lightning flashes from its blinking eyes. It is able to lift a whale with its talon. Boomer's habitat is the mountains. It's teachings is to find your own power and use your power to make the world better. This hand puppet was designed by Nuxalk, Nuu-chah-nulth artist, Kelly Robinson. It measures approx. 10 in - 14 inches. All new materials
$28.00
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Bountiful Harvest 72 Piece Puzzle
A collection of Indigenous art 'On the Go' puzzles featuring various designs by authentic Indigenous artists. Each 72 piece puzzle comes in a custom tin for easy travel and measures approximately 8" x 11" when completed.
$10.00
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Drew Hayden Taylor Boy in the Treehouse / The Girl Who Loved Her Horses
In "The Boy in the Treehouse," Simon, the son of an Ojibway mother and a British father, climbs into his half-finished tree house on the vision-quest his books say is necessary for him to reclaim his mother's culture. "It's a Native thing," he informs his incredulous father. "Only boys do it. It's part of becoming a man." Of course, with the threats of the police, the temptation of the barbeque next door, and the distractions of a persistent neighbourhood girl, Simon probably wouldn't recognize a vision if he fell over it. "Girl Who Loved Her Horses" is the Native name for the strange and quiet Danielle from the non-status community across the tracks, imbued with the mysterious power to draw the horse "every human being on the planet wanted but could never have." These two plays are about the process of children becoming adults.
$18.95
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Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer asks questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces indigenous teachings that consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take 'us on a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise' (Elizabeth Gilbert). Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
$30.95
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Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things-from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen-provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth's oldest teachers: the plants around us.
$27.50
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Caroll Simpson Brothers of the Wolf
This is the tale two wolf cubs found and raised in a village on the Pacific coast as human children. The wolf cub brothers, Tkope and Klale, are very different from one another. One feels most at home in the forest, while the other is more comfortable in the sea. When they undergo a supernatural transformation, one turns into a Sea Wolf and one turns into a Timber Wolf. Although they are separated, their howling voices unite at regular intervals, waking up Moon and saving the world from uncertain darkness.
$12.95
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Fred Sasakamoose Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player
Fred Sasakamoose, torn from his home at the age of seven, endured the horrors of residential school for a decade before becoming one of 120 players in the most elite hockey league in the world. He has been heralded as the first Indigenous player with Treaty status in the NHL. Sasakamoose's story was far from over once his NHL days concluded. He continued to play for another decade in leagues around Western Canada. He became a band councillor, served as Chief, and established athletic programs for kids. He paved a way for youth to find solace and meaning in sports for generations to come. Threaded through these impressive accomplishments were periods of heartbreak and unimaginable tragedy - as well as moments of passion and great joy.
$21.00
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Elaine Alec Calling My Spirit Back
Indigenous Peoples have always carried the knowledge necessary to heal. When our people heal, our families heal, our communities heal and our land will heal. You cannot have one without the other. These stories are teachings, prophecy and protocols shared throughout the years by elders, language speakers, medicine people and helpers. They have been the foundation to individual healing and learning self-love. They teach us how to make good decisions for ourselves and for all other aspects in our lives. When our people were young, they were sent on the land to gather as much experience and knowledge as they could, and when they returned, they would contribute what they learned. I am Syilx and Secwepemc and although many of my teachings come from this place, they also intertwine with indigenous knowledge shared through ceremony from many other nations.
$19.50
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Jeannine Carriere & Catherine Richardson Calling Our Families Home Metis
Metis Peoples Experience with Child Welfare This book is dedicated to informing social workers and other helping professionals in how Métis people are affected in the child welfare system. Métis peoples today negotiate a form of displacement that has occurred over generations although most Canadians are unaware of this history. The forced removal of children through child apprehension and adoption has been an integral part of displacement, perpetuating further family disruption and dislocation. There is scant literature on Métis experiences in child welfare systems, no national data is collected on the number of Métis children involved with child welfare systems, and there has never been a national study of these realities.
$34.00
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Chief
Mistahimaskwa On her way to school one day, Sarah is relieved to find the book she'd dropped the day before – shortly after an encounter with a bear. But when she opens it, the story within, about the Cree chief Mistahimaskwa, comes alive. It takes Sarah back to the Saskatchewan Plains of 1832, where the young boy who would become the great chief first learns the ways of his people, to the final days of his life. (Tales from Big Spirit # 7 series)
$17.95
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Chuck in the City
Chuck loves a good adventure. He proved that in Just a Walk. Now Chuck and his mom are heading to the city to visit his grandmother in her new condo. He knows he shouldn't wander off, but the lure of the lively city streets proves too much for a curious little boy to resist. Ages 6-8 New Edition
$10.95
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Circle of Caring and Sharing
When two foxes, who are best friends, have a fight it upsets the whole community of animals. Kokom the Owl knows just what to do and brings together all the animals and holds a Sharing Circle
$11.95
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Cloudwalker Northwest Coast Legends
Cloudwalker, describing the creation of the rivers, is the second in a series of Northwest Coast legends by Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd. Roy Henry Vickers' vibrant artwork, including 18 new prints, accompany this new retelling of an ancient story--readers of all ages will be captivated.
