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Go show the world : a celebration of indigenous heroes
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Wab Kinew
Go Show the World showcases a diverse group of Indigenous people in the US and Canada, both the more well-known and the not-so-widely recognized. Individually, their stories, though briefly touched on, are inspiring; collectively, they empower the reader with this message: "We are people who matter, yes, it's true; now let's show the world what people who matter can do."
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Fatty legs : a true story
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Christy Jordan-Fenton
This book chronicles the unbreakable spirit of an Inuit girl bullied by a teacher while attending an Arctic residential school.
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As long as the rivers flow
by
Oskiniko Larry Loyie
Before he is taken away to a government sponsored school, a young Cree boy spends the summer learning how members of his tribe participate in Cree traditions, such as watching his Grandmother make winter moccasins.
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A promise is a promise : story
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Robert N. Munsch
When Allashua disobeys her parents and goes fishing on the sea ice, she has to use her wits to escape and to further trick the Qallupilluit when she promises to bring her brothers and sisters back to them.
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Coyote's new suit
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Thomas King
Coyote’s mighty pleased with his soft, brown suit — until Raven slyly hints it’s not the finest in the forest. Now, Coyote is obsessed: Bear’s suit is much more impressive. Porcupine — sporty! Raccoon is chic, while Skunk’s suit is perfectly elegant. Perhaps he could just borrow the suits? The missing suits send the forest into an uproar. How can naughty Coyote make amends?
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When I was eight
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Christy Jordan-Fenton
This book chronicles the unbreakable spirit of an Inuit girl while attending an Arctic residential school.
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Ava and the little folk
by
Neil Christopher
This children's story follows the adventures of an orphan named Ava who is left to fend for himself by the adults in his village. One day, cold and alone, Ava stumbles upon a group of magical dwarves who finally show him how it feels to have a home of his own.
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Shin-chi's canoe
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Nicola I. Campbell
Forced to use only their English names and not speak to their siblings at school, Shinchi holds fast to the canoe given to him by his father and looks forward to the day when the salmon return to the river, hopeful that things will then improve for his family and the tribe he loves.
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Missing Nimâmâ
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Melanie Florence
A little girl lives her life under the watchful eye of her deceased mother, one of the many "missing" indigenous Canadian women.
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Nibi's water song
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Sunshine Tenasco
Nibi is an Indigenous girl on the search for clean water to drink. Though she is faced with repeated obstacles, Nibi's joyful and determined energy become a catalyst for change and action as her community, and in widening circles, the country and government rally around her to make clean drinking water available for all.
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Sometimes I feel like a fox
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Danielle Daniel
Simple poetry features children explaining why they feel like certain animals, also the author explains the importance of totems in Anishinaabe tradition
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