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CANADIAN ABORIGINAL BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS 2015–2016 CATALOGUE

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NORVAL 

MORRISSEAU

MAN CHANGING INTO 

THUNDERBIRD

Armand Garnet Ruffo

Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007), 

Ojibway shaman-artist, was 

honoured with the Order 

of Canada, an Aboriginal 

Achievement award, and 

became the first Aboriginal 

artist to have a solo show at the 

National Gallery of Canada. 

In 1962, he rose to prominence 

following a sold-out exhibition 

in Toronto. The author draws on 

extensive research from books, 

newspaper articles, archival 

videos, and an interview with 

the painter in this captivat-

ing biography that provides 

insights into the creative and 

often darker sides of this prolific 

artist. A residential school sur-

vivor, haunted by the demons of 

alcoholism. By the end of his life 

there were questions about the 

authenticity of his later works. 

The story intertwines teachings 

from his grandfather, memories 

of spirit dreams, and poetry.



GRADES: 11–12, ENGLISH 

LANGUAGE ARTS, VISUAL ART

Index/Bibliography: Yes/No 

©2014  320pp.  6"x9"

b/w photographs

ISBN 9781771620468 $32.95 HC

epub 9781771620475 $32.95 

Douglas & McIntyre

www.douglas-mcintyre.com

ONE STORY, ONE 

SONG 

Richard Wagamese

One Story, One Song comprises 

over 60 short essays/stories 

of personal observations and 

experiences that apply the 

traditional Ojibway principles of 

humility, trust, and wisdom to 

modern  life. With humour and 

sensitivity, the essays relate to 

the ongoing struggle for Native 

rights in Canada. Written in 

an unadorned style, topics like 

homelessness, alcoholism, and 

drug abuse, are unsentimentally 

presented through the clarity of 

the author’s voice. Part memoir, 

part self-help book, and part 

affirmation, the author moves 

towards honesty and confidence 

by healing past wounds and 

finding peace with his identity 

as a former alcoholic who has 

witnessed the range of human 

flaws and kindnesses

GRADES: 10–12, ENGLISH 

LANGUAGE ARTS

Index/Bibliography: No/No  

©2015  216pp.  5.5"x8" 

ISBN 9781771620802 $19.95 PA

ISBN 9781553655060 $29.95 HC

epub 9781553656432 $19.95  

Douglas & McIntyre 

www.douglas-mcintyre.com

THE OUTSIDE 

CIRCLE

A GRAPHIC NOVEL

Patti LaBoucane-Benson

Kelly Mellings, illus.

This graphic novel addresses 

issues of racism and discrimina-

tion, poverty, sexual and domes-

tic abuse, alcohol and drug 

addiction, and gang violence in 

a search for a healing balance 

for First Nations youth. The 

protagonist becomes aware of 

the effect that his lifestyle plays 

in transmitting the intergen-

erational pain of the Aboriginal 

people on to his younger 

brother. He embarks on a physi-

cal and spiritual healing process 

through the “In Search of Your 

Warrior” program, sweat lodges, 

and smudging. The Outside 

Circle uses the conventions of 

the graphic novel to powerful 

effect in narrating a sensitive 

and disturbing story.

Caution: Graphic images 

and content may be disturbing 

to some readers.

GRADES: 10–12, ENGLISH 

LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL 

STUDIES

Index/Bibliography: No/No 



©2015  128pp.  6.68"x10"

colour drawings

ISBN 9781770899377 $19.95 PA

epub 9781770899384 $16.95 

House of Anansi

www.houseofanansi.com



PAGE AS BONE—INK 

AS BLOOD 

Jónína Kirton

This book of poems is a collec-

tion of memories—of family, ill-

ness, sexual encounters, suicide, 

death, and redemption.  Her 

voice is clearly Métis, clearly 

female. Her poems, which range 

from lyrics to prose poems, are 

infused with rhythm and song 

and employ interesting use of 

white space. One piece is an 

imagined after-death letter from 

Louis Riel to Gabriel Dumont. 

Two pages of notes at the back 

of the book offer insights into 

some of the poems and into the 

poet’s mind. 



Caution: Includes a sarcastic 

reference to Jehovah Witnesses’ 

belief. The poems include refer-

ences to drugs.