$19.95
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Colonized Classrooms
Racism, Trauma and Resistance in Post-Secondary Education In this book, the author discusses how Aboriginal students confront narratives of colonial violence in the postsecondary classroom, while they are, at the same time, living and experiencing colonial violence on a daily basis. Basing her analysis on interviews with Aboriginal students, teachers and Elders, Cote-Meek deftly illustrates how colonization and its violence are not a distant experience, but one that is being negotiated every day in universities and colleges across Canada.
$29.00
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Colour & Draw
Northwest Coast Native Formline. First ever Northwest Coast Native Art adult coloring book! Colour & Draw Northwest Coast Native Formline features 44 Northwest Coast artists using a variety of traditional styles and designs to create authentic interpretations of animals through indigenous formline techniques. Printed on premium paper using soy-based ink and non-toxic coatings.
$11.00
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Colouring Boxes of Treasures
Find your own creative rhythm in Colouring Boxes of Treasures: Northwest Coast First Nations and Native Art. 8.5" x 11", soy-based ink and non-toxic coating on premium paper - perfect for colouring.
$10.00
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Colouring Journal
Northwest Coast First Nations & Native Art Colouring Journal features 14 journal pages and 16 original art designs from different Northwest Coast First Nations and Native American artists that take the reader/drawer through a journey of self reflection and design. Inside Colouring Journal, you will find pages explaining the significance and symbolism of different animals and supernatural beings, followed by questions and space to journal. Facing the journalling pages are beautifully detailed colouring pages to complement the questions for reflection.
$9.00
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Colouring our Drums
Northwest Coast First Nations and Native Art Find your own creative rhythm in Colouring our Drums. Features 32 pages of original drum drawings from Northwest Coast Indigenous artists. A learning tool for all ages! 8.5" x 11", soy-based ink and non-toxic coating on premium paper.
$9.00
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Counting Wild Bears Board Book
Gryn White is a Haida artist from Masset, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. Haida Gwaii is a rainforest that stretches over 150 islands and is abundant with wildlife. As the traditional home of the Haida people, Haida Gwaii is rich with stories, legends, and a culture that honours and respects the land and its inhabitants.
$12.00
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Coyote Healing
Miracles In Native Medicine This book distils the common elements in miracle cures to help people start their own healing journey. Looking at 100 cases of individuals who experienced miracle cures, Dr. Mehl-Madrona found the same preconditions that Native American healers know are necessary in order for miracles to occur. The author reveals what he learned from both his own practice and the interviews he conducted with survivors about the common features of their path back to wellness. This book tells of another kind of miracle - finding faith, hope, and serenity even when a cure seems impossible.
$22.00
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Coyote Medicine: Lessons From Native American Healing
Inspired by his Cherokee grandmother's healing ceremonies, Lewis Mehl-Madrona enlightens readers to "alternative" paths to recovery and health. Coyote Medicine isn't about eschewing Western medicine when it's effective, but about finding other answers when medicine fails: for chronic sufferers, patients not responding to medication, or "terminal" cases that doctors have given up on. In the story of one doctor's initiation into alternative ways to spiritual and physical health, Coyote Medicine provides the key to untapped healing methods available today.
$25.99
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Coyote Tales (Misfortune)
In this book, Coyote is at first the cause of misfortune. In those days, when the moon was much brighter and closer to the earth, Old Woman and the animals would sing to her each night. Coyote attempts to join them, but his voice is so terrible they beg him to stop. He is crushed and lashes out
$16.95
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Coyote Wisdom
The Power of Story in Healing Lewis Mehl-Madrona explores the healing use of stories passed down from generation to generation in Native American culture and describes how we can apply this wisdom to empower and transform our own lives. A storytelling approach to transformation starts with how we were created and how we can re-create ourselves through the stories we tell. As we explore the archetypal characters and situations that populate the inner world of our stories, we can experience breakthroughs of healing and even miracles of transformation. The author also draws upon the cultures of other indigenous peoples - the Maori, East Africans, Mongolians, Aborigines, and Laplanders - to illustrate the healing use of stories throughout the world.
$18.95
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