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Poet warrior [large print] : a memoir

Harjo, Joy, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

928.154 HAR

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SD_ILS:645458

Thunder song : essays

LaPointe, Sasha taqwšeblu.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

814.6 LAP

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SD_ILS:707806

The knowing

Talaga, Tanya, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

971.00497 TAL

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SD_ILS:678392

Indiginerds : tales from modern indigenous life

Pete, Alina, editor.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.8 IND

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SD_ILS:715013

Teachings of the drum

Louie, Ren, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

971.120049 LOU

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SD_ILS:715996

Medicine paint : the art of Dale Auger

Auger, Dale, 1958-2008, author, artist.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

759.11 AUG

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SD_ILS:796335

Little by little : you can change the world

Ballantyne, Sonya, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

320.0835 BAL

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SD_ILS:728229

Alha disnii : my truth : words from a Wet'suwet'en woman

George, Corinne.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.89707 GEO

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SD_ILS:729876

Carl Beam : life & work

Beam, Anong Migwans, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

709.2 BEA

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SD_ILS:721274

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Swiftly flowing waters : a memoir : a Métis woman's story of resilience, reflection and reclamation

Skene, Pat, 1945- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

971.00497 SKE

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SD_ILS:721336

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Hòt'a! Enough! : Georges Erasmus's fifty-year battle for Indigenous rights

Spear, Wayne K., 1965- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

923.671 ERA

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SD_ILS:726778

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Orange Shirt Day : September 30th

Webstad, Phyllis, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

371.82997 WEB

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SD_ILS:701484

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