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Ninanimishken : je marche contre le vent

Vollant, Florent, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

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Call Number

927.8242 VOL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:670811

14.

Aki-wayn-zih : a person as worthy as the Earth

Baxter, Eli, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

305.89733307131 BAX

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SD_ILS:669113

15.

Ga's = the train

Callaghan, Jodie, 1984- author.

Publication Date

2021

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CAL

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SD_ILS:658644

16.

Stories of Métis women : tales my kookum told me

Oster, Bailey.

Publication Date

2021

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Books

Call Number

971.00497 OST

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SD_ILS:615555

17.

After one hundred winters : in search of reconciliation on America's stolen lands

Jacobs, Margaret D., 1963- author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

323.1197 JAC

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SD_ILS:621430

18.

Rez rules : my indictment of Canada's and America's systemic racism against Indigenous peoples

Louie, Clarence (Chef), author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

305.897 LOU

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SD_ILS:625350

19.

All the quiet places : a novel

Isaac, Brian Thomas, author.

Publication Date

2021

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ISA

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SD_ILS:630089

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Cover image for Beyond the orange shirt story : a collection of stories from family and friends of Phyllis Webstad before, during, and after their residential school experiences

Beyond the orange shirt story : a collection of stories from family and friends of Phyllis Webstad before, during, and after their residential school experiences

Webstad, Phyllis, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

371.829 WEB

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SD_ILS:631557

21.

Sugar Falls : a residential school story

Robertson, David, 1977- author.

Publication Date

2021

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371.82997 ROB 2021

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SD_ILS:626860

22.

Aggie & Mudgy : the journey of two Kaska Dena children

Proverbs, Wendy, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

371.829 PRO

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SD_ILS:627548

23.

White Raven

Spathelfer, Teoni, 1963- author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

371.829 SPA

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SD_ILS:627568

24.

As you were : a memoir

Tromblay, David, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

970.2 TRO

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SD_ILS:596810

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Healthy Aboriginal Network.

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