Red River Girl: The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine
By: Joanna Jolly
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A gripping account of the unsolved death of an Indigenous teenager, and the detective determined to…
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1. The Ballad of Danny Wolfe: Life of a Modern Outlaw
By: Joe Friesen
4.21
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, fast-paced account of the life of the indigenous man who founded and led the Indian Pos… read more
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2. Stolen Life: Journey Of A Cree Woman
By: Rudy Wiebe , Yvonne Johnson
4.27
Format: 637 pages, Paperback
The powerful, major book, acclaimed across Canada, from the great-great-granddaughter of Chief Big … read more
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- nonfiction
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3. Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
By: Tanya Talaga
4.52
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In 1966, twelve-year-old Chanie Wenjack froze to death on the railway tracks after running away fro… read more
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- nonfiction
- crime
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"Rebuilding an inequitable and harmful relationship is not easy. But for the good of all our children – Indigenous and not – the hard work must begin."-Tanya Talaga, Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
4. The Break
By: Katherena Vermette
4.36
Format: 39 pages, Paperback
2016 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize finalist When Stella, a young Metis mother, looks out her … read more
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5. On the Farm
By: Stevie Cameron
3.33
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Now that the publication bans are lifted, you need Stevie Cameron to get the whole story, which inc… read more
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6. Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
By: Jessica McDiarmid
4.30
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A searing account of the missing, and murdered, Indigenous women of Highway 16, and an indictment o… read more
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7. In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience (The Regina Collection, 11)
By: Helen Knott
4.53
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Long-listed for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize A memoir of addiction, intergenerational trauma, a… read more
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8. The Theory of Crows
By: David Alexander Robertson
3.89
Format: 320 pages, ebook
A poignant and evocative novel about the bonds of family and the gifts offered by the land When … read more
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9. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless
By: Laurah Norton
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
10. Red River Girl: The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine
By: Joanna Jolly
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A gripping account of the unsolved death of an Indigenous teenager, and the detective determined to… read more
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- nonfiction
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11. From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way
By: Jesse Thistle
4.50
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle—once a high school dropout and now … read more
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12. Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir
By: Helen Knott
4.31
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
When matriarchs begin to disappear, there is a choice to either step into the places they left behi… read more
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"What else have I made my responsibility that no one asked me to take on?"-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir
"Mama's arms felt like ceremony on nights when the ghosts of my past experiences wouldn't let me sleep."-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir
"The women in my family are medicine. They are backbones and ribcages and hearts. They are whispers in men's ears. They are the guardians that kept us whole."-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir
"Teetering on the brink of relapse and the edge of insanity. I can't fuck or fight my way out of these feelings, so that's a bitch, but the weather is nice. More cream for your coffee, Edna?"-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir
13. The Circle
By: Katherena Vermette
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant an… read more
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14. Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many
By: Mona Gable
3.58
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind whe… read more
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- true crime
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- mystery
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- audiobook
15. True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change
By: Jody Wilson-Raybould
4.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 bestselling author of 'Indian' in the Cabinet , a groundbreaking a… read more
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16. Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation
By: Andrew Stobo Sniderman
4.54
Format: 384 pages, ebook
A heart-rending true story about racism and reconciliationDivided by a beautiful valley and 150 yea… read more
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17. Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing
By: Clayton Thomas-Muller
3.65
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
For much of his life, Clayton Thomas-Muller's very existence has been scrutinized and vilified. As … read more
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18. Out of the Shadows: A Memoir
By: Timea E. Nagy
4.61
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
An unforgettable story of an ordinary woman in astonishing circumstances who defies the odds.Timea … read more
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19. Black Water
By: David Alexander Robertson
4.17
Format: 288 pages, ebook
“An instant classic that demands to be read with your heart open and with a perspective widened to … read more
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20. Take Your Baby And Run: How nurses blew the whistle on Canada’s biggest cardiac disaster
By: Carol Youngson
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Foreword by Lanette Siragusa, RN NM Take Your Baby and Run is Carol Youngson's first-hand account … read more
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21. Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre
By: Niigaan Sinclair
4.65
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
From ground zero of this country's most important reconciliationNiigaan Sinclair has been called p… read more
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