"Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to Indigenous Peoples' Day through simple, predictable text and related photos"--Provided by publisher"--

The West, a nine-part series, chronicles the turbulent history of one of the most extraordinary landscapes on earth—a place that is simultaneously enticing and forbidding, filled with stories of both heartbreaking tragedy and undying hope. Beginning when the land belonged only to Native Americans and ending in the 20th century, the film introduces unforgettable characters—from gold seekers to cowboys, from homesteaders to Indian leaders—whose...

The Woman of Stars and Mountains recounts the story of Rita, an indigenous woman from Mexico. Rita left her mountain community in northern Mexico and embarked on a journey to Kansas. There, she was involuntarily detained and confined in a psychiatric hospital for 12 years because the hospital authorities could not ascertain her identity, origins, or the language she spoke. Upon the discovery of the truth, Rita returned to live in the Sierra Tarahumara....

Spanning from the 1860’s through today, the Houser / Haozous story is a journey exploring the incarceration of a people, growth brought on by freedom, and a family’s personal expression of these experiences through art.

Mikel Ruiz's The Errant Children, the first novel published in the Tsotsil Maya language, offers a brutal account of how Indigenous people can go astray due to insidious outside influences and their own impulses. Pedro Ton Tsepente' has a position in his village's traditional council, but rather than taking just a few ceremonial drinks, he becomes an alcoholic, subject to blackouts and delirium tremens. His wife, Pascuala, rages at God to step in...

Officer Eric Ruiz responded to the frantic call from the campground on his reservation. As a Native American policeman, he was used to calls regarding typical reservation crime, theft, brawling, as well as domestic and foreign violence, mostly fueled by alcohol. But this call started the metamorphosis that would transform Officer Ruiz completely to his real identity, Swift Deer. And there was never a large enough can of frijoles opened to predict...

Storytelling brings young and old into one place. The faces of the children and adults take in the story, using the mind's eye to bring images in the story to life. They can share their views of the value and moral of the story at the end. Children can see things much differently than adults, a good time for lessons to be learned. The stories and songs in Sunshadow: Whispers from the Elders depict Native American grandparents teaching their grandchildren...

Traduit de l'anglais par Arianne Des Rochers et Natasha Kanapé Fontaine Résumé Dans ce deuxième recueil visionnaire, qui constitue la suite de Cartographie de l'amour décolonial (2018), Simpson déploie de nouveau le fragment littéraire comme outil d'intervention décoloniale. Son écriture à la fois poétique et provocante génère une réalité décolonisée qui résiste aux discours dominants et échappe aux catégorisations consacrées....

Dix ans ont passé depuis que la photo d'Irina, publiée sur la couverture d'un célèbre magazine, lui avait attiré le surnom de La bien-aimée de Kandahar. Un soldat canadien posté en Afghanistan tombe amoureux d'elle et commence à lui écrire, jusqu'au moment o il se fait tuer dans une explosion. Afin de panser ses anciennes blessures, Irina déménage à Iqaluit, au Nunavut. Elle apprend cependant qu'au pays des aurores boréales, aucun secret...

Two families, the Michauds and the Gauvins, along with their Abenaki guides, leave Canada and settle in the English village of Compton, Maine. The Gauvins, eager to become more socially accepted, convert from Catholicism to Protestantism and begin to look down on the Michauds, as well as, the Abenakis who have been, converted to Catholicism by Jesuit priests. When some of the rowdy settlers burn down the Gauvins home, the Gauvins go to live with the...