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• Wandering Stars

  Orange, Tommy, 1982-

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  Wandering Stars traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians through to the shattering aftermath of Orvil Redfeather's shooting in 'There There'. Colorado, 1864.

• Beast

  Van Camp, Richard,

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  Returning to his favourite setting of Fort Simmer, Northwest Territories, Richard Van Camp brings his exuberant style to a captivating teen novel that blends the supernatural with 1980s-era nostalgia to reflect on friendship.

• Black Ice

  King, Thomas, 1943-

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  Thumps DreadfulWater has a lot on his plate. With Duke out of commission following his wife’s tragic death, Thumps is appointed temporary deputy sheriff, a role that makes him doubly eager for Duke’s swift recovery.

• Firekeeper

  a Novel

  Lafferty, Catherine, 1982-

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  Firekeeper is a coming-of-age tale that addresses intergenerational trauma by reclaiming culture, belonging and identity. Join Nyla on her healing journey through the fire to sacred waters.

• Real Ones

  a Novel

  Vermette, Katherena, 1977-

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  From the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Michif sisters who must face their past trauma when their mother is called out for false claims to Indigenous identity.

• Into the Bright Open

  a Secret Garden Remix

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  In this queer YA reimagining of The Secret Garden, an orphaned girl is sent to live in the Georgian Bay wilds and discovers family secrets both wonderful and horrifying.

• Waiting for the Long Night Moon

  Stories

  Peters, Amanda,

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  In her short fiction debut, Amanda Peters describes the astonishingly-wide Indigenous experience —from contact with the first Europeans, to the forced removal of Indigenous children, to the present-day fight for clean water.

• Never Whistle at Night

  An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology : Are You Ready to Be Un-settled?

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  In twenty-five wholly original and shiver-inducing tales, bestselling and award-winning authors including Tommy Orange, Rebecca Roanhorse, Cherie Dimaline, Waubgeshig Rice, and Mona Susan Power introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And Then She Fell

  a Novel

  Elliott, Alicia,

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  From the bestselling author of "A Mind Spread Out on the Ground," a fierce, gripping novel about Native life, motherhood and mental health that follows a young Mohawk woman who discovers that the picture-perfect life she always hoped for may have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Broken Blade

  Blair, Melissa, 1995-

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  As she searches for answers, Keera is haunted by a promise she made long ago, one that will test her in every way. To keep her word, Keera must not only save herself, but an entire kingdom.

• An Ordinary Violence

  a Novel

  Chartrand, Adriana,

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  An Ordinary Violence is an eerie, incisive, and at times darkly funny horror novel about a young Indigenous woman reckoning with trauma and violence, loss and reclamation in an unsettling world where spirit realms entwine with the living-and where…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Grandmother Begins the Story

  Porter, Michelle,

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  Five generations of Métis women argue, dance, struggle, laugh, love, and tell the stories that will sing their family, and perhaps the land itself, into healing in this brilliantly original debut novel.

• A Minor Chorus

  a Novel

  Belcourt, Billy-Ray

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  A haunting story about a queer Cree doctoral student who chooses to pause his dissertation to write a novel back at home in northern Alberta. Billy-Ray Belcourt’s poetic prose is undeniable beautiful and complex.

• The Spirit of Denendeh. Volume 1, A Blanket of Butterflies

  Van Camp, Richard, 1971-

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  No one knows how a suit of samurai armour ended up in the Fort Smith museum. When a mysterious stranger turns up to claim it, Sonny, a young Tłı̨chǫ Dene boy, is eager to help.

• Creeboy

  Wouters, Teresa

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  Set in the 2000s on the fictional reserve of Pâ-ko-sey-i-mo-min, 16-year-old Josh "Creeboy" navigates the world of Indigenous gang life.

• Black Sun

  Roanhorse, Rebecca,

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  Crafted with unforgettable characters, Rebecca Roanhorse has created an epic adventure exploring the decadence of power amidst the weight of history and the struggle of individuals swimming against the confines of society and their broken pasts in…Read moreRead more of this annotation