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Someday

Someday

A Native American Drama
by Drew Hayden Taylor
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age: 15
Grade: 10
tagged : canadian

Someday is a powerful new play by award-winning playwright Drew Hayden Taylor.  The story in Someday, though told through fictional characters and full of Taylor's distinctive wit and humour, is based on the real-life tragedies suffered by many Native Canadian families.

Anne Wabung's daughter was taken away by children's aid workers when the girl wa …

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The Railway Beat

The Railway Beat

A Century of Canadian Pacific Police Service
by David Laurence Jones
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Canadian Pacific at its apex operated the most expansive and comprehensive transportation system the world has ever seen, before or since. Vast amounts of freight and multitudes of people, including some of the 20th century's most important and celebrated personalities, moved seamlessly back and forth on the North American continent and across the …

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The Old Ways

The Old Ways

by Susan Chapman, illustrated by John Mantha
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age: 5 to 8
Grade: k to 3
tagged : multigenerational, native canadian

Simon enjoys school, TV, pizza, and video games. So when his grandmother tells legends of the sea goddess, Sedna, and his grandfather invites him to build an igloo, Simon's heart sinks.
"Sorry Ananaksaq, my show is on. Sorry, Ataatga, maybe another time," he responds.
Secretly he thinks his grandparents are stuck in their old ways. Secretly his …

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The Bootlegger Blues

The Bootlegger Blues

by Drew Hayden Taylor
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age: 17
Grade: 12
tagged : canadian, native american & aboriginal

This comedy by the author of Toronto at Dreamer's Rock and Education Is Our Right is about love, family, and what to do with too much beer. Set on a reserve, it follows the plight of Martha, a church-going, teetotaling woman who finds herself stuck with 143 cases of beer after a church fundraiser fails. She decides to bootleg the beer, to the horro …

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Dog Tracks

Dog Tracks

by Ruby Slipperjack
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 7 to 12
tagged : native canadian

Abby is having trouble fitting in at Bear Creek Reserve. After having lived most of her life with her grandparents in town, it's definitely a transition moving back to the reserve. When Choom, her grandfather, falls ill, Abby must leave her best friends at school, her supportive grandparents, and her perfect pink bedroom, and adjust to living with …

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Quiet Revolution West

Quiet Revolution West

The Rebirth of Metis Nationalism
by John Weinstein
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age: 16
Grade: 11
tagged : native american studies

"Weinstein has given us a beautiful history of the M?tis nationĂ .Quiet Revolution West is a vivid tale of constant struggle and sacrifice. It is a gripping account of political intrigue and brinksmanship that will raise eyebrows in many quarters."-- From the Foreword by the Right Honourable Paul MartinWhen the Manitoba Act of 1870 created the new …

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