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It stops here : standing up for our lands, our waters, and our people

George, Rueben, author.

Publication Date

2023

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305.897 GEO

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SD_ILS:681195

The fire still burns : life in and after residential school

George, Sam (Samuel James), author.

Publication Date

2023

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371.82997 GEO

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SD_ILS:683451

Becoming a matriarch

Knott, Helen, 1987- author.

Publication Date

2023

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305.48 KNO

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SD_ILS:689727

Unbroken : my fight for survival, hope, and justice for Indigenous women and girls

Sterritt, Angela, author.

Publication Date

2023

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305.48897 STE

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SD_ILS:655274

The days of Augusta

Evans, Augusta, 1888-1978, author.

Publication Date

2023

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971.100497943 EVA

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SD_ILS:689049

So you girls remember that : memories of a Haida Elder

Bellis, Gaadgas Nora, author.

Publication Date

2022

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971.1 BEL

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SD_ILS:645488

What was said to me : the life of Sti'tum'atul'wut, a Cowichan woman

Peter, Ruby Sti'tum'atul'wut, 1932-2021, author.

Publication Date

2021

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971.1004 PET

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SD_ILS:609500

Brotherhood to nationhood : George Manuel and the making of the modern Indian movement

McFarlane, Peter, 1954-

Publication Date

2020

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323.1197071 MCF

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SD_ILS:587066

Fight or submit : standing tall in two worlds

Derrickson, Ronald M., author.

Publication Date

2020

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920.0701 DER

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SD_ILS:587069

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At the bridge : James Teit and an anthropology of belonging

Wickwire, Wendy C., author.

Publication Date

2019

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305.8 WIC

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SD_ILS:499321

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In my own moccasins : a memoir of resilience

Knott, Helen, 1987- author.

Publication Date

2019

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971.00497 KNO

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SD_ILS:511744

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The way home

Neel, David, author.

Publication Date

2019

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709.2 NEE

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Assembly of First Nations.

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Bellis, Gaadgas Nora.

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Christian women -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Civil service -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Coast Salish -- Biography

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Cook, Jane Constance, 1870-1951.

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Crosby, Thomas, 1840-1914.

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Derrickson, Ronald M.

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Evans, Augusta, 1888-1978.

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First Nation Communities Read (2019/20) -- Nominee.

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First Nations -- Biography.

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First Nations -- British Columbia -- Biography

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First Nations -- British Columbia -- Clayoquot Sound Region -- Biography.

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First Nations reserves -- British Columbia -- History.

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Folklore -- Stikine River Watershed (B.C. and Alaska)

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George, Rueben -- Family.

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George, Rueben.

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George, Sam (Samuel James)

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Gitanmaax (First Nation) -- Biography.

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Gitxsan -- Biography.

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Gitxsan -- British Columbia -- Hazelton -- Biography.

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Gold mines and mining -- British Columbia -- History.

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Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction (2018) -- Nominee.

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Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction (2023) -- Nominee.

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Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction (2024) -- Nominee.

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Haida -- Biography.

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Haida Gwaii (B.C.) -- Biography.

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Haida art -- 21st century.

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Haida sculpture.

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Haisla -- British Columbia -- Kitimat -- Biography.

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Haisla -- Social life and customs.

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Hazelton (B.C.) -- Biography.

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Hazelton (B.C.) -- History.

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Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2018) -- Nominee.

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Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2020) -- Nominee.

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Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2023) -- Nominee.

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Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (BC Book Prizes) (2020) -- Nominee.

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Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (BC Book Prizes) (2024) -- Nominee.

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Hurley, Maisie.

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Immigrants -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Indigenous Elders -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Indigenous Voices Awards (2024) -- Nominee.

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Indigenous activists -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Indigenous children -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Indigenous children -- Manitoba -- Biography.

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Indigenous films.

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Indigenous foster children -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Indigenous foster children -- Manitoba -- Biography.

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Indigenous journalists -- Canada -- Biography.

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Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Anecdotes.

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Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Government relations.

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Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia.

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Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions.

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Indigenous women -- Canada -- Social conditions.

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Indigenous women -- Crimes against -- British Columbia.

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Indigenous women -- Violence against -- British Columbia.

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Irish Canadians -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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James, Charlie, approximately 1867-1938.

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Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes (BC Book Prizes) (2024) -- Nominee.

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Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes (BC Book Prizes) (2024) -- Winner.

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Johnson, Susan.

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Jones, Charles, 1876-.

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Joseph, Alfred, 1927-2014 -- Trials, litigation, etc.

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Joseph, Alfred, 1927-2014.

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Judges -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Knott, Helen, 1987- -- Family.

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Kwakwaka'wakw -- Biography.

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Kwakwaka'wakw -- Ethnic identity.

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Kwakwaka'wakw -- Government relations.

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Kwakwaka'wakw -- Rites and ceremonies.

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Kwakwaka'wakw art -- British Columbia.

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Kwakwaka'wakw art.

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Kwakwaka'wakw.

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Language teachers -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Lazzar family

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Legends -- British Columbia -- Clayoquot Sound Region.

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Mailhot, Terese Marie

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Mailhot, Terese Marie -- Mental health.

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Manuel, George, 1921-

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Martin, Mungo, 1882-1963.

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Methodist Church -- Missions.

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Missing persons -- British Columbia.

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Missionaries -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Morin, Tara Lee, 1975-

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Mothers and daughters.

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Murder -- Investigation -- British Columbia.

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Murder victims -- British Columbia.

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Native Brotherhood of British Columbia -- History.

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Native voice (Vancouver, B.C.)

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Neel, David.

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Newspaper publishing -- British Columbia -- History -- 20th century.

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Nuu-chah-nulth -- Folklore.

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O'Reilly, Peter, 1827-1905.

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Oral histories.

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Oral tradition -- British Columbia.

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Painters -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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People with bipolar disorder -- Northwest, Pacific -- Biography.

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Peter, Ruby Sti'tum'atul'wut, 1932-2021.

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Petroleum pipelines -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Patients -- Northwest, Pacific -- Biography.

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Potlatch.

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RBC Taylor Prize (2019) -- Nominee.

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RBC Taylor Prize (2020) -- Nominee.

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Recovering addicts -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Reid, Bill, 1920-1998.

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Residential schools -- British Columbia.

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Robinson, Eden -- Family.

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Robinson, Eden.

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Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize (BC Book Prizes) (2017) -- Winner.

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Sculptors -- Canada -- Biography.

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Sellars, Bev, 1955-

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Social justice -- Canada.

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Bosustow, Stephen, 1911-1981.

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Campbell River Museum & Archives.

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Canadian Literature Centre.

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Canadian Museum of Civilization.

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Keziere, Robert, photographer.

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Kwaguʼł Gi_xs_am Clan.

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National Film Board of Canada, publisher.

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Royal British Columbia Museum, issuing body.

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Sooke Region Museum (Sooke, B.C.)

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University of British Columbia. Museum of Anthropology.

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Webster, Peter S., 1908-.

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