Book Tasting: Feast on Words and Ideas from Indigenous Writers Across Canada
A Book Tasting in Honour of Indigenous Heritage Month
You are invited to drop in, sample, and “take out” (sign out) a book with your staff or student ID at the upcoming book tasting in the Library. Our menu will feature a selection of works by Indigenous authors in honour of Indigenous Heritage Month.
When and where?
Exchange District Campus Library
Monday, June 12
11:30am-1:30pm
Notre Dame Campus Library
Monday, June 19
11:30am-1:30pm
Photo Gallery
Exchange District Campus Library – June 12, 2023
Notre Dame Campus Library – June 19, 2023
Sneak Preview: A Book Sampling by Category
The menu will feature five genres of books, such as the sampling you see below. Click on the book covers for more information about each title.
Memoir and Biography
Red River girl : the life and death of Tina Fontaine
Jolly, Joanna, author.
2019
My privilege, my responsibility : a memoir
North, Sheila, author.
2021
Nothing will be different : a memoir
McGowan-Ross, Tara, 1992- author.
2021
Children and Youth
The trail of Nenaboozhoo and other creation stories
Bomgiizhik, 1975- author, illustrator. ; Belcourt, Christi, illustrator, editor.
2020
I sang you down from the stars
Spillett-Sumner, Tasha, 1988- author. ; Goade, Michaela, illustrator.
2021
Fry bread : a Native American family story
Maillard, Kevin Noble, author. ; Martinez-Neal, Juana, illustrator.
Culinary Arts
A feast for all seasons : traditional native people’s cuisine
George, Andrew, Jr., 1963- author. ; Gairns, Robert, author.
2010
Cooking with the Wolfman : Indigenous fusion
Wolfman, David, author.
2017
Tawaẃ : progressive Indigenous cuisine
Chartrand, Shane, author.
2019
Ebooks
Reclaiming Tom Longboat : indigenous self-determination in Canadian sport
Forsyth, Janice, author.
2020
Blue Bear Woman
Bordeleau, Virginia Pesemapeo
2019
Bones
Pennock, Tyler
2020
A two-spirit journey : the autobiography of a lesbian Ojibwa-Cree elder
Chacaby, Ma-Nee, author. ; Plummer, Mary Louisa, author.
2016
Literature
Kisiskâciwan : Indigenous voices from where the river flows swiftly
Archibald-Barber, Jesse Rae, 1972- editor.
2018
Five little Indians
Good, Michelle, author.
2020
Tainna = The unseen ones : short stories
Dunning, Norma, author.
2021
Daughters of the deer
Daniel, Danielle, author.
2022
Non-Fiction
Braiding sweetgrass : Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Kimmerer, Robin Wall, author.
2013
Indian in the cabinet : speaking truth to power
Wilson-Raybould, Jody, 1971-, author.
2021
Returning to ceremony : spirituality in Manitoba Métis communities
Fiola, Chantal, 1982- author.
2021
Black Water : family, legacy and blood memory
Robertson, David, 1977-, author.
2020
Hope to see you there! If you have any questions or feedback for the Library, come and visit us in person or send us a message through our Ask Us Chat — we’d love to hear from you.
Written by Linda Fox – Library Technician, Program Support and Promotion