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    National Indigenous History Month: ebooks

    by Amy Southgate June 5, 2020
    written by Amy Southgate

    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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  • Pride 2020: eBook Recommendations

    by Emily Zheng March 30, 2020
    by Emily Zheng March 30, 2020

    We know that books can be meaningful, important, and can even change lives. For those of us who have lived with a foot in the closet, stories can be a means to escape, or a confirmation that better worlds exist out there. For many of us, books have been paths to empathy, understanding, and connection. Even though Pride Week has ended and the library’s physical spaces are closed, we wanted to leave…

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