Indigenous Titles The Miramichi Reader

Aggie & Mudgy: The Journey of Two Kaska Dena Children by Wendy Proverbs

June 2, 2022February 14, 2022 by Heidi Greco

Based on the true story of the author’s biological mother and aunt, this middle-grade novel traces the long and frightening journey of two Kaska Dena sisters as they are taken from their home to attend residential school.

The Rick Revelle Interview 2.0*

November 15, 2021 by James M. Fisher

Rick was born in Smith Falls Ontario. He belongs to the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation. His books include, I Am Algonquin (2013), Algonquin Spring (2015), Algonquin Sunset (2017) and the final and fourth book in the series, Algonquin Legacy, which is now available.

Introducing: Mercedez Tate, Indigenous Poet

March 31, 2022November 15, 2021 by James M. Fisher

Tansi, my name is Mercedez Tate and I’m a 17-year-old Plains Cree woman from Poundmaker Cree Nation, Sask, on Treaty 6 territory. I’ve always had a strong bond with words, especially writing and singing.

Iskotew Iskwew Poetry of a Northern Rez Girl by Francine Merasty

November 15, 2021 by Michelle Butler Hallett

Iskotew Iskwew/Fire Woman is a poetry collection written during a period of trauma while the author was working as a Counsel to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in 2017.

Mi’kmaq Campfire Stories of Prince Edward Island by Julie Pellissier-Lush

October 2, 2021 by Melanie Métivier

Mi’kmaq Campfire Stories of Prince Edward Island by Julie Pellissier-Lush is a lovely compilation of short stories, each offering both entertainment and education for young listeners.

Flash Reviews of Four Recent Indigenous Titles by Alison Manley

September 30, 2021 by Alison Manley

Four of Alison Manley's Instagram reviews are collected here for National Truth and Reconciliation Day, September 30, 2021.

All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac

December 29, 2021September 22, 2021 by James M. Fisher

Brian Isaac's powerful debut novel All the Quiet Places is the coming-of-age story of Eddie Toma, an Indigenous (Syilx) boy, told through the young narrator's wide-eyed observations of the world around him. It's 1956, and six-year-old Eddie Toma lives with his mother, Grace, and his little brother, Lewis, near the Salmon River on the far edge of the Okanagan Indian Reserve in the British Columbia Southern Interior.

Creeland by Dallas Hunt

June 17, 2022July 25, 2021 by Pearl Pirie

Creeland is a poetry collection concerned with notions of home and the quotidian attachments we feel to those notions, even across great distances.

The Narrows of Fear by Carol Rose GoldenEagle

July 16, 2021July 10, 2021 by Patricia Sandberg

The Narrows of Fear (Wapawikoscikanik) weaves the stories of a group of women committed to helping one another. Despite abuse experienced by some, both in their own community and in residential schools, these women learn to celebrate their culture, its stories, its dancing, its drums, and its elders.

My Indian by Mi’sel Joe and Sheila O’Neill

June 25, 2021 by James M. Fisher

In 1822, William Epps Cormack sought the expertise of a guide who could lead him across Newfoundland in search of the last remaining Beothuk camps on the island. In his journals, Cormack refers to his guide only as “My Indian.”

What Was Said to Me: The Life of Sti’tum’atul’wut, a Cowichan Woman by Ruby Peter in collaboration with Helene Demers

June 1, 2022June 22, 2021 by Ramona Porter

A narrative of resistance and resilience spanning seven decades in the life of a tireless advocate for Indigenous language preservation.

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

March 12, 2021March 10, 2021 by Alison Manley

Every so often, Canada Reads introduces you to a book that you absolutely needed to read, it opens the world to a new voice and story and gives a book that needed a wider platform that boost. Jonny Appleseed is one of those books.

Approaching Fire by Michelle Porter

January 16, 2021 by James M. Fisher

Approaching Fire will surely provide the reader with the opportunity to grasp the struggles of identity that emanate from hundreds of years of racism, and the parallels with seething fires that rip across the lands and destroy tangible keepsakes.

Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence by Pam Palmater

December 21, 2020 by Rachel Fernandes

Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence is the second collection of writings by Palmater. In keeping with her previous works, numerous op-eds, media commentaries, YouTube channel videos and podcasts, Palmater’s work is fiercely anti-colonial, anti-racist, and more crucial than ever before.

What the Living Do by Maggie Dwyer

October 15, 2020 by Bill Arnott

Until the age of twelve, Georgia Lee Kay-Stern believed she was Jewish - the story of her Cree birth family had been kept secret. Now she's living on her own and attending first year university, and with her adoptive parents on sabbatical in Costa Rica, the old questions are back. What does it mean to be Native? How could her life have been different?