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National Indigenous History Month: ebooks

by Amy Southgate June 5, 2020
written by Amy Southgate June 5, 2020
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We are pleased to be celebrating National Indigenous History Month throughout June with a series of blog posts featuring some great resources from our collection that can be accessed online!

This week we have a selection of ebooks in a variety of genres for you to enjoy.

Non-Fiction
These non-fiction titles will introduce you to indigenous-settler issues in Canada and cover important, often mentioned, concepts.

  • Indigenous Writes : A Guide to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel, UAlberta Native Studies instructor
  • The Inconvenient Indian : A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King

LGBTQ2S+
June is also Pride Month, so why not celebrate both with this great novel!

  • Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

Speculative Fiction
Fans of science fiction, fantasy, and the paranormal can get their fix with an indigenous twist in a short story collection or novel.

  • Take Us to Your Chief and Other Stories by Drew Hayden Taylor
  • Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
  • The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills

Mystery
Looking for something you can’t put down? Murder mystery fans will enjoy one of these novels with a side of current social issues.

  • Cut to the Bone : a Hollis Grant Mystery by Joan Boswell
  • A Matter of Conscience by James Bartleman

Graphic Novel
Prefer your stories with art? We have you covered with these beautiful graphic novels.

  • Generations : a Plains Cree Saga by David Alexander Robertson
  • This place : 150 years retold by various authors and artists

Historical
Explore traditional stories in Cree and English, or a historical fiction escape from these picks.

  • Woods Cree Stories by Solomon Ratt
  • Anna, Like Thunder by Peggy Herring

Kids
This cute book would make a great addition to any story time. 

  • Awâsis and the world-famous bannock by Dallas Hunt ; illustrated by Amanda Strong

Short Stories
Need something quick to read during your busy day? Why not try a short story collection to meet your reading quota.

  • Glass beads by Dawn Dumont

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Amy Southgate

Amy holds a BA in Religious Studies from the University of Calgary, and a Library Information Technology diploma from SAIT. She can be found slinging books, in handmade outfits, at the Rutherford Library.

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