GRADES: 11–12, CREATIVE 

WRITING, ENGLISH LANGUAGE 

ARTS, SOCIAL STUDIES, TEACHER 

REFERENCE

Index/Bibliography: No/No 

©2015  96pp.  6"x9"

ISBN 9780889229235 $16.95 PA

Talonbooks

www.talonbooks.com



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ASSOCIATION OF BOOK PUBLISHERS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA     www.books.bc.ca



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PEACE PIPE DREAMS

THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES ABOUT 

INDIANS

Darrell Dennis



Peace Pipe Dreams is a blend of 

entertaining personal anec-

dotes and historical facts told 

through the author’s comedic 

perspective. In a very readable 

writing style, Dennis exam-

ines Aboriginal issues and the 

historical and religious context 

that helped shape them. This 

fascinating book describes 

the misconceptions around 

political correctness, percep-

tions of the Europeans and 

North Americans, the Indian 

Act, treaties, reserves, taxation, 

sports mascot names, and the 

implementation of residential 

schools. The final chapter lists 

resources.

Caution: Mature language 

in the section “Captivity 

Stories” describes the sex roles 

of Aboriginal and non-Aborigi-

nal women in movies.

GRADES: 10–12, SOCIAL JUSTICE, 

SOCIAL STUDIES, TEACHER 

RESOURCE

Index/Bibliography: Yes/No 

©2014  240pp.  5.5"x8"

ISBN 9781771000406 $22.95 PA

epub 9781771003629 $22.95 

Douglas & McIntyre

www.douglas-mcintyre.com

THE SEARCH 

FOR HEINRICH 

SCHLÖGEL

Martha Baillie

This novel is narrated by an 

archivist who becomes obsessed 

with Schlögel’s disappearance 

after seeing a news photograph 

in which he is seen walking in 

downtown Toronto followed 

by a fox and a stag. So begins 

the strange story of Heinrich 

Schlögel. Fascinated by the 

Arctic explorer Samuel Hearne, 

influenced by his brilliant 

but suicidal sister’s study of 

Inukituk, and by a Canadian 

who lived on Baffin Island, he 

makes a journey to Pangnirtung 

from his home in Germany. 

During a 12-day solitary hike, 

Schlögel experiences visions and 

inexplicable events. When he 

returns to Pangnirtung he has 

not aged but time has shifted 

and he emerges 30 years in 

the future. Baillie’s unreliable 

narrator and her use of magic 

realism and time travel create 

a novel that blends fantasy and 

reality, while also commenting 

on changing environmental 

conditions in the north. 

GRADES: 10–12, ENGLISH 

LANGUAGE ARTS 

Index/Bibliography: No/No 

©2014  240pp.  5.75"x8.5"

ISBN 9781897141632 $22.00 PA

Pedlar Press

www.pedlarpress.com

THE THUNDERBIRD 

POEMS

Armand Garnet Ruffo

Here the poet links renowned 

Canadian artist Norval 

Morisseau’s life to his paintings 

in a series of poems and brief 

prose comments. Each poem 

is prefaced with a comment 

to set the context. The reader 

learns not only of the artist’s life 

and paintings but also about 

Ojibway storytelling traditions 

and worldview. The artist’s 

struggles as a survivor of a 

Catholic residential school, drug 

and alcohol abuse, estrangement 

from his family and home com-

munity, and artistic triumphs 

are recounted. The poems also 

bravely consider how Morisseau 

was the first Canadian artist to 

express his sexuality in his work. 



Caution: Explicit sexual and 

alcohol abuse references are 

included.

GRADES: 10–12, CREATIVE 

WRITING, ENGLISH LITERATURE, 

SOCIAL STUDIES, VISUAL ARTS

Index/Bibliography: No/No 

©2015  108pp.  6"x9"

ISBN 9781550177060 $18.95 PA

epub 9781550177077 $18.95 

Harbour Publishing

www.harbourpublishing.com

TOFINO AND 

CLAYOQUOT SOUND

A HISTORY

Margaret Horsfield &  

Ian Kennedy, eds.

This compilation of essays 

provides the first overall history 

of the region. From the distant 

past to the present day, the 

authors give a complete and 

lively account of the culturally 

rich Nuu-chah-nulth homeland 

as it evolved from obscure rain 

forest to a world-renowned 

wilderness destination, the 

Pacific Rim National Park. We 

are introduced to explorers and 

sealers, missionaries and set-

tlers, First Nations leaders, chil-

dren at the residential schools, 

and pre-Internment Japanese 

families. Fur trading and gold-

seeking eventually gave way to 

fishing and logging, and later 

to tourism. Environmental 

disputes erupted as the region 

developed. Layers of history are 

unravelled through meticulous 

research, personal stories, and 

an understanding of the social 

and political forces driving life 

on the west coast of Vancouver 

Island. 


GRADES: 9–12, SOCIAL STUDIES

Index/Bibliography: Yes/Yes

©2014  640pp.  6"x9"

b/w photographs, maps

ISBN 9781550176810 $36.95 HC

epub 9781550176827 $36.95

Harbour Publishing

www.harbourpublishing.com




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