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Recommended Reading List

I’ve compiled a list of Recommended Reading List to showcase the many Aboriginal authors who have written important books, and to further your understanding of the Aboriginal people.


From the Teacher’s Guide:

- Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2007

The Elders Are Watching

- Bouchard, David (illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers). The Elders Are Watching. Vancouver: Raincoast Publishers, 2003.

- Erdrich, Louise. Love Medicine. New York: Harper Perennial, 1993.

  • The Beet Queen, New York: Harper Perennial, 1988.
  • Tracks. New York: HarperCollins, 1988.
  • The Bingo Palace. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.

- George, Chief Dan. “My Very Good Friends,” UNESCO Courier. December 2001

- Morrison, Toni. Beloved. New York: Knopf, 1987.

  • The Bluest Eye. New York: Plume Books, 1994.
  • The Song of Solomon. New York: Plume Books, 1987.
  • Other books by Toni Morrison.

- Ross, Rupert. Dancing With a Ghost. Markham, ON: Octopus Books, 1992.

- Wagamese, Richard. Keeper’n Me. Toronto: Doubleday, 1994

- Walker, Alice. The Colour Purple. New York: Harper Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

More Recommended Readings:

- Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York: Random House, 1970

- Campbell, Maria. Halfbreed. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1973.

- Highway, Tomson. Kiss of the Fur Queen. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1998

- Millan, Cesar with Melissa Jo Peltier. Be the Pack Leader. New York: Harmony Books, 2007

Aboriginal Publishers:

The following publishers specialize in books about the First Nations and the Metis. I recommend ordering catalogues from them, as they have many more important authors and titles.

Gabriel Dumont Institute, SK - http://www.gdins.org/home.html
Email:lori.perkins@gdi.gdins.org

Kegedonce Press, ON – www.kegedonce.com
E-mail: info@kegedonce.com

Pemmican Publications, MB - www.pemmican.mb.ca
E-mail:pemmican@pemmican.mb.ca

Theytus Books, BC – www.theytus.com
E-mail: info@theytus.com


